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...Sterling is at least 10% cheap to the dollar, in our view, and both FTSE 100 and the Mid 250 are at 15-year valuation lows against the rest of the world’s equity markets.”...
...Forex and fixed income China’s currency enjoyed its best week against the dollar in more than a decade....
...The US dollar held at a five-week high after Donald Trump announced plans to slash the US corporate tax rate.The dollar index, a measure of the currency against a basket of its peers, was 0.2 per cent higher...
...The dollar index, which measures the currency against a basket of peers, was flat in Asia trading. Oil prices were lower after the impact of Hurricane Irma was downgraded....
...Eurofirst 300: -1.57% at 1,338 FTSE 100: -1.32% at 6,818 Currencies €/$ 1.1240 | $/¥ 100.9200 | £/$ 1.2980 | €/£ 0.8658 Commodities ($) Brent Crude ICE: -0.46% at 47 100 oz Gold Comex: 0% at 1,339.70 Copper...
...On Thursday the pound was up 0.2 per cent against the single currency at €1.3261 and steady against the dollar at $1.4410 — not far off a recent five-year low....
...The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo closed at a 15-year peak after a five-day gain of 1.6 per cent — its sixth successive weekly rise. The weak dollar also provided some much-needed support for gold....
...(FT) US agents charged over Silk Road A veteran of the Drug Enforcement Agency and a computer expert for the US Secret Service were charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in digital currencies...
...Nymex) down -0.17 at 95.79 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,286 Copper (Comex) up +0.33% at 3.15 10-year government bond yields (%) US 2.34% UK 2.37% Germany 0.89% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx...
...at 456.92 CNX Nifty down -0.37% at 6,493 Currencies €/$ 1.40 (1.39) $/¥ 102.54 (102.75) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.02 at 108.00 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.17 at 98.16 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up...
...will test investor hopes for a pick-up in the U.S. and global economies… Bulls are hoping to see evidence of an economic rebound in the United States in this week’s busy calendar of data that includes the...
...(Financial Times) George Soros’s Quantum Endowment fund had its second-best year ever in dollar terms in 2013, adding $5.5bn to the billionaire’s fortune and putting Quantum back in top place among the...
...All you have to do is email mybookoftheyear@ft.com by December 15 with the title and author of the book you liked most and, in 100 words or less, explain your choice....
...9,037 Currencies €/$ 1.35 (1.35) $/¥ 98.43 (98.60) £/$ 1.60 (1.60) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.09 at 106.32 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.03 at 94.59 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,315...
...States to face trial after being arrested in Italy, Weil’s lawyer and judicial sources told Reuters.”...
...€/$ 1.35 (1.35) $/¥ 98.84 (98.39) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.06 at 108.26 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.32 at 102.34 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,336...
...(FastFT) Uttar Pradesh sugar mills end protest: “Sugar mills in India’s largest sugar-producing state said Sunday that they will end a protest of state-controlled prices and begin refining again.”...
...€/$ 1.35 (1.35) $/¥ 98.54 (98.39) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.36 at 108.68 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.24 at 102.90 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,336...
...(Reuters) State of emergency declared in Egypt; scores dead: “Egypt’s security services on Wednesday stormed two Cairo protest camps housing thousands of Islamists, killing scores and igniting a wave of...
...Two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said investor roadshows will be launched in the United States on Tuesday for a 10 percent stake in state refiner Indian Oil Corp (IOC).”...
...(Reuters) COMMENT AND CURIOS: - Gavyn Davies: Will the emerging world derail the global recovery? (FT blog) - Asian nations are depleting foreign reserves in supporting their currencies....
...(Financial Times) “Trading in thousands of unlisted shares, including those of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, was frozen for more than five hours Thursday after a network failure knocked out stock quotes at...
...€/$ 1.31 (1.30) $/¥ 99.37 (99.47) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.15 at 101.88 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.38 at 91.81 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +21.50 at 1,445...
...The planned nuclear power station at Hinkley Point, Somerset, could qualify for a state-backed guarantee as one of the nation’s “top five” infrastructure projects, a person familiar with the matter said....
...(Bloomberg) OVERNIGHT MARKETS: FLATTISH Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +0.15 (0.00%) at 8,933 Topix down -1.05 (-0.14%) at 740.18 Hang Seng down -41.74 (-0.19%) at 21,504 US markets S&P 500 down -1.03 (-...
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