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...Kathleen Quirk, president of Freeport-McMoran, the largest US copper producer, said that higher copper prices alone would not be enough to secure enough metal needed for the world to go green....
...Sure, you might only be able to eat a gilda, or Iberico ham over crisps, but hard-to-find treasures such as Valentini’s saline Trebbiano d’Abruzzo and Cécile Tremblay’s masterful Morey-Saint-Denis Tres Girard...
...In a recent study S&P estimated demand for copper would double to 50mn tonnes by 2035 because of its uses in electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, solar panels, wind turbines and batteries....
...For Pierre de Benoist, who looks after Domaine A & P de Villaine in Bouzeron on behalf of his uncle Aubert de Villaine of the world-famous Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, 2021 will be “a vintage that sorts...
...“We ended up being the eighth-best performing stock in the S&P 500 last year....
...Over this period, the S&P 500 ESG index, which tracks big US companies with high ESG ratings, beat the normal S&P index by 0.6 per cent....
...This helped spur a 3 per cent gain in futures contracts linked to the S&P 500 index on Friday and underpinned a rally in Asian shares despite a historic contraction in China’s economy....
...“The vast majority of permanent hair dyes include one of two dye molecules, PPD (para-phenylenediamine) or PTD (p-toluenediamine),” says Rosa Ajjam, senior vice-president for hair products retail at Coty...
...Equities In New York, the S&P 500 ended 0.6 per cent lower 2,750, following a 4.1 per cent slide last week — its biggest weekly decline since March....
...“The move in the lira has cast a positive glow over the broader EM FX space,” noted Kathleen Brooks at Capital Index....
...Brooks at Capital Index Equities In New York, the S&P 500 ended 0.4 per cent lower at 2,804, its first decline in three sessions....
...The overall S&P 500 asset management index hit its lowest level since November 2017 on Thursday....
...In a statement released today, executive chairman William P Lauder enthused about The Ordinary’s parent company Deciem being “well positioned to create a new generation of successful beauty brands”....
...“Unsurprisingly, change-phobic markets are happy that Catalonia, for now, will remain part of Spain,” said Kathleen Brooks, research director at City Index....
...“Pockets of woe in the market have not been enough to really knock the FTSE 100 off course,” said Kathleen Brooks of City Index....
...Hot topics In New York, the S&P 500 edged up 0.1 per cent to 2,591, after touching an all-time intraday high of 2,593.38....
...“One to watch this German election is a relative-value trade between the Dax and the Italian FTSE MIB,” said Kathleen Brooks of City Index....
...Kathleen Brooks, research director at City Index, highlighted that the Ibex had been steadily retreating since hitting a 21-month high in May....
...On Wall Street, meanwhile, the S&P 500 edged up 0.1 per cent to 2,560....
...there was a strong correlation between the Spanish stock index and the 10-year Spanish bond yield and that means “the Spanish yield matters for people trading the Ibex on the back of Catalan fears”, said Kathleen...
...“US banks could struggle to deliver profits in their investment bank segments after low [recent] levels of volatility may have depressed earnings,” said Kathleen Brooks, research director at City Index....
...“The only things that I could see making a significant move would be a higher probability of a recession, which seems like a stretch, or an inflation surprise,” says Kathleen Gaffney, a portfolio manager...
...Wall Street was weaker by Monday’s closing bell, the S&P 500 dipping 0.2 per cent....
...“While North Korea’s military ambitions are a background threat for markets, we don’t think that this particular geopolitical event is at the stage yet where it will cause a spike in volatility,” said Kathleen...
...“China’s spending pledge has underpinned risk sentiment more generally with European equities higher and a strong opening on Wall Street,” said Kathleen Brooks, of City Index....
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