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Global shares rose Tuesday, with European markets tracking gains in Asia and US after some weak economic data raised hopes that the Federal Reserve might ease away from aggressive interest rate hikes. France's CAC 40 gained 2.8% in early trading to 5,955.79. Germany's DAX rose 2.3% to 12,484.83. Britain's FTSE 100 added 1.5% to 7,013.73. The future for the Dow industrials was up 1.3% at 29,913.00. The S&P 500 future contract rose 1.5% to 3,745.25. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 added nearly 3.0% to finish at 26,992.21. South Korea's Kospi gained 2.5% to 2,209.98. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 jumped 3.8% to 6,699.30 after its central bank boosted its benchmark interest rate for a sixth consecutive month to a nine-year high of 2.6%. The Reserve Bank of Australia's increase of a quarter percentage point to the cash rate was smaller than those at recent monthly meetings. When the bank lifted the rate by a quarter percentage point at its board meeting in May, it was the first rate hike in
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The declines Friday cap a week of global market turmoil in which recession fears already sapped stocks and currency markets were rocked by dollar strength
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World shares tumbled on Wednesday after a wobbly day on Wall Street as markets churned over the prospect of a possible recession. US futures and oil prices declined and China's yuan weakened sharply. Trading has been volatile since the Dow Jones Industrial Average followed other major US indexes into a bear market earlier this week. In early trading, Germany's DAX lost 1.3 per cent to 11,983.29 and the FTSE 100 in London was also down 1.3 per cent, at 6,895.21. In Paris, the CAC40 gave up 0.9 per cent to 5,702.50. The future for the S and P 500 was 0.8 per cent lower and the contract for the Dow industrials lost 0.6 per cent. China's yuan fell to a 14-year low against the dollar Wednesday despite central bank efforts to stem the slide after US interest rate hikes prompted traders to convert money into dollars in search of higher returns. The yuan fell to 7.2301 to the dollar, its lowest level since January 2008. One yuan was worth about 13.8 cents, down 15per cent from its March
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Ten of the 11 major S&P 500 sectors were up in early trading, led by a 1.1% jump in energy and industrial shares
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Global stocks and Wall Street futures fell on Friday after higher-than-expected US inflation dashed hopes the Federal Reserve might back off plans for more interest rate hikes. London and Frankfurt opened lower. Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong retreated. Oil prices declined. Wall Street's benchmark S and P 500 index lost 1.1 per cent on Thursday, adding to declines after August inflation stayed near a four-decade high despite four interest rate hikes this year to slow the economy. On Thursday, US government data showed unemployment claims last week declined while August consumer sales rose. That gives ammunition to Federal Reserve officials who say the economy can tolerate more rate hikes. Wall Street's decline indicates no sign of relief for risk sentiments while the job market data provided the go-ahead for further tightening in monetary policy, Yeap Jun Rong of IG said in a report. In early trading, the FTSE 100 in London lost 0.3 per cent to 7,262.67 and the DAX in Frankfurt she
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On Wall Street, all three major indexes ended with gains of at least 1%, scoring their first weekly increase in four weeks
Stocks shook off an early stumble and rose in morning trading on Wall Street on Thursday, keeping the market on track to break a three-week losing streak. The S and P 500 rose 0.5 per cent as of 10.58 am Eastern. The benchmark index is holding on to a 1.9 per cent gain for the week. Stocks have been mostly losing ground in recent weeks after the Federal Reserve indicated it will not let up anytime soon on raising interest rates to bring down the highest inflation in decades. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 133 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 31,720 and the Nasdaq rose 0.6 per cent. Health care stocks made broad gains. Regeneron surged 16.9 per cent after the company and partner Bayer reported encouraging study data on an anti-blindness drug. Banks also rose broadly. JPMorgan Chase rose 2.1 per cent. Bond yields remained mostly steady. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which influences interest rates on mortgages and other loans, fell to 3.25 per cent from 3.27 per cent late on
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