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...The S&P Global/Cips UK construction purchasing managers’ index, a measure of the health of the industry, rose to 50.2 from 49.7 in February, the fourth consecutive month-on-month increase....
...Crude oil prices, which climbed higher than $90 a barrel this month for the first time since October, have buoyed oil majors....
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...his first set of results since taking the job in January....
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...The fund group forecast that gilts would deliver an average annual return of 3.7 per cent over the next decade, compared with 4.4 per cent for Italian government bonds and 2.2 per cent for German Bunds....
...The figure was slightly higher than the 3.1 per cent forecast by economists polled by Reuters and the Bank of England and above the BoE’s 2 per cent target....
...The S&P 500 slipped 0.1 per cent in the final trading session of the week but the index gained 2.3 per cent since last Friday’s close, after Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell on Wednesday indicated a preference...
...Despite the woes of its manufacturers, Germany’s PMI reading rose above the 50 mark that separates growth from decline for the first time in 10 months....
...Rob Dobson, director at S&P Global, said UK manufacturing was recovering “from its recent doldrums”, with production and new orders returning to growth “following year-long downturns”....
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...The metal was trading at $2,239.3 a troy ounce in New York on Monday, according to LSEG data, after hitting an intraday high of $2,265.49 earlier....
...Operating profits at LSEG fell 3.2 per cent year on year to £1.4bn, in line with analysts’ expectations, but sent its shares down 2.4 per cent in early trading....
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...Paul Dales, economist at Capital Economics, said the central bank would “be pleased that the public’s inflation expectations have continued to fall, but it probably doesn’t mean the first interest rate cut...
...Interestingly, even the Bank of England’s capital markets division now seems to be taking a closer look at the phenomenon — and the potential market implications....
...England Patriots’ Bob Kraft, among others....
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