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...The dollar, meanwhile, slipped 0.2 per cent against a basket of six other major currencies....
...The WGC estimated 129 tonnes of central bank purchases above what was officially reported in the third quarter, taking overall official sector buying to 337 tonnes....
...Yet Milei remains far short of the 129 votes needed for a majority in the lower house and the 36 required in the senate, and analysts said he would need to negotiate his way law by law....
...The figure surged in Hong Kong, rising 218 per cent to $670mn after Covid-19 restrictions ended, allowing mainland visitors to travel to the territory....
...The gap between US and Japanese policy is also leaving a mark on Japan’s currency, which has dropped to a two-decade low. One dollar now fetches ¥129, from ¥115 at the start of March....
...The Chinese renminbi gained the most among major Asian currencies, adding 0.4 per cent to trade at Rmb6.713 per dollar....
...The number of full-time employees fell to 213,000, from a peak of 218,000 in the first quarter. Shares of BofA rose more than 2 per cent on the earnings news to just over $30....
...The UK currency has risen 2.3 per cent this month. Against the euro the pound was flat to trade at €1.129. The FTSE 100 was trading down 0.9 per cent for its first decline in four sessions....
...The number of staff off work because of Covid had risen by a third since mid-November, to 7,218 a day, the NHS said....
...The yen briefly strengthened against the US dollar, rising more than 1 per cent to ¥129.81 before reversing course as markets digested the implications of the government’s choice....
...Chief executive Michael Saylor, lord of cyber hornets, sees no reason why a single token (of which his company owns at least 129,218, valued in total at just over $4.1bn at pixel time) won’t eventually be...
...After rising 0.2 per cent during the Asian day, sterling dropped slightly to trade 0.3 per cent lower at $1.129 in early London dealings....
...Analysts see earnings per share from S&P 500 companies touching $218 this year then climbing to $259 in 2024, up nearly a quarter from 2021....
...London’s FTSE 100 index rose 0.6 per cent, while sterling slipped 0.1 per cent against the dollar to $1.129. It also slipped 0.3 per cent against the euro on the day to €1.143....
...The prospect of aggressive monetary policy tightening by the Fed has intensified pressure on currencies in Asia, where some central banks have maintained a much looser stance....
...A worker on a salary of £20,000 will save £218. The combined cost of the tax cuts by 2026-27 will be almost £45bn....
...Economists expect jobless claims to tick up to 218,000 from last week’s 213,000, as polled by Refinitiv....
...But there was also the potential for huge losses: an investor who bought at the top and then sold in late February would have shrunk the same £10,000 into £3,129 in a month, following a 69 per cent plunge...
...The sol has depreciated further against the dollar than any other currency in the world since the first round of voting in April, when Castillo first emerged as a frontrunner....
...The rally in commodity prices came as the US dollar weakened about 0.6 per cent against a basket of six world currencies....
...Always a strong yield company, Polymetal said its final 2021 payout would be 52¢ a share, taking the total dividend to 97¢, compared with 129¢ in 2020....
...Macarthur, Bristol, England Crossword 16,224: Sophie Huczynska, Scotland; Carol Bostock-Smith, Halesworth, England; Andrew Ashbridge, Edinburgh Polymath 1,031: AM Garfield, Banbury, England Crossword 16,218...
...The two-year yield hit a record low of 0.129 per cent, down 0.05 percentage points, and the five-year note hit 0.293, also a record low, down 0.08 percentage points....
...But as new IMF forecasts on Wednesday showed, the coronavirus crisis is propelling government debt in the single currency area towards 100 per cent of gross domestic product....
...A couple who quit drinking in January could fund a £218 two-night city break in Amsterdam with the savings by the time February rolls around, flying from London Southend Airport....
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