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...We should also note this guy, who’s doing his thing: A reminder that Donald Trump, who despite everything remains The Actual President of the United States, tweeted on April 2 that a deal to end the oil...
...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...
...Sterling was up 0.7 per cent at $1.2839, off the day’s high of $1.2865. The euro was down 1 per cent against the pound at £0.8924....
...The new trilateral pact is to be called the United States Mexico Canada Agreement, they said....
...FTSE100 down -26.18 (-0.36%) at 7,300 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 5,317 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 12,861 Currencies €/$ 1.18 (1.19) $/¥ 113.01 (112.10) £/$ 1.34 (1.35) €/£ 0.8818 (0.8818) Commodities...
...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 ($) Brent...
...unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 13,126 Currencies €/$ 1.18 (1.18) $/¥ 112.75 (112.53) £/$ 1.34 (1.34) €/£ 0.8804 (0.881) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.44 at 62.88 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.22 at 56.82...
...The decision could also threaten the future of Bombardier’s Belfast factory, which makes wings for the C-series and employs 4,500 people. Roughly 1,000 work on the C-series programme....
...The dollar index, which tracks the currency against a basket of peers, was up 0.1 per cent 92.361 after a drop of 0.4 per cent overnight on dovish comments from US Federal Reserve officials....
...number of new attractive retail markets in London and the wealthiest catchment areas in the United States....
...+53.37 (+0.44%) at 12,056 Currencies €/$ 1.19 (1.19) $/¥ 110.10 (109.96) £/$ 1.29 (1.29) €/£ 0.9205 (0.9208) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.20 at 52.66 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.35 at 46.88...
...Nasdaq up +72.07 (+1.13%) at 6,432 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +15.43 (+1.05%) at 1,491 FTSE100 up +35.99 (+0.49%) at 7,414 CAC 40 up +63.22 (+1.24%) at 5,177 Dax up +171.26 (+1.39%) at 12,475 Currencies...
...Mr Fait sold shares in Telit worth £1.5m in July at an average price of 310p, alongside other board members....
...In Hong Kong the Hang Seng is set to inch up 0.1 per cent when trading begins....
...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...
...The economic calendar includes reports for US job openings at 10:00 in New York and consumer credit at 15:00....
...In other major currencies, the moves are muted, with the Japanese yen 0.1 per cent softer at ¥110.57 per dollar and the euro off 0.1 per cent to $1.1268 ahead of the European Central Bank’s monetary policy...
...Corporate earnings reports out today include Japan Tobacco (14.00), Suzuki Motor (14.00), Toyota Motor (15.00), Sega Sammy (15.00) and Square Enix....
...Accordingly, we expect the MPC to raise Bank Rate to 1.00 per cent in May and then to 1.25 per cent in November....
...The tone is resolutely anti-Brexit but it provides a balanced survey of the current state of academic economists' thinking....
...Hot topic Donald Trump will be sworn in on Friday as the 45th president of the United States of America, and investors are waiting to see if the property developer’s fiscal pledges can boost the world’s...
...: Japan July all industry activity index13.00: Singapore CPI...
...unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 10,431 Currencies €/$ 1.12 (1.12) $/¥ 102.04 (102.09) £/$ 1.32 (1.32) €/£ 0.8496 (0.8492) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.39 at 46.20 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.33...
...at 5,235 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +13.80 (+1.04%) at 1,342 FTSE100 up +103.27 (+1.54%) at 6,814 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 4,394 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 10,374 Currencies €/$ 1.12...
...That has given a boost to other currencies – most notably the yen – as investors pare back expectations of an interest rate rise this year from the Federal Reserve....
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