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Dollar rises against major currencies
(AP) Yahoo Stock | 486 days 1 hour 3 minutes ago AP - The dollar traded higher against the other major currencies Thursday, climbing against the yen in Asia on a sharp rebound in Japanese stocks, supporting views that recent exchange-rate volatility will ease and make yen-carry trades more feasible.
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Mining rally boosts FTSE
(FT.com) Yahoo Stock | 486 days 4 hours 26 minutes agoFT.com - Mining stocks led the FTSE higher on Thursday with Antofagasta, the copper producer focused on Chile, up 3.1 per cent to 476p on talk that a special dividend of up to 40 US cents a share could be paid when full-year results are announced on Tuesday. More Info... |
Banking rally fuels European gains
(FT.com) Yahoo Stock | 486 days 5 hours 16 minutes agoFT.com - European equities rose on Thursday, helped by encouraging corporate results and strength in the financial sector. The FTSE Eurofirst 300 gained 1.3 per cent to 1,486.10. More Info... |
European central bank raises rates
(AP) Yahoo Stock | 486 days 5 hours 27 minutes agoAP - The European Central Bank raised its key interest rate a quarter point to 3.75 percent Thursday and set the stage for another hike, in a move aimed at keeping inflation contained amid strong economic growth. More Info... |
Tokyo stocks flat in directionless trading
(FT.com) Yahoo Stock | 486 days 19 hours 56 minutes agoFT.com - Japanese stocks meandered through the morning on light volumes and directionless trading. A return to wider market confidence remains elusive and the benchmark indexes dipped slightly going into the lunch break. More Info... |
Wall Street sags on bleak housing view
(Reuters) Yahoo Stock | 487 days 37 minutes ago Reuters - Stocks slipped on Wednesday following
a negative assessment of the housing market from a large home
builder and a Federal Reserve report indicated some U.S.
regions were seeing slowing economic growth.
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Oil prices jump on inventory declines
(AP) Yahoo Stock | 487 days 2 hours 40 minutes ago AP - Oil prices jumped by more than $1 per barrel Wednesday after the U.S. government reported an unexpected drop in crude inventories amid the lowest import levels since 2005.
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Stocks steady as investors await data
(AP) Yahoo Stock | 487 days 3 hours 59 minutes agoAP - Stocks moved sideways Wednesday as investors tried to determine whether the previous session's rally had legs and might continue or whether the pessimism that pressed investors into selling for much of the past week would win out. More Info... |
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