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...The UK’s FTSE 100 underperformed with a 1.1 per cent decline as mining and energy companies retreated....
...Gold for December delivery settled 0.3 per cent higher to $2,039 a troy ounce....
...Wall Street’s benchmark equity index rallied 0.6 per cent to close at an all-time high of 3,039....
...The benchmark S&P 500 closed 0.6 per cent higher at 3,039.4, taking it past its previous peak of 3,025.9 on July 26 and notching an intraday record of 3,044.1 in the process....
...Last month the exchange operator said total securities market turnover in October was down 15 per cent from a year earlier to S$19.6bn ($13.84bn)....
...That saw the dollar index, a measure of the US currency against a basket of peers, rise 0.5 per cent yesterday and hold steady in Asia at 96.039....
...That leaves the energy group with 33 per cent of the infrastructure company. Education company Pearson says if pound weakness persists, earnings per share will be 4.5p higher at 54.5p-59.5p....
...The S&P 500 slid 0.6 per cent to 2,067.64, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.7 per cent to 17,440.59. The Nasdaq Composite fell 1 per cent to 5,039.78....
...Markets at 0800 BST Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +24.11 (+0.12%) at 20,407 Topix up +2.60 (+0.16%) at 1,651 Hang Seng up +130.79 (+0.49%) at 27,039 US markets DJIA up +38.97 (+0.22%) at 18,039 Nasdaq up...
...The S&P 500, which had its biggest rally in a month on Wednesday, rose 0.2 per cent to 2,108.86 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.2 per cent to 18,039.37....
...On Wall Street, the S&P 500 fell 0.5 per cent to 2,092 as traders prepared for the first-quarter earnings season to slip into high gear with companies including Intel, Johnson & Johnson and Bank of America...
...Altera was the best performing stock on the S&P 500, which rose 0.2 per cent to 2,111.73, with shares rising 6 per cent to $51.68 after Intel agreed to buy the chipmaker for $16.7bn....
...(FT) Markets Data 05:34 BST Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +94.89 (+0.47%) at 20,078 Topix up +10.87 (+0.67%) at 1,630 Hang Seng down -26.28 (-0.09%) at 28,407 US markets S&P 500: -0.41% at 2,109 DJIA down...
...(Guardian) Tesla Elon Musk’s car company is expected to unveil a battery for homes that will enable users to store solar energy and lessen reliance on the grid....
...The S&P 500 closed 0.1 per cent higher at 2,039.68, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was flat at 17,614.90. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.2 per cent to 4,660.56....
...The S&P 500 ended the session flat at 2,039.82, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1 per cent to 17,634.74 and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.2 per cent to 4,688.54....
...The S&P 500 gained 0.1 per cent to 2,039.33, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.2 per cent to 17,652.79. The Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.1 per cent to 4,680.14....
...It was a far quieter session for US and European equities, although the S&P 500 still managed to finish the week at a record high....
...By close the S&P 500 rose 0.3 per cent to 1,992.37, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.4 per cent to 17,039.49. The Nasdaq Composite added 0.1 per cent to 4,532.10....
...P 500 up +0.49% at 1,960 Bovespa down -1.58% at 53,426 Asia Nikkei 225 up +0.27% at 15,308 Topix up +0.21% at 1,263 Hang Seng up +1.45% at 23,198 Shanghai Composite up +0.65% at 2,039 MSCI Asia ex-Japan...
...Market Index down -0.53% at 1,010 Europe FTSE down -0.51% at 6,528 RTS down -2.34% at 1,176 Warsaw Wig down -1.37% at 51,671 FTSE 300 Eurotop down -0.43% at 1,307 Americas DJIA down -0.89% at 16,027 S&...
...P 500 up +0.36% at 1,768 Bovespa up +0.78% at 54,437 Asia Nikkei 225 up +0.17% at 14,225 Topix down -0.04% at 1,183 Hang Seng down -0.65% at 23,039 Shanghai Composite up +0.35% at 2,157 MSCI Asia ex-Japan...
...(NPN), Africa’s largest media company, sold $750 million of seven-year debt in the region’s first overseas corporate bond sale in two months as it seeks funds to pay for acquisitions in emerging markets....
.../2013/05/03/cnooc-the-bonds-bandwagon-rolls-on-but-for-how-long/#axzz2SCcf9pRe Emerging Markets MSCI Emerging Market Index up +0.14% at 1,039 Americas DJIA up +0.89% at 14,832 S&P 500 up +0.94% at 1,598...
...on.ft.com/16l6E8S Surgutneftegaz reveals $15bn of treasury shares missing from books Treasury shares worth $15bn that formerly belonged to Surgutneftegas have disappeared from the books of the Russian oil company...
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