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...With nearly 609,000 companies, Catalonia accounts for 19 per cent of the country’s total....
...Kelley Blue Book continues to forecast that the US industry will end the year between 1 per cent below to 1 per cent above last year’s record 17.5m light vehicles sold....
...(0.00%) at 5,013 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +23.73 (+1.57%) at 1,534 FTSE100 up +87.61 (+1.34%) at 6,609 CAC 40 up +11.47 (+0.23%) at 4,895 Dax up +9.20 (+0.08%) at 11,190 Currencies €/$ 1.11 (...
...Going places The annual Global Business Travel Association convention is in San Diego for travel managers and industry suppliers (to August 7)....
...Morgan Stanley improved 1.3 per cent to $17.53. Meanwhile, shares in Citigroup were 7 per cent higher at $37.18 as it appointed a new chief executive following the resignation of Vikram Pandit....
...Earlier in the day, Apple shares slipped 1.2 per cent to $609.54....
...About £17.50 per 50cl, Lea & Sandeman, Berry Bros, Harvey Nichols …………………………………………………………….....
...Gold is also peeling back from its record high of $1,609.51 on a spot-price basis reached earlier in the session. The precious metal is now trading at $1,583....
...at 12,240 Nasdaq down -7.98 (-0.29%) at 2,789 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -4.85 (-0.41%) at 1,171 FTSE100 down -39.04 (-0.64%) at 6,052 CAC 40 down -17.53 (-0.43%) at 4,091 Dax down -2.34 (-0.03%...
...The S&P 500 closed 1.1 per cent lower to 1,136.03, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.9 per cent to 10,609.65 and the Nasdaq Composite was 1.2 per cent off at 2,287.99....
...The Nikkei 225 average ended 5 per cent lower at 11,609.72 – a two-year closing low – and the broader Topix index ended 5.1 per cent lower at 1,117.57 In Australia, Babcock & Brown, the investment bank...
...It fell 4.7 per cent at 1,1156.39. The Nasdaq Composite was 4.9 per cent lower at 2,098.85, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 4.1 per cent at 10,609.66....
...Poor test results from an oil well offshore Vietnam weighed against Soco International, down 7.1 per cent to £18.60....
...24,835.02 European markets FTSE100 down 130.76 at 5,609.35 Eurofirst 300 down 41.97 at 1,262.40 Currencies 05.12am GMT €/$ 1.4618 (1.4637) $/Y 106.45 (106.26) £/$ 1.9546 (1.9570) Commodities Brent Crude...
...Traditional defensive stocks were also weak, with British American Tobacco down 4 per cent to £17.29 and National Grid off 3.7 per cent to 752½p....
...US markets (Fri) DJIA up 134.78 at 13,806.7 S&P500 up 20.88 at 1,535.28 Nasdaq up 53.33 at 2,804.19 Asia markets 5.30am Monday Nikkei trading up 240.13 at 16,745.76 Topix trading up 35.49 at 1,609.46 Hang...
...The FTSE 100 traded in a 326-point range, before coming to rest 130.8 points, or 2.3 per cent, lower at 5,609.3. Elsewhere, the FTSE 250 dipped 119.1 points, or 1.2 per cent, to 9,493.7....
...US markets DJIA – up 92.34 at 13,943.42 Nasdaq – up 2.98 at 2,690.58 S&P 500 – up 7.47 at 1,541.57 Asian markets 05.21 BST Nikkei – up 3.92 at 17,967.56 Topix – up 5.88 at 1,763.17 Hang Seng – up 148.46...
...Brands , the parent of fast-food chains KFC and Pizza Hut, gained 5.7 per cent to $36.29....
...(1.9741) Commodities Brent Crude (Jul7) up $0.19 to $70.79 Light Crude (Jul7) up $0.11 to $65.88 3M 24HR Copper up $17.50 at $7,267.50 a tonne Gold (Jun7) up $0.40 to $663.00 a troy ounce 3M 24HR Nickel...
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average was 0.1 per cent lower at 13,525.4 and set a new intra-day high of 13,609.76. Caterpillar , a Dow component, was up 0.7 per cent at $76.03....
...The silver price has fallen almost 28 per cent from its peak of $15.17 on May 11....
...Stanley Leisure gained 4.5 per cent to 713 ½p, while William Hill improved 1.16 per cent to 609 ½ p....
...British American Tobacco gained 2.7 per cent to £13.17. BOC rose 1.6 per cent to £14.87 on talk that France’s Air Liquide was mulling a bid at £16 per share....
...Whirlpool gained 4.8 per cent to $73.38, while Maytag gained 12.9 per cent to $17.45....
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