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...Petro will take over as president on August 7 when rightwing incumbent Iván Duque steps down....
...The rightwing president Iván Duque cannot seek a consecutive term....
...The regional Stoxx 600 share index added 0.7 per cent in choppy trading. The index has dropped almost 17 per cent so far this year....
...According to the UN, “only 7 per cent of participating families have so far received support for productive projects”....
...Announced investments were worth $1.4bn, almost 30 per cent of the total for the year....
...Anthropos Gallery, +1310-456 7711; anthroposgallery.com. Bradbury Art & Antiques, 242 East Meadow Drive, Vail, Colorado, CO 81657 (+1970-476 3570; bradburyantiques.com). Christie’s, christies.com....
...structural deficit from 1.9 per cent of GDP to 1 per cent by 2022....
...Mr Duque took 39.1 per cent of the vote to Mr Petro’s 25.1 per cent....
...The number of people making the rich-list threshold of Rmb2bn ($290m) of personal wealth fell 456 this year to 1,893....
...• Colombian presidential candidate Iván Duque will win the June 17 election. The centre-right, market-friendly senator will prove surprisingly independent of his mentor, Alvaro Uribe....
...In February, the company predicted full-year profits after tax of €1.4bn-€1.45bn....
...So the first ten prime numbers are: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29. Note to GCSE students: one is not considered a prime number....
...The iPhone maker dropped 1.7 per cent to $156.07 as a number of less than glowing reviews for the newly launched Apple Watch were published. The drop took the Nasdaq to 6,456....
...The winner serves six years Oct 7 Brazilian presidential and legislative general elections Oct 28 Brazil’s presidential run-off....
...Among the miners, Kaz Minerals rose 4.5 per cent to 456.5p after HSBC upgraded from “reduce” to “hold”....
...The sterling/US dollar three-month volatility gauge, which will cover the June general election, is up 456 per cent to 8.78....
...300 down -2.19 (-0.15%) at 1,456 FTSE100 up +9.30 (+0.13%) at 7,253 CAC 40 down -0.06 (0.00%) at 4,845 Dax up +18.64 (+0.16%) at 11,823 Currencies €/$ 1.06 (1.06) $/¥ 112.41 (112.67) £/$ 1.24 (1.24) €/...
...The UK’s FTSE 100 is tipped to rise 1 point to 6,087, Germany’s Dax should add 7 points to 10,456 and France’s Cac 40 is expected to drop 2 points to 4,461, according to IG Markets....
...markets Eurofirst 300 down -3.49 (-0.23%) at 1,488 FTSE100 up +4.85 (+0.07%) at 7,430 CAC 40 down -17.08 (-0.34%) at 5,012 Dax down -42.34 (-0.35%) at 12,053 Currencies €/$ 1.08 (1.07) $/¥ 112.71 (112.55...
...The average copper price realised during the period was $2.17/lb versus $2.54/lb a year earlier....
...-15.82 (-0.09%) at 18,456 Nasdaq up +15.17 (+0.30%) at 5,155 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -13.47 (-1.00%) at 1,338 FTSE100 down -29.37 (-0.44%) at 6,721 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 4,421 Dax...
...Markets at 0751 BST Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -624.44 (-3.61%) at 16,666 Topix down -43.75 (-3.16%) at 1,341 Hang Seng up +94.57 (+0.44%) at 21,456 US markets S&P 500 up +3.45 (+0.16%) at 2,095 DJIA...
...In rural areas it is 1,614.65 pesos. More poverty, but . . . Falling household incomes are largely to blame for the rising rate of poverty, says Gustavo Hernández Licona, head of Coneval....
...-0.19%) at 5,106 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -2.59 (-0.16%) at 1,581 FTSE100 down -2.05 (-0.03%) at 6,687 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 5,112 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 11,456 Currencies...
...Pemex’s head of production, Gustavo Hernández, said average first-quarter crude production was some 2.3m barrels per day, a decline of 7.7 per cent compared to one year ago....
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