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UK Labour's Landslide Election Victory Lifts European Stock Markets
Europe's stock markets rose in opening deals on Friday as investors digested news that Labour, as expected, clinched a landslide election victory in Britain to end 14 years of Conservative rule.
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Sensex, Nifty Rebound On Report Of US, China Moving Closer To Trade Deal
Equities across the globe cheered the move with the UK's FTSE 100 index advancing 0.2 per cent, Germany's DAX rising 1.1 per cent and France's CAC 40 index climbing 1.2 per cent.
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Martin Sorrell Quits As Head Of World's Biggest Ad Group WPP
The longest-serving CEO on the FTSE 100 blue chip index, Martin Sorrell built WPP into one of Britain's biggest companies
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London Stocks Fall As UK Heads To Polls, Bucking Uptrend Across Europe
The British capital's FTSE 100 index turned flat heading into midday, wiping out initial gains, while the pound edged lower against the dollar with voting underway.
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European Shares Edge Lower, FTSE Heads For Fifth Week Of Gains
Britain's commodity-heavy FTSE 100 index fell 0.1 percent after hitting a new record high in the previous day. However, it was on track for its fifth straight week of gains.
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Donald Trump Victory Speech Helps Soothe Market Concerns
In Europe, Germany's DAX was down 0.9% at 10,384 while the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was 0.2% lower at 6,832.
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Britain's FTSE 100 Stock Index Hits Record As Pound Tanks
Britain's top stock market index struck a record high amid hopes that many of its constituent companies will benefit from the pound's slide in currency markets.
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Emerging Market Bulls Push Global Stocks Higher
World shares closed in on one-year highs on Tuesday as the prospect of prolonged cheap borrowing costs and a recent rise in oil prices set off a new emerging market bull run.
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World Stocks Ease, Dollar Holds Ground As US Rate Bets Abound
Stocks slipped on Wednesday while the dollar continued to claw back last week's losses as investors grappled with the prospect of a US interest rate increase in the months ahead coming amid continued uncertainty about the strength of the global economy.
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World Stocks Rally As Buffett Bites Into Apple, Oil Eyes $50
World shares rose on Tuesday as technology giant Apple Inc's biggest rise in over two months and oil's march higher to near $50 per barrel boosted investor demand for riskier assets at the expense of safe-haven bonds.
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European Shares Fall Sharply as Worries Over China Intensify
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index and the euro zone's blue-chip Euro STOXX index both fell 2 per cent. Germany's DAX declined 1.4 per cent, while Britain's FTSE 100 weakened by 1.6 per cent.
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World Stocks Shrug Off China Data, Fed Weighs on Markets
World stocks rose on Monday, shrugging off tepid Chinese economic data while the dollar weakened before a Federal Reserve decision on whether to raise interest rates for the first time since 2006 later this week.
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European Equities Struggle After Chinese Stocks Slide
A 6 per cent fall in Chinese shares on Tuesday hit Asian stocks and left European equities struggling for gains while emerging market currencies and oil prices touched multi-year lows.
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Asian Stocks Off 3-Month Lows as China Bounces, Fed Eyed
Asian shares rose from three-month lows on Wednesday as Chinese shares staged a comeback, and the dollar stayed static as investors waited for clues from a Federal Reserve meeting on when US interest rates are likely to rise.
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Earnings, Greece Weigh on European Stocks
European stocks fell on Wednesday, failing to extend an overnight rally in Asia as investors looked to Greece's debt crisis and lurch towards possible default as an excuse to cash in gains chalked up earlier in the week.
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UK Labour's Landslide Election Victory Lifts European Stock Markets
Europe's stock markets rose in opening deals on Friday as investors digested news that Labour, as expected, clinched a landslide election victory in Britain to end 14 years of Conservative rule.
-
Sensex, Nifty Rebound On Report Of US, China Moving Closer To Trade Deal
Equities across the globe cheered the move with the UK's FTSE 100 index advancing 0.2 per cent, Germany's DAX rising 1.1 per cent and France's CAC 40 index climbing 1.2 per cent.
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Martin Sorrell Quits As Head Of World's Biggest Ad Group WPP
The longest-serving CEO on the FTSE 100 blue chip index, Martin Sorrell built WPP into one of Britain's biggest companies
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London Stocks Fall As UK Heads To Polls, Bucking Uptrend Across Europe
The British capital's FTSE 100 index turned flat heading into midday, wiping out initial gains, while the pound edged lower against the dollar with voting underway.
-
European Shares Edge Lower, FTSE Heads For Fifth Week Of Gains
Britain's commodity-heavy FTSE 100 index fell 0.1 percent after hitting a new record high in the previous day. However, it was on track for its fifth straight week of gains.
-
Donald Trump Victory Speech Helps Soothe Market Concerns
In Europe, Germany's DAX was down 0.9% at 10,384 while the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was 0.2% lower at 6,832.
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Britain's FTSE 100 Stock Index Hits Record As Pound Tanks
Britain's top stock market index struck a record high amid hopes that many of its constituent companies will benefit from the pound's slide in currency markets.
-
Emerging Market Bulls Push Global Stocks Higher
World shares closed in on one-year highs on Tuesday as the prospect of prolonged cheap borrowing costs and a recent rise in oil prices set off a new emerging market bull run.
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World Stocks Ease, Dollar Holds Ground As US Rate Bets Abound
Stocks slipped on Wednesday while the dollar continued to claw back last week's losses as investors grappled with the prospect of a US interest rate increase in the months ahead coming amid continued uncertainty about the strength of the global economy.
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World Stocks Rally As Buffett Bites Into Apple, Oil Eyes $50
World shares rose on Tuesday as technology giant Apple Inc's biggest rise in over two months and oil's march higher to near $50 per barrel boosted investor demand for riskier assets at the expense of safe-haven bonds.
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European Shares Fall Sharply as Worries Over China Intensify
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index and the euro zone's blue-chip Euro STOXX index both fell 2 per cent. Germany's DAX declined 1.4 per cent, while Britain's FTSE 100 weakened by 1.6 per cent.
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World Stocks Shrug Off China Data, Fed Weighs on Markets
World stocks rose on Monday, shrugging off tepid Chinese economic data while the dollar weakened before a Federal Reserve decision on whether to raise interest rates for the first time since 2006 later this week.
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European Equities Struggle After Chinese Stocks Slide
A 6 per cent fall in Chinese shares on Tuesday hit Asian stocks and left European equities struggling for gains while emerging market currencies and oil prices touched multi-year lows.
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Asian Stocks Off 3-Month Lows as China Bounces, Fed Eyed
Asian shares rose from three-month lows on Wednesday as Chinese shares staged a comeback, and the dollar stayed static as investors waited for clues from a Federal Reserve meeting on when US interest rates are likely to rise.
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Earnings, Greece Weigh on European Stocks
European stocks fell on Wednesday, failing to extend an overnight rally in Asia as investors looked to Greece's debt crisis and lurch towards possible default as an excuse to cash in gains chalked up earlier in the week.
