Posted on 04 April 2012. Tags: bund futures, double dip recession, global asset management, global stocks, london reuters, philip poole, record lows, retail sales data, stock index futures, zone businesses
By Simon Jessop
LONDON (Reuters) – Stocks and the euro fell on Wednesday after policymakers in the United States dimmed hopes of fresh asset-buying, underlining its divergence from a Europe facing recession and firmly back in crisis-fight…
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Posted on 02 April 2012. Tags: china manufacturing, european equities, gdp growth, grim outlook, london reuters, purchasing managers index, reuters world, sithole, world equity, world stocks
By Emelia Sithole-Matarise
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks were underpinned by surprisingly firm China manufacturing data on Monday, though further evidence that the world’s second biggest economy is slowing, along with euro zone debt jit…
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Posted on 02 April 2012. Tags: china manufacturing, chinese data, german central bank, grim outlook, ism manufacturing, london reuters, purchasing managers index, reuters world, sovereign bonds, world stocks
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks were underpinned by on Monday by surprisingly strong China manufacturing data as European shares pared losses after the German central bank denied it would stop accepting the bonds of several euro zone countries as colla…
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Posted on 27 March 2012. Tags: bank of scotland, global stock, index futures, italian auction, london reuters, massive earthquake, n225, reuters world, royal bank of scotland, world stocks
By Catherine Evans
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks slipped from a 2012 high hit earlier in the session while the dollar fell to a four-week low on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve signaled it would keep monetary policy ultra-loose to sup…
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Posted on 26 March 2012. Tags: bearish market, bond auction, bund futures, economic sentiment, german bund, growth worries, london reuters, sentiment data, sentiment index, stonestreet
LONDON (Reuters) – European shares clawed back some gains from last week’s losses on Monday and the euro backed off three-week highs as investors traded cautiously ahead of key data this week’s including an Italian bond auction and a key German economi…
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Posted on 22 March 2012. Tags: currency strategist, euro london, london reuters, markit, niels christensen, purchasing managers index, reuters world, risky assets, stock index futures, world stocks
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks hit their lowest in over a week on Thursday and Wall Street was set open in the red as manufacturing slumps in China and the euro zone fuelled global growth concerns.
The downbeat data triggered flows back …
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Posted on 29 February 2012. Tags: african national congress, brics, congress leadership, currency terms, debt crisis, gold mining, london reuters, political risk, share index, south african stocks
LONDON (Reuters) – Growing global bullishness may erode South African stocks’ perceived safe haven status, which helped them outperform many emerging markets last year despite infrastructure bottlenecks, political risk and rand volatility.
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Posted on 17 February 2012. Tags: buoyant mood, chief strategist, european stocks, inflation goal, japanese authorities, london reuters, michael derks, reuters world, risk appetite, world stocks
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks hit a fresh 6-1/2 month peak on Friday, the dollar jumped to a 3-1/2 month high against the yen and the euro held above recent lows as hopes Greece will seal a long-awaited bailout deal next week fuelled risk appetite.
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Posted on 17 February 2012. Tags: bund futures, cboe volatility index, european stocks, keith bowman, london reuters, natsuko waki, reuters world, s gauge, volatility index vix, world stocks
By Natsuko Waki
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks rose near a six-month peak on Friday and the dollar hit a 3-1/2 month high against the yen as hopes for a long-awaited Greek bailout deal next week following on from strong U.S. data encoura…
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Posted on 10 February 2012. Tags: anirban nag, asian stocks, austerity measures, capital spreads, debt repayments, global stocks, government bonds, london reuters, low interest rates, msci index
By Anirban Nag
LONDON (Reuters) – Stocks and the euro fell while safe-haven government bonds rose on Friday as final approval for a long-awaited Greek debt deal remained elusive, keeping alive the threat of a messy sovereign default.
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