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Image for Wall Street ends lower, oil dips as Fed looms
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Wall Street ends lower, oil dips as Fed looms

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks closed down on Tuesday and crude prices fell as inv...

18th December, 2024

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Banks, oil stocks knock European shares to two-week lows

By Sruthi Shankar and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -Europe’s STOXX 600 fell to two-week lows on Tuesda...

18th December, 2024

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Hungary central bank leaves base rate steady for third straight month

By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s central bank left its base rate steady at the Euro...

17th December, 2024

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European shares soft, dollar firms ahead of central bank meetings

By Samuel Indyk and Ankur Banerjee LONDON (Reuters) -European shares were mostly lower while the dol...

17th December, 2024

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Sterling gets a lift from hotter UK wage growth

By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) – The pound rose on Tuesday, supported by data that showed UK wage...

17th December, 2024

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ECB’s Rehn says speed, scale of rate cuts to be decided at each meeting

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish ECB policymaker Olli Rehn said on Tuesday that euro area inflation is m...

17th December, 2024

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US stocks end higher ahead of Fed, bitcoin surges

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – Megacap tech shares muscled the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq to highe...

17th December, 2024

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Oil sags on soft Chinese spending, investor pause before US Fed rate move

By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil futures slipped from the highest levels in several weeks o...

17th December, 2024

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UK stocks start policy decision week lower; Entain falls

(Reuters) -Britain’s FTSE 100 index slipped on Monday, with Entain dropping after Australia’s financ...

17th December, 2024

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Luxury and energy sectors weaken European shares; French stocks fall 0.7%

By Sruthi Shankar and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) – European shares closed lower on Monday, bogged do...

17th December, 2024

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French central bank trims growth outlook on political drama

PARIS (Reuters) – France’s economy will grow more slowly than expected in the next two years as its...

17th December, 2024

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Russia’s key rate seen climbing by another 200 bps to 23%: Reuters poll

By Elena Fabrichnaya MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian central bank is expected to hike its key interes...

16th December, 2024