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...On Wednesday the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.3 per cent to 18,400.9, while the Nasdaq Composite declined by 0.2 per cent to 5,213.2....
...Gold is up 0.7 per cent at $1,213.90 an ounce on Tuesday, potentially ending a nine-session losing streak that is its equal-longest on record as the dollar has strengthened....
...€/$ 1.11 (1.11) $/¥ 111.20 (111.07) £/$ 1.47 (1.46) €/£ 0.7583 (0.7612) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.03 at 49.73 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.26 at 49.59 100 Oz Gold (Comex) down -1.20 at 1,213...
...(Financial Times) OVERNIGHT MARKETS: UP Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +123.47 (+1.41%) at 8,854 Topix up +12.82 (+1.72%) at 758.30 Hang Seng up +36.08 (+0.19%) at 19,213 US markets S&P 500 up +11.86 (+0.90%...
...“Rather, they support my view that Section 213 provides much needed ammunition to the commission to protect investors,” wrote Judge Tang....
...down -0.06% at 1,016 Americas DJIA up +0.70% at 12,805 S&P 500 up +0.74% at 1,369 Bovespa down -0.72% at 61,293 Asia Nikkei 225 up +0.21% at 9,479 Topix up +0.27% at 808.05 Hang Seng up +0.36% at 20,213...
...Among the mid-caps, Pace jumped 10.6 per cent to 213¼p following reports that Tata Sky of India had selected it as its supplier of personal video recorders....
...The S&P 500 closed down 0.8 per cent to 1,213.40, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.5 per cent to close at 11,346.75 and the Nasdaq Composite closed 0.7 per cent lower at 2,562.98....
...Fairfax shares, which rose 10 per cent the day Mr Contogouris was arrested, spiked another 4 per cent to $213.58 following the indictment....
...BT Group rose 2 per cent to 213¾p after a push from Lehman Brothers. AB Foods added 1.2 per cent to 840½p following a bullish note from Cazenove....
...At the final bell, the S&P 500 index slipped 0.2 per cent to 1,213.62 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was slightly down at 10,599.67....
...The FTSE 100 was up 13.6 points, around 0.3 per cent, at 4,994.0 by mid session while the mid-cap FTSE 250 rose 23.3 points, 0.4 per cent, to 7,213.1....
...The battle for Somerfield, up 1.8 per cent at 213½p, appeared closer to completion after the supermarket retailer said it would start talks to see if an acceptable price could be agreed....
...BA shares closed trading on Thursday down 1.3 per cent at 213.75p....
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