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...Friday 21.00 GMT What you need to know FTSE All-World index and S&P 500 slip marginally Top Chinese economic official to visit Washington Renminbi has best week against dollar since 2005 US core inflation...
...Canada has agreed to join a US deal with Mexico to revamp the pact, ending months of uncertainty over trade in North America that had been hanging over the economies of all three countries...
...up +27.77 (+0.38%) at 7,314 CAC 40 up +13.20 (+0.25%) at 5,282 Dax up +52.21 (+0.41%) at 12,657 Currencies €/$ 1.17 (1.17) $/¥ 113.05 (112.81) £/$ 1.34 (1.34) €/£ 0.8769 (0.8772) Commodities ($) Brent...
...at 7,373 CAC 40 down -17.41 (-0.34%) at 5,087 Dax up +21.50 (+0.18%) at 12,124 Currencies €/$ 1.19 (1.19) $/¥ 108.77 (108.80) £/$ 1.30 (1.30) €/£ 0.9144 (0.9138) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down...
...The economic calendar for Friday is as follows (all London times): 07.00: Finland Q2 gross domestic product 07.00: Czech Republic Q2 GDP (preliminary) 08.00: Poland August purchasing managers’ index 08.15...
...The economic calendar leans heavily towards the state of Europe’s manufacturing and services sectors (all times London): 08.00: France manufacturing, services purchasing managers’ index 08.00: European...
...But this may all be overshadowed by the extent to which the world economy continues on a path of a synchronised slowdown and the impact from any worsening in trade relations between the United States and...
...unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 10,431 Currencies €/$ 1.12 (1.12) $/¥ 102.04 (102.09) £/$ 1.32 (1.32) €/£ 0.8496 (0.8492) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.39 at 46.20 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.33...
...unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 10,288 Currencies €/$ 1.14 (1.14) $/¥ 107.13 (107.33) £/$ 1.45 (1.45) €/£ 0.7813 (0.7807) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.01 at 51.45 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.09 at...
...Akzo Nobel has warned of a “challenging” market environment as the Dutch paints and chemicals company said revenues were down 4 per cent to €3.43bn in the first quarter, because of “adverse currency effects...
...Tuesday 21:00 GMT. US and European equity indices resumed the upward momentum seen at the end of last week as stock markets continued to slavishly follow volatile swings for oil prices....
...Thursday 21:00 GMT....
...Monday 21:00 GMT. US stocks staged a moderate rebound after two days of hefty losses, even as a renewed sell-off in the oil markets sent crude prices to 11-year lows....
...(0.00%) at 10,951 Currencies €/$ 1.10 (1.10) $/¥ 120.63 (120.75) £/$ 1.54 (1.54) €/£ 0.7139 (0.7144) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.18 at 48.61 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.07 at 46.21 100 Oz...
...(0.00%) at 10,065 Currencies €/$ 1.14 (1.14) $/¥ 119.00 (118.85) £/$ 1.55 (1.55) €/£ 0.7356 (0.7361) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.52 at 50.25 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.65 at 47.03 100 Oz Gold...
...Revenues at Microsoft were down 2 per cent to $21.7bn after adjusting for certain items and currency fluctuations, just ahead of Wall Street’s forecasts, with earnings up to 9 cents ahead of expectations...
...+1.28%) at 17,749 Nasdaq unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 5,071 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +29.31 (+2.08%) at 1,441 FTSE100 up +129.76 (+2.16%) at 6,148 CAC 40 up +99.31 (+2.15%) at 4,724 Dax up +220.53...
...It is not immediately obvious that there will be closer economic ties with the United States, although Trump may well aim for that....
...0.00 (0.00%) at 10,230 Currencies €/$ 1.14 (1.14) $/¥ 119.73 (120.03) £/$ 1.56 (1.56) €/£ 0.7311 (0.7332) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.23 at 48.85 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.50 at 46.40...
...(0.00%) at 9,571 Currencies €/$ 1.11 (1.11) $/¥ 120.01 (120.12) £/$ 1.53 (1.54) €/£ 0.7246 (0.7233) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.04 at 49.04 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.21 at 46.57 100 Oz Gold...
...(Nymex) up +0.21 at 48.66 100 Oz Gold (Comex) down -14.50 at 1,080 Copper (Comex) down -0.80% at 2.37 10-year government bond yields (%) US 2.27% UK 2.00% Germany 0.74% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx...
...300 up +35.41 (+2.65%) at 1,373 FTSE100 up +119.49 (+2.00%) at 6,081 CAC 40 down -23.01 (-0.51%) at 4,458 Dax down -35.98 (-0.37%) at 9,653 Currencies €/$ 1.12 (1.12) $/¥ 120.28 (120.54) £/$ 1.52 (1.52...
...But the dollar retreated against most major currencies after tame inflation data further complicated the debate over whether the Fed should raise rates....
...(+0.21%) at 1,438 FTSE100 down -25.71 (-0.40%) at 6,352 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 4,704 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 10,164 Currencies €/$ 1.13 (1.13) $/¥ 119.42 (119.48) £/$ 1.55 (1.55) €/£ 0.7324...
...Thursday 21:00 BST....
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