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...That is close to analysts’ forecasts for a 3.5 per cent decline and a 0.9 per cent increase, respectively....
...Contracts tracking the US benchmark S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite were down 0.5 per cent and 0.7 per cent, respectively ahead of the New York market open....
...Fixed asset investment grew 4.5 per cent against a year earlier in the quarter, boosted by a 9.9 per cent increase in manufacturing investment that was offset by a 9.5 per cent fall in property investment...
...Leaders were Tan 9/14, Lei Tingjie (China), Koneru Humpy and Vaishali Rameshbabu (both India) all 7.5....
...Net revenue rose 9.4 per cent to €6.8bn, ahead of the 7.2 per cent rise forecast by analysts....
...Revenue is expected to have declined 9.5 per cent to $16.2bn in the three months ending March. The company is expected to report a loss of $1.21 a share, compared with a loss of 69 cents a year ago....
...Overall exports for March totalled ¥9.5tn ($61.4bn), while those to China rose 12.6 per cent to ¥1.7tn and US exports climbed 8.5 per cent to ¥1.8tn....
...The ONS reported that sales in food stores fell 0.7 per cent in March and were 3.9 per cent below their February 2020 levels, before the pandemic, reflecting how the burst of inflation in recent years has...
...The median existing home price in February was $384,500, up 5.7 per cent year on year....
...China’s CSI 300 fell 0.7 per cent, with furniture maker Oppein Home and cosmetics group Imeik Technology Development leading losses, falling 9.6 per cent and 9.4 per cent, respectively....
...The BoE data on Tuesday also showed that the share of gross mortgage advances for buy-to-let purposes fell by 4.9 percentage points year on year in the final quarter to 7 per cent, the lowest since 2010....
...Core CPI inflation, which excludes energy, food, and alcohol, rose by 5.1 per cent in the 12 months to November, down from 5.7 per cent in October....
...Its revenue forecast for the current quarter of $9.49bn was slightly below Wall Street forecasts of about $9.5bn....
...It said the US would continue to outperform in 2025 with growth of 1.9 per cent, versus 1.5 per cent in the euro area....
...The company said Wednesday it now expects to achieve its target of $9.5bn of annual revenue and 8.5 to 9 per cent EBIT margin by 2028 instead of its initial forecast of 2026....
...In the UK, Boots same-store retail sales increased 5.9 per cent in the quarter, while pharmacy sales ticked up 1.7 per cent....
...First-quarter net sales at the Netherlands-based electronics group fell to €5.3bn, down from €6.7bn in the same period a year earlier and €7.2bn in the fourth quarter but in line with its guidance....
...Exports in the two months rose 7.1 per cent compared with a year earlier, beating a Reuters poll of analysts that forecast an increase of 1.9 per cent....
...Annual growth in total pay, which hit a record high of 8.5 per cent in July, had slowed to 7.9 per cent....
...The BoE’s monthly survey of chief financial officers found that wages are forecast to rise by 4.7 per cent over the next 12 months, down from a 4.9 per cent increase forecast in February and the lowest figure...
...Balfour Beatty: Shares in the UK infrastructure company advanced 7.4 per cent after it announced its revenue grew to £9.6bn last year, a 7 per cent rise, and its full year dividend was increased 10 per cent...
...That is not far off the 9.5 per cent of people in England and Wales who, again per the ONS, used some form of illegal drug in the past 12 months (with eight in 10 of those who did taking cannabis)....
...The figure was down from an increase of 4.9 per cent forecast in February and the lowest since the question was first asked in spring 2022....
...China Merchant’s Bank rose 5.2 per cent after announcing a better-than expected dividend on Monday. Baidu led gains among technology names as it added 3.9 per cent....
...In India, Tata Motors shares rose as much as 7.9 per cent in early trading after the group announced it would be split into two listed companies....
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