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...Interest rate-sensitive stocks rallied on Friday, with the real estate and financials sectors the best performers in the S&P 500, which gained 1.1 per cent....
...US stocks recorded their best sessions since mid-November on Monday as the S&P 500 came within striking distance of a record high....
...Haley, a former governor of South Carolina, said: “This race is far from over. There are dozens of states left to go, and the next one is my sweet state of South Carolina.”...
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...The former South Carolina governor has enjoyed a rise in polls in Iowa and New Hampshire over the past month, as she outspends rivals by millions of dollars....
...Even inside the S&P 500 there is a stark performance disparity between the biggest stocks and the rest....
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...Logistics now account for 15 per cent of CMA CGM’s core profits, compared with under 4 per cent a year earlier....
...By mid-afternoon, the S&P 500 was up 0.08 per cent and the Nasdaq down 0.1 per cent with big names including Apple, Tesla and Meta in the red....
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...Boeing is facing scrutiny from regulators and the US Department of Justice after a door panel blew out mid-flight on a 737 Max in January....
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