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...The cost of St Mary’s rebuild is estimated to total £2.2bn — although this would be offset by selling land owned by the trust, reducing the contribution from the government to between £1.2-1.7bn....
...The Bank of Spain says there is a “reasonable doubt” over the full repayment of just 3.9 per cent of all consumer debt, far from the peak of 13.6 per cent in 2013....
...The trade war contributed to an almost 10 per cent decline in revenues, which totalled £1.35bn in 2020-21 versus £1.5bn in the previous period....
...Meanwhile, retail sales jumped 15.9 per cent in December from a year earlier while manufacturing output climbed 13.1 per cent. Both figures smashed analysts’ expectations....
...Even in these low-inflation days, the rather addictive Bank of England online inflation calculator says that goods and services costing £10 in 2010 would cost £13.11 in 2020 because inflation averaged 2.7...
...The hit has not only been severe, with joblessness rising to 14.7 per cent in April and about 39m Americans left unemployed....
...Mr Dimon’s 2019 pay is 236 times the average $133,000 compensation across the company’s almost 257,000 employees....
...JD Sports took on 4.7 per cent to 257.8p after Nike’s capital markets day as a differentiated strategic partner, as part of the US group’s push to improve the quality of wholesale channels....
...Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 13,184 Currencies €/$ 1.17 (1.17) $/¥ 113.43 (113.53) £/$ 1.33 (1.33) €/£ 0.8812 (0.8814) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.72 at 64.06 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.45...
...(+0.07%) at 21,858 Nasdaq up +39.68 (+0.64%) at 6,257 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -14.97 (-1.01%) at 1,462 FTSE100 down -79.98 (-1.08%) at 7,310 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 5,061 Dax unchanged...
...BP closed 1.7 per cent higher at 463.7p, also helped by a firmer oil price and weak sterling....
...0.12%) at 1,494 FTSE100 up +13.64 (+0.19%) at 7,351 CAC 40 down -7.24 (-0.14%) at 5,145 Dax up +7.43 (+0.06%) at 12,389 Currencies €/$ 1.14 (1.14) $/¥ 114.22 (113.88) £/$ 1.29 (1.29) €/£ 0.8833 (0.8836)...
...FTSE100 up +29.61 (+0.40%) at 7,515 CAC 40 down -6.82 (-0.13%) at 5,341 Dax down -16.28 (-0.13%) at 12,643 Currencies €/$ 1.12 (1.12) $/¥ 111.62 (111.49) £/$ 1.30 (1.30) €/£ 0.8649 (0.8645) Commodities...
...0.69%) at 1,539 FTSE100 up +13.57 (+0.19%) at 7,248 CAC 40 up +71.42 (+1.35%) at 5,372 Dax up +119.94 (+0.96%) at 12,648 Currencies €/$ 1.10 (1.10) $/¥ 112.10 (112.45) £/$ 1.29 (1.29) €/£ 0.849 (0.8498)...
...(+0.18%) at 1,503 FTSE100 up +46.17 (+0.63%) at 7,349 CAC 40 up +13.84 (+0.27%) at 5,135 Dax down -5.83 (-0.05%) at 12,225 Currencies €/$ 1.06 (1.06) $/¥ 111.36 (111.05) £/$ 1.24 (1.24) €/£ 0.8546 (0.856...
...+39.03 (+0.19%) at 20,689 Nasdaq up +3.93 (+0.07%) at 5,899 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +3.29 (+0.22%) at 1,498 FTSE100 up +39.13 (+0.54%) at 7,322 CAC 40 up +15.22 (+0.30%) at 5,101 Dax up +25.14...
...Sterling was up 0.1 per cent at $1.257. The euro was flat at $1.0867....
...(-0.57%) at 1,494 FTSE100 down -40.23 (-0.55%) at 7,283 CAC 40 down -36.60 (-0.71%) at 5,086 Dax down -55.67 (-0.45%) at 12,257 Currencies €/$ 1.07 (1.07) $/¥ 110.48 (110.87) £/$ 1.24 (1.25) €/£ 0.8566...
...Hang Seng down -29.18 (-0.13%) at 22,404 US markets S&P 500 down -2.57 (-0.11%) at 2,257 DJIA up +39.58 (+0.20%) at 19,796 Nasdaq down -31.96 (-0.59%) at 5,413 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -5.40...
...The dollar index, which measures the US currency against a basket of peers, fell 0.1 per cent. Gold, which often moves opposite the dollar, was up 0.4 per cent at $1,257.76 an ounce....
...Bellway’s order book increased 7.2 per cent to £1.2bn as of March 13, reflecting strong consumer demand bolstered by government support under the Help to Buy programme, which provides government-backed loans...
...At publication time: The yield on 10-year Bunds is down 4.7 basis points to 0.257 per centThe yield on Italy’s 10-year bond is off 13.1 basis points to 1.324 per centThe yield on Spanish 10-years is 11.1...
...Gold is up $13 to $1,257 an ounce as silver gains 2.4 per cent to $17.34 an ounce....
...Bellway’s order book had increased 7.2 per cent to £1.2bn by March 13, reflecting strong consumer demand bolstered by government support under the nationwide Help to Buy programme, which has been active...
...Jimmy Choo’s store conversion programme and 13 new openings helped to lift constant currency retail sales by 8.7 per cent last year, although underlying sales only grew 1.1 per cent....
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