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FTSE 100 Slightly Higher In Lackluster Trade
(RTTNews) - U.K. stocks were slightly higher on Friday as new figures showed U.K. car production returned to growth last month.
The benchmark FTSE 100 was up 12 points, or 0.2 percent, at 7,478 after ending little changed with a positive bias on Thursday.
Devro soared 60 percent after it has agreed to a 540-million-pound ($654.3 million) takeover by Saria SE & Co. KG through its subsidiary Saria.
SSE gained about 1 percent after it agreed to sell a 25 percent stake in its electricity transmission grid business to the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board.
LSL Property Services slumped 10 percent. The provider of residential-property services said that it expects overall 2022 performance to miss prior expectations.
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Positive Start Seen For Canadian Stocks
Canadian stocks may edge up a bit in early trades Friday morning with some encouraging earnings announcements and firm commodity prices aiding sentiment.
Investors will also be reacting to the data showing a 41,000 jobs drop in Canadian employment in the month of July. Data from Statistics Canada also showed that the unemployment rate in Canada came in unchanged at 6.9%.
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1ч 49мин назад
UK Market Roughly Flat; Mining Stocks Move Higher
Amid a lack of economic and earnings data, U.K. stocks are moving in a tight range in somewhat lackluster trade on Friday. Investors are assessing the potential impact of the Trump administration's reciprocal tariffs on global economic growth. Optimism about a rate cut by the Fed next month is aiding sentiment a bit.
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3ч 43мин назад
CAC 40 Climbs Higher For 3rd Straight Day
French stocks are modestly higher on Friday, extending gains to a third straight session, with mostly encouraging corporate earnings announcements aiding sentiment.
Concerns about the potential impact of Trump's reciprocal tariffs limit market's upside a bit.
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4ч 2мин назад
Sensex Plunges 765 Points On Tariff Worries; Nifty Ends Below 24,400
Indian shares fell sharply on Friday amid concerns that steep 50 percent U.S. tariffs on Indian goods may hut the country's manufacture push and slow economic growth.
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4ч 16мин назад
DAX Modestly Lower After Four-day Winning Streak
German stocks are down in negative territory on Friday, drifting lower after four successive days of gains, as some disappointing earnings announcements, and concerns about the impact of tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump weigh on sentiment.
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5ч 5мин назад
European Shares Mixed As Investors Weigh Trump Tariff Impact
European stocks were mixed on Friday after the Trump administration's higher tariff rates on trading partners took effect from midnight and Moscow confirmed Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump are preparing to meet in the coming days, raising hopes of a ceasefire in the Ukraine war.
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5ч 36мин назад
Asian Shares Mostly Lower In Cautious Trade; Nikkei Bucks Trend
Asian stocks ended mostly lower in cautious trade on Friday as U.S. President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs targeting more than 90 nations came into force just after midnight.
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5ч 59мин назад
European Shares Seen Higher At Open
European shares are seen opening higher on Friday after U.S. reciprocal tariffs took effect at midnight on Thursday.
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8ч 59мин назад
