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FTSE 100 Climbs Despite Weak Data

FTSE 100 Climbs Despite Weak Data

U.K. stocks rose sharply on Friday, with defensive shares surging amid mounting fears around hawkish central banks and rising risks of a recession.
RTTNews | 681 days ago
Asian Shares Gain As Commodities Decline On Growth Worries

Asian Shares Gain As Commodities Decline On Growth Worries

Asian stocks found some support on Friday as a continuous decline in commodities from crude oil, to metals to cotton, helped ease fears around runaway inflation. The U.S. dollar slipped from recent highs, bond yields mostly fell and gold held steady while oil extended recent losses on concerns over a slowdown in fuel demand.
RTTNews | 681 days ago
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UK Retail Sales Fall As Britons Reduce Spending On Food

UK Retail Sales Fall As Britons Reduce Spending On Food

UK retail sales declined in May as high cost of living pulled consumer sentiment to a record low and weighed on households' spending in food stores, data showed on Friday. Retail sales volume dropped 0.5 percent month-on-month in May, reversing a revised 0.4 percent increase in April, the Office for National Statistics said. Economists had forecast sales to drop 0.7 percent.
RTTNews | 681 days ago
European Economics Preview: UK Retail Sales Data Due

European Economics Preview: UK Retail Sales Data Due

Retail sales from the UK and business confidence from Germany are the major economic reports due on Friday. At 2.00 am ET, the Office for National Statistics releases UK retail sales data for May. Sales are forecast to fall 0.7 percent on month, in contrast to the 1.4 percent rise in April.
RTTNews | 681 days ago
Asian Markets Trade Mostly Higher

Asian Markets Trade Mostly Higher

Asian stock markets are trading mostly higher on Friday, following the broadly positive cues overnight from Wall Street, as traders indulged in bargain hunting in the oversold bourses, particularly among the technology shares, even as the possibility of a global recession remains. Traders also digest comments from US Fed Chair Jerome Powell on the second day of his testimony.
RTTNews | 682 days ago

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