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Thu, Dec 31 2009, 16:10 GMT
A positive end to the calendar year in the form of lower
claims for unemployment insurance has left the U.S. government bond market
nursing losses as evidence mounts that it won’t just be champagne flowing into
the New Year. The improving economic tone looks certain to improve in the first
quarter [...]
, but their rebound was halted by the
debt crisis.
After slumping to a year low in the first three months, five of the seven markets made a strong comeback in the third quarter that continued into the fourth with the Saudi, Dubai and
each adding more than 30 percent.
and Bahrain, the remaining five [...]
LONDON (AFP) –
The stock market closed higher in a half-day session on Thursday, the final trading session of 2009, to chalk up an impressive annual gain of more than 22 percent.
of leading shares rose 0.28 percent to finish at 5,412.88 points at 1230 GMT, as traders headed home early for the New Year holiday [...]
LONDON – World stocks edged up Thursday, with traders heading into the long New Year’s weekend in upbeat mood following a nine-month bull run that has seen many markets advance over 50 percent.
, the
of leading British shares closed up 15.02 points, or 0.3 percent, at 5,412.88. That meant it closed out the year [...]
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street is likely to make a strong showing in the final week of 2009 as the bulls gear up to toast the first annual advance for U.S. stocks in two years on hopes of more economic stability in 2010.
The U.S. stock market’s resiliency since the March bottom has put [...]
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A weaker dollar also helped buoy the market, lifting energy and materials stocks.
was extremely light.
last month.
fell 28,000 to 452,000 last week, the
reported, the latest sign of improvement in the job market. It was the best figure since September 2008, just before the credit crisis peaked, and better than the 470,000 [...]