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...The yield on benchmark 10-year gilts rose to 4.06 per cent, up from 4.03 per cent before the numbers were released....
...The benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 1.4 per cent after the news, putting it on track to close at a record high....
...Also moving on Tuesday morning was the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield, which rose to a peak of 4.4 per cent, its highest level since November....
...The probability of the first 0.25 percentage point cut being delivered by June rose from about 50 per cent to 60 per cent, with traders moving to price in three cuts by the end of the year....
...The pound fell 0.07 per cent to $1.2803 after official figures showed that average earnings excluding bonuses rose 6.1 per cent in the three months to January, slightly lower than the 6.2 per cent forecast...
...Wincanton’s shares rose more than 20 per cent on Thursday to 613p, suggesting investors think there could be scope for a further bid....
...The market-implied probability of the first rate cut by June rose from under 60 per cent to 65 per cent, while sterling nudged down 0.12 per cent against the dollar to $1.2777....
...The S&P purchasing manager’s index, a measure of activity in the private sector, rose to 53.3 in February, up from 52.9 in January and the highest since May 2023....
...Markets’ rate-cut expectations have been shaken by data this week showing US inflation rose more than expected in March....
...Speculation also rose that Sweden’s Riksbank could cut interest rates as soon as May after the country reported lower than expected inflation on Friday....
...Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields rose 0.05 percentage points to 4.43 per cent....
...WW said on Wednesday that its net profits rose 22 per cent to a record $967mn last year as revenues climbed 2 per cent to $5.15bn....
...In a sign of higher investor activity, the number of outstanding gold futures contracts on Comex has jumped 30 per cent since February 28, while net long positions rose about 64,000 to 208,000 contracts...
...Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields rose 0.05 percentage points to 4.43 per cent. “Ten-year yields are drifting higher....
...In seven weeks benchmark Treasury yields rose from 4.1 per cent to hit 5 per cent by late October, despite the Fed keeping interest rates steady over the period....
...In a further sign of a cooling jobs market, US government figures showed that labour costs rose by the smallest amount since the second quarter of 2021....
...While the unemployment rate rose to 3.9 per cent from 3.7 per cent the month before, it remains low by historic standards....
...Investors pushed back their expectations on the timing of Bank of England rate cuts and sterling rose after stronger than expected wage data added pressure on the central bank in its battle to cool rising...
...Two-year gilt yields rose 0.06 percentage points to 4.29 per cent, reflecting a fall in prices, having been flat on the day ahead of the announcement....
...Interest rate-sensitive two-year gilt yields dropped 0.11 percentage points to 4.57 per cent while the FTSE 100 rose 0.7 per cent....
...Then, during the Covid lockdown, Mary shot a playful campaign for the Stella McCartney collection at the family home....
...Trump Media & Technology Group, the company behind his Truth Social platform, rose as high as $79.38 a share from the previous day’s price of $49.95, before closing up 16 per cent at $57.99....
...Traders in swaps markets have scaled back expectations for Bank of England rate cuts this year after UK inflation unexpectedly rose to 4 per cent in December....
...The benchmark 10-year bond yield rose 0.09 percentage points to 6.35 per cent, the highest level since December, reflecting a fall in prices....
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