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...P Global/Cips final November manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data UK: Nationwide November house price index Results: National Bank of Canada Q4 World events Finally, here is a rundown...
...Amazon, Walgreens and CVS have all made big acquisitions in patient care services....
...Monday EU, December retail sales figures Germany, December factory orders UK, S&P Global/Cips construction purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data Results: Activision Blizzard Q4, Anima FY, JFE Holdings...
...So far this year, shares of PepsiCo have outperformed the S&P 500....
...The blue-chip US S&P 500 index has risen by nearly a fifth this year, reaching a new all-time peak this week. Is there really a link between cryptocurrency prices and US Covid-19 cases?...
...Tesla to join S&P 500 in DecemberThe electric carmaker’s shares are up 9 per cent today on the news that it is to join the S&P 500 index of leading US stocks on December 21....
...In the US, the Nasdaq Bank Index has fallen more than a third, while the S&P 500 is flat for the year. That has wiped out a combined $987bn in shareholder value, Citi data shows....
...Walgreens Boots Alliance were down 3.6 per cent versus a 0.1 per cent drop for the broader S&P 500....
...Blitzer was in charge of overseeing the composition of the S&P 500. More here....
...Inspire refuses to invest in companies “at odds with biblical values” — more than half the S&P 500....
...That deterioration has increased the relative attractiveness of Comcast debt, which is rated A-minus by S&P Global and Moody’s....
...The shares are up 50 per cent over the intervening 12 years, well below the S&P 500 index....
...China’s M1 growth has been a leading indicator of changes in commodity prices, as measured by the S&P GSCI....
...Beyond the Square Mile CVS Health, America’s biggest drugstore chain, has agreed to acquire the healthcare insurer Aetna for about $69bn, in a deal that will create a new giant in the prescription drugs...
...10.00: eurozone GDP 10.00: eurozone business climate, consumer confidence and economic confidence In the US, the November S&P/Case-Shiller house price index is due to be released at 1400 GMT, followed...
...Valuations have stretched as a result, with the S&P 500 priced on Wednesday at 18.2 times expected earnings over the next 12 months, up from 17.2 times on the same day in 2016, according to S&P Global Intelligence...
...Intraday In the US, the S&P 500 is set to open flat when trading begins. Corporate earnings and updates for Friday include Carillion, Purplebricks, CVS Group and 3i Group....
...Intraday In the US index futures predict the S&P 500 is set to open flat when it opens later today....
...Moody’s and DBRS rated a €140.5m deal by Banca Popolare di Bari backed by almost €480m of loans in September of 2016. China saw 12 deals issued in 2016 and S&P rated a €536m deal in Ireland....
...In Australia the S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.2 per cent, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng added 0.7 per cent....
...He looked at the zombie market from 1975 to 1982, and he tried to find stocks that outperformed within the S&P 500. What he found was quite interesting....
...The S&P 500 logged an all-time close as investors took a more bullish tone on the US economy, up .33 per cent at 2,137.03, while Nasdaq topped 5,000 for the first time in 2016....
...Italy’s Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena all but secured a state bailout in 2016....
...Total debts rose nearly $850bn last year to $6.6tn, a separate report from S&P showed, which put overall cash levels in the US at a slightly higher $1.8tn....
...Japan’s Nikkei was down 0.5 per cent and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 shed 0.6 per cent....
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