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...Tim Moore, economics director at S&P Global Market Intelligence, which compiles the survey, said: “The recovery in service sector output lost a little bit of momentum during March, and more so than suggested...
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...But funds gained 6.1 per cent on average, compared with the S&P 500’s 26.3 per cent gain....
...Amanda Agati, chief investment officer for PNC Financial Services, said: “Our wish at Christmas was a resurgence in the bottom 493 stocks [in the S&P 500]. We got coal in our stockings so far . . ....
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