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...According to the latest SIFMA guidance released earlier this month, if Treasury fails to notify investors of its intent to delay a principal payment due the following day by approximately 10:00 PM, the security...
...Quick Hits — What’s on the markets radar A strengthening US dollar is a serious problem in a word awash with debt that is denominated in the reserve currency....
...Perhaps it’s in response to 4,591 officially recorded coronavirus deaths in the US in the last 24 hours, approximately double the previous record. Or maybe it’s Dylan’s new single....
...We will update estimates in due course, for this and for currency....
...Wednesday 15:00 BST What’s happening ● A relief rally lifted J Sainsbury to the top of the FTSE 100 gainers....
...Forex and fixed income The dollar index sank 0.8 per cent to 95.79, after touching 96.68 on Thursday....
...West Texas Intermediate was down 1.76 per cent at $50.68. Gold was 0.11 per cent higher at $1,291. For market updates and comment follow us on Twitter @FTMarkets...
...The dollar’s weakness saw China’s currency strengthen to its firmest level against the US currency in five months....
...fuel demand for US Treasuries....
...Wednesday 21.00 GMT What you need to know S&P 500 gains 2.1%; Nasdaq 2.7% higher Dollar falls as Democrats take the House Treasuries reverse early gains Focus turns to Federal Reserve meeting Oil prices...
...Friday 14:00 GMT Here’s what’s happening ● TalkTalk led the FTSE 250 fallers after cutting full-year profit guidance....
...The US currency was 0.2 per cent firmer against the yen at ¥112.51, helping to push the dollar index up 0.2 per cent to 96.64, the highest level since mid-August....
...Brent settled at $79.29 a barrel, down 1 per cent, after touching $78.69, while US West Texas Intermediate was down 1.2 per cent at $68.89 in late trade. Gold was up $4 at $1,226 an ounce....
...The 10-year UK gilt yield fell 5bp to 1.68 per cent. On Friday, the US 10-year Treasury closed at 3.23 per cent, up 17bp for the week....
...Thursday 21.00 BST What you need to know S&P 500 rises 0.5%, in sight of record high China welcomes prospect of new trade talks with US Turkish central bank raises key interest rate to 24% Core US consumer...
...The US currency was down 0.4 per cent versus the yen at ¥110.68. The Turkish lira was 5.1 per cent stronger on the day at TL6.0324 per dollar, well clear of the record low of TL7.2149 hit on Monday....
...US West Texas Intermediate was down 0.5 per cent in late trade at $68.68....
...Wednesday 21.00 BST What you need to know S&P 500 falls 0.3%; Nasdaq Composite sheds 1.2% FTSE EM equity index slips into bear territory; EM currencies weak Italy’s benchmark 10-year bond yield slides back...
...The 10-year US Treasury yield was flat at 2.89 per cent, while that on the two-year note was up 2bp at 2.68 per cent and the 30-year yield was 1bp lower at 3.02 per cent. ....
...US West Texas Intermediate crude was 1.1 per cent lower in late trade at $68.82. Gold was up $1 at $1,223 an ounce....
...US West Texas Intermediate was up 1.2 per cent on the day at $68.61. Gold was up $20, or 1.7 per cent, at $1,205 an ounce. The metal hit a 19-month low of $1,160 little more than a week ago....
...US West Texas Intermediate was 0.6 per cent higher in late trade at $68.87. The firmer dollar helped push gold down $5 to $1,207 an ounce — close to a 17-month low....
...This was down to a particularly strong second quarter, which left brand sales up approximately 17 per cent, and fed into stronger retail gross margins....
...US West Texas Intermediate was 0.4 per cent lower in late trade at $68.66....
...But he also warned that the integration was “approximately one year behind our original plan”....
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