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| | | ... 30-year bond climbed to 3.59 per cent from 3.51 per cent. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 ended the day 2.4 per cent higher at 5,394.53 while France's CAC-40 closed 3.1 per cent higher at 3,256.76. Germany's ... |
| | | | ... temporarily as the main worry remained centreed on Standard & Poor's momentous decision to lower its triple A rating for the US. Britain's FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closed down 3.4 per cent at 5,068.95, while France's CAC-40 slid 4.7 per ... |
| | | | ... confidence by reducing its official opinion of US creditworthiness to AA+, below that of AAA-ranked countries such as Britain, Australia, Germany and Canada. It is expected to have an effect on US bonds, pushing yields up and prices down, increasing ... |
| | | | ... dived 4.3 per cent on the Nasdaq as the troubled media giant faced a deepening crisis over its phone-hacking scandal in Britain, with a prominent former executive, Rebekah Brooks, arrested over the weekend. Bond prices fell slightly. The yield on the ... |
| | | | ... strongest in Milan, where the main index rallied to close 1.8 per cent higher and Italy's bond yields edged down further. Britain's FTSE 100 rose 37.5 points, or 0.6 per cent, to 5,906.43, while Germany's DAX gained 93.8 points, or 1.3 per cent, to 7,267.87. ... |
| | | | ... years intensified overnight when News Corporation announced it would close its London-based tabloid, News of the World, Britain's best-selling Sunday newspaper, in an effort to limit the fallout from the phone-hacking affair. News Corp shares were up ... |
| | | | ... on Wednesday and Thursday. They said early trade on Friday was tentative, however, after subdued manufacturing data in Britain, China and the eurozone but it then picked up after US figures surprised on the upside, sending Wall Street sharply higher. ... |
| | | | ... UK newspapers, McFarlane will replace Aviva's current chair, Lord Sharman, with the appointment to still be approved by Britain's Financial Services Authority. The news comes just one week after Aviva's UK chief executive, Hodges, announced that he was ... |
| | | | ... demise. But back to May and going away. Reuters' monthly asset allocation poll - a "survey of leading investors in US, Britain, Japan and Continental Europe" - showed investors not waiting for May to come, they started packing in April. The survey showed ... |
| | | | ... London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the day up 0.21 percent at 6,082.88 points. The market was closed on Friday for Britain's royal wedding, and on Monday for a regular bank holiday. In Paris, the CAC 40 suffered its first lost after eight sessions ... |
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