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...Almost 20 years ago, telecoms company Hutchison Whampoa named its new mobile network “3” ahead of its launch as the UK’s first 3G-only service on March 3 2003, or 3/3/03....
...Shares in Alphabet, the parent company of Google, tumbled as much as 7 per cent to $1,027.03, their lowest level in five months....
...The options, which are exercisable over a four-year period, are priced at $16.03, meaning they will only be worth anything if the company’s share price rises more than a third from its IPO level....
...Colony Northstar’s share price sunk 5 per cent to $6.03 on Thursday in response. It is down 47 per cent since the start of this year. “We have had a difficult beginning to the year . . ....
...Man Wah’s shares on Wednesday fell as much as 15.4 per cent, easing to be down 10 per cent at HK$6.03 a share before the company requested a suspension....
...As the dollar rallied, the yen weakened, with the Japanese currency shedding 1.3 per cent on Friday, and down a further 0.2 per cent this morning at ¥102.03 per dollar....
...The yield (which moves inversely to price) on benchmark 10-year Japanese government bonds were 0.8 basis points higher at minus 0.03 per cent, facing their first rise in four sessions....
...calendar (UK time): 08.00: Spanish inflation (final reading) 09.00: Italian industrial production 09.30: UK inflation 09.30: UK house prices 10.00: Eurozone employment 10.00: German Zew Markets at 08:03...
...In Asia today, gold was down a quarter of a percentage point at $1,274.03 an ounce. Helping gold and other metals rally was a weaker US dollar....
...Brent crude, the international benchmark, gained 1.6 per cent to $47.91 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate, the US marker, was up 1.5 per cent at $47.03....
...The 10-year Treasury yield, which moves inversely to the bond price, is slipping 2 basis points to 1.55 per cent, while equivalent maturity German Bunds are easing 2bp to minus 0.03 per cent....
...$ 1.42 (1.43) €/£ 0.7924 (0.7906) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.68 at 49.86 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.62 at 48.45 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +9.00 at 1,282 Copper (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 2.03...
...CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 4,529 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 10,333 Currencies €/$ 1.11 (1.11) $/¥ 111.20 (111.07) £/$ 1.47 (1.46) €/£ 0.7583 (0.7612) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.03...
...Brent crude finished 2.6 per cent higher on Tuesday to $44.03 a barrel on Tuesday, while West Texas was down 1.5 per cent on Wednesday morning at $40.45 after gaining 3.3 per cent overnight....
...The dollar index, a measure of the US currency versus a basket of peers, crept 0.03 per cent higher, ending a four-day losing streak....
...NAB shares were down 1.03 per cent this morning, and the worst performer among its three main rivals....
...The PBoC “fixed” the currency 0.03 per cent weaker at Rmb6.5338 per dollar, a fourth straight day of depreciation....
...Dow’s shares were up 5.7 per cent at $45.03 in New York on Tuesday. DuPont’s shares rose 5.4 per cent to $56.18. Mr Liveris said 2016 was primed to be a “big year” for Dow....
...The yield on the Japanese government 10-year bond was down 0.8 basis points at -0.03 per cent, but had briefly popped back into positive territory to 0.05 per cent....
...Gold, which is typically sensitive to moves in US interest rates, was 0.03 per cent higher at $1,155.95 per ounce in Asia, eyeing its sixth-straight day of gains....
...Third Point owns 2.03 per cent of Dow, with 23.5m shares worth almost $1.2bn at Tuesday’s closing price of $50.90 per share....
...At Dow, Daniel Loeb’s Third Point revealed its stake in January of last year and now has 2.03 per cent....
...The yield on the policy-sensitive two-year US government bond, which moves inversely to its price, was down 2 basis points at 0.62 per cent while the 10-year Treasury yield was 3bp lower at 2.03 per cent...
...Peripheral eurozone government bond prices also rose. with Spain’s 10-year yield down 6bp to 2.03 per cent and Portugal’s 5bp lower at 2.70 per cent — possibly reflecting a more confident view of Greece...
...Prices: Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -202.69 (-1.03%) at 19,535 Topix down -15.59 (-0.99%) at 1,567 Hang Seng up +853.04 (+3.63%) at 24,370 ASX 200 up +0.77 (+0.01%) at 5,470 US markets S&P 500 (-1.67%...
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