FTSE100: 7750 Still Resistance

The global stock rally on the markets cooled yesterday with the FTSE 100 and Dow Jones sinking as attention shifts to corporate earnings season. The FTSE 100 failed to break above the 7728 level and dropped back from there, briefly dipping below 7700 t…

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Categorization of Risk Premiums [PREMIUM]

What is the best way to think about reliabilities and risks of various anomaly premiums commonly that investors believe to be available for exploitation? In their December 2017 paper entitled “A Framework for Risk Premia Investing”, Kari Vatanen and Antti Suhonen present a framework for categorizing widely accepted anomaly premiums to facilitate construction of balanced investment strategies. They More

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Italy Jobless Rate Falls As Expected In November

Italy’s unemployment rate decreased slightly as expected in November, after remaining stable in the previous two months, data from the statistical office Istat showed Tuesday.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged down to 11.0 percent in No…

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Eurozone Jobless Rate Falls In November

The euro area unemployment rate declined to the lowest since 2009, figures from Eurostat showed Tuesday.

The jobless rate dropped to 8.7 percent in November from 8.8 percent in October. This was the lowest since January 2009. The rate came in line w…

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Morrisons helps Britain’s FTSE bob below record high

REUTERS/Simon Dawson. Britain’s blue chip FTSE 100 .FTSE index was up 0.3 percent at 7,720.19 points by 0955 GMT, while mid caps gained 0.1 percent. Shares in Morrisons (MRW.L) were among the best performers on the FTSE, up 2.6 percent after the supermarket chain beat sales expectations …

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Retailers rise to top of FTSE

After yesterday’s wobble stock markets are back on the up today, with the FTSE 100 eyeing up fresh highs and European markets aided by further falls in the value of the euro. In London it remains a week for retailers, helped by numbers from Morrisons and the BRC’s December shopping figures.

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French Current Account Deficit Widens In November

The French current account gap widened in November from a month earlier, data from the Bank of France showed Tuesday.

The current account deficit rose to EUR 3.3 billion in November from EUR 2.6 billion in October.

The goods trade deficit increased …

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Euro Little Changed After Eurozone Jobless Rate

Following the release of Eurozone jobless rate for November at 5.00 am ET Tuesday, the euro changed little against its major rivals.

The euro was trading at 1.1939 against the greenback, 134.76 against the yen, 1.1727 against the franc and 0.8823 aga…

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Euro Mixed Ahead Of Eurozone Jobless Rate

At 5.00 am ET Tuesday, Eurostat publishes euro area unemployment data. The jobless rate is forecast to fall to 8.7 percent in November from 8.8 percent in October.

Ahead of the data, the euro traded mixed against its major rivals. While the euro ros…

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Hungary Trade Surplus Shrinks In November

Hungary’s foreign trade surplus decreased in November from a year ago, as imports grew faster than exports, preliminary figures from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office showed Tuesday.

The trade surplus dropped to EUR 718 million in November fro…

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FTSE 100 Rebounds As Morrisons Posts Strong Christmas Sales

(RTTNews.com) – U.K. shares rose on Tuesday after Morrisons, the UK’s fourth largest supermarket, posted better-than-expected Christmas sales. The benchmark FTSE 100 was up 23 points or 0.30 percent at 7,719 in late opening deals after declining 0.4 percent the previous day as Prime Minister May …

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CEOs of big UK companies are reluctant to commit to promoting women to top roles

So far, only 14 CEOs of the UK’s 100 largest publicly-traded companies have made the pledge. The 30% Club started in the UK in 2010, focusing on gender diversity on the boards of FTSE 100 companies (the 100 biggest companies traded on London Stock Exchange). Since then, the organization says …

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Retailers push European stocks higher, FTSE 100 recovers

Retailers push European stocks higher, FTSE 100 recovers. Reuters|. Jan 09, 2018, 03.34 PM IST. 0Comments. german-stock-reuter Consumer staples and financials were the biggest boosts to the pan-European index . LONDON: European shares gained further gr…

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FTSE 100 Rebounds As Morrisons Posts Strong Christmas Sales

(RTTNews) – U.K. shares rose on Tuesday after Morrisons, the UK’s fourth largest supermarket, posted better-than-expected Christmas sales. The benchmark FTSE 100 was up 23 points or 0.30 percent at 7,719 in late opening deals after declining 0.4 percent the previous day as Prime Minister May …

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Levels to watch: FTSE 100, DAX and Dow

Indices have returned to their winning ways, with Europe helped by a drop in the euro. share. Chris Beauchamp ChrisB_IG. Market Analyst, London. Tuesday 09 January 2018 01:28. All trading involves risk. Losses can exceed deposits. DAX. Source: Bloomber…

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Levels to watch: FTSE 100, DAX and Dow

Indices have returned to their winning ways, with Europe helped by a drop in the euro. share. Chris Beauchamp ChrisB_IG. Market Analyst, London. Tuesday 09 January 2018 01:28. DAX. Source: Bloomberg. FTSE 100 holds on near highs. The FTSE 100 continues…

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FTSE 100 flirts with fresh record as retailers rise

UK stocks pushed higher Tuesday, with the blue-chip index on course for another record as Wm. Morrison Supermarkets led gains in retail shares following its upbeat Christmas sales update, MarketWatch reports. What the market is doing: The FTSE 100 inde…

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FTSE 100 flirts with fresh record as Morrisons leads retailers higher

U.K. stocks pushed higher Tuesday, with the blue-chip index on course for another record as Wm. Morrison Supermarkets PLC led gains in retail shares following its upbeat Christmas sales update. What the market is doing: The FTSE 100 index UKX, +0.28% r…

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Swiss Retail Sales Fall At Slower Pace In November

Switzerland’s retail sales decreased at a slower pace in November, the Federal Statistical Office reported Tuesday.

Retail sales fell 0.2 percent year-on-year in November, slower than the 2.6 percent decrease seen in October. This was the second co…

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French Trade Deficit Widens In November

France’s foreign trade gap widened in November, as exports fell faster than imports, data from the customs office showed Tuesday.

The trade deficit rose to EUR 5.7 billion in November from EUR 5.3 billion in the previous month.

Meanwhile, economist…

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