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...While ETFs tracking the S&P Global Clean Energy Index received an A+ score from TrackInsight, others, such as those replicating the MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus index, were given a C+ (D is the lowest score...
...David Blitzer, chairman of the index committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices, said a decision on Snap was not imminent....
...Letter in response to this report: No proper monitoring of methane emissions / From Robin Russell-Jones...
...That comes soon after Halliburton, the oil services group, paid $35bn for rival Baker Hughes and Spain’s Repsol bought Talisman Energy of Canada for $8.3bn....
...Oliver Jones, economist, Fathom Consulting We expect growth in the UK to slow from 2.0% in 2016 to 0.8% in 2017....
...Talisman Energy, a Canadian oil and gas company, on Monday confirmed the FT’s report that Spanish company Repsol is in talks to acquire it, sending its shares sharply higher....
...In the past 12 months, the materials sector has returned less than 2 per cent and was one of the worst performing sectors on the US benchmark, after energy and telecom services....
...The S&P 500 gained 1 per cent at 1,971.74, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average also rose 1 per cent to 16,838.74. The Nasdaq Composite rose 1 per cent as well to 4,508.31....
...But Exxon is one of only two companies – the other being General Electric – that were in the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1929 and are still there today....
...Energy stocks, especially coal producers, were among the best performers. Peabody Energy soared 8.9 per cent to $26.18, while Consol Energy jumped 8 per cent to $35.48....
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.1 per cent to 13,577.96. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 0.2 per cent to 3,182.62....
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6 per cent to 13,575.36....
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.7 per cent higher at 13,424.30....
...The benchmark S&P 500 index fell 0.2 per cent to 1,353.33 with only financials and energy sectors recording modest gains....
...“Our proposal will be limited to water sent to treatment plants,” said Enesta Jones, an EPA spokeswoman....
...Coal miner Peabody Energy rose 8.8 per cent to $36.01, while Consol Energy , which operates coal-fired power stations, climbed 6.1 per cent to $38.93....
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.8 per cent to 11,766.41 and the Nasdaq Composite index was off1.3 per cent to 2,523.14....
...The S&P energy sector was down on Monday even as earnings mostly beat expectations, closing down 0.4 per cent....
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.6 per cent to 12,763.31 while the Nasdaq Composite added 0.1 per cent to 2,872.53....
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average was 0.2 per cent higher to 12,318.14 and the Nasdaq Composite was up 0.2 per cent to 2,831.58....
...The Dow Jones-UBS agricultural commodity index is up 58 per cent from a year ago....
...The wider markets appeared unperturbed by the rise in energy prices....
...Electronic traders helped send volumes last year in energy, metals and agricultural commodities at the CME, the largest US futures exchange, to a record....
...But the positive data made Steven Ricchiuto, chief economist at Mizuho Securities USA, question whether the Fed would be prepared to intervene....
...At the close, the S&P 500 was down 0.2 per cent at 1,074.57, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.1 per cent to 10,138.52 and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.1 per cent to 2,220.65....
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