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...France’s Cac 40 dropped 0.6 per cent, Germany’s Dax fell 0.9 per cent, and London’s FTSE 100 dropped 0.4 per cent....
...France’s Cac 40 was close to flat, as was London’s FTSE 100, while Germany’s Dax gained 0.2 per cent....
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...France’s Cac 40 and Germany’s Dax both added 0.6 per cent while London’s energy-heavy FTSE 100 slipped 0.3 per cent....
...Germany’s Dax rose 0.2 per cent, while France’s Cac 40 and London’s FTSE 100 both added 0.4 per cent....
...France’s Cac 40 added 0.4 per cent, while Germany’s Dax climbed 0.7 per cent....
...France’s Cac 40 was flat, Germany’s Dax gained 0.1 per cent, and London’s FTSE 100 fell 0.1 per cent....
...For S&P 500 companies, it is down by 13 percentage points to 44 per cent over the past 10 years, according to ISS-Corporate. In France, just 12 companies in the Cac 40 index still combine the roles....
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...Contracts tracking the benchmark S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite were down 0.2 per cent and 0.4 per cent, respectively, ahead of the New York trading session....
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...Economic data: Preliminary purchasing managers’ index figures from S&P Global/HCOB are due for March for the eurozone, UK, France and Germany....
...In the US, the S&P 500 was flat in late-morning trading in New York, while the tech-dominated Nasdaq Composite added 0.2 per cent....
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