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| | | ... a drag on stocks. US petrol prices have risen 10 per cent in the last month. Analysts also cited a sharp rise in the US trade deficit in March and the growing rift between Greece and its creditors over the terms of a bailout. Losses were broad-based ... |
| | | | ... wall, the greenback is the fairest of 'em all. Latest available data from the US Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis show the "Trade Weighted U.S. Dollar Index: Major Currencies" at 91.57 as at 6 February. This is the best level in 12 years (2003) and ... |
| | | | ... higher-yielding stocks". Spooky words to describe the S&P/ASX 200 index's monster drop of 0.42% at the close of yesterday's trade. A mammoth dive that's not even enough to erase the teenie-weenie 0.51% uptick it gained the day before. At 5,933.9 points ... |
| | | | ... Bank will announce aggressive stimulus measures Thursday. Strong earnings by Netflix and UnitedHealth buoyed some of the trade, while IBM shares sank on its poor fourth-quarter report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 39.05 points (0.22 per ... |
| | | | ... summarised by its chief economist, Kaushik Basu, thus: "Risks to the global outlook remain tilted downwards. Weak global trade growth is anticipated to persist during the forecast period, potentially for longer than currently expected should the Euro ... |
| | | | ... points. NEW YORK - US stocks have set fresh records for the fifth straight session, but just barely, amid holiday-dampened trade. At the closing bell on Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up a scant 1.87 point (0.01 per cent) at 17,615.61 ... |
| | | | ... cent) to 1,886.76, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index gained 41.05 (0.97 per cent) to 4,258.44. A vertigo-inducing trade week saw markets careen up and down but calmer at week's end. US equity markets opened positive and stayed in the green all ... |
| | | | ... economy itself. You can tell that the bears are slowly getting a grip on sentiment when even better than expected Chinese trade data fails to lift market mood. Chinese exports increased by 15.3% in the year - yippee, no slowdown for exports contribute ... |
| | | | ... concerned Wall Street last week taking the S&P 500 index 1.1% and the Dow 0.9% lower over the past five trading days. Tensions in the Ukraine continue prompting the EU to raise its sanctions against Russia - adding 15 companies, including energy companies ... |
| | | | ... 4,508.31. The Dow had led a sell-off on Friday amid worries of a looming clash between Russian and Ukraine forces. But tensions fell back after the two sides held talks on the weekend, and investors pushed back into the Dow's blue chips. The Nasdaq gauge ... |
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