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S&P futures add to gains after data »

NEW YORK | Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:13am EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open on Wednesday as investors remained cautiously optimistic about progress on plans to lessen the euro zone’s debt woes.

International auditors headed to Greece to scrutinize [...]

Stock futures signal gains; Caterpillar eyed »

(Reuters) – Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.16 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.16 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.1 percent at 5:06 a.m. ET.

Companies set to report quarterly earnings include Dow component Caterpillar Inc (CAT.N), Boston Scientific (BSX.N), [...]

The pound gains on the data »

During the last couple of month the British currency used to be under pressure more often than not for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the economy didn’t perform as good as the market hoped. Secondly, the BoE responded with the heaviest intervention on the bond market among the developed economies and just as these factors [...]

Dai-ichi Life gains on debut after $11 billion IPO »

TOKYO (Reuters) – Dai-ichi Life Insurance rose 14 percent on its debut on Thursday after pricing its $11 billion IPO at a discount to rivals, but investors remain wary of its growth prospects outside a mature Japanese market.

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The IPO was the world’s largest since Visa Inc’s $19.7 billion offering two years ago and was [...]

FTSE gains in midday trade (AFP) »

LONDON (AFP) – Shares in London rose in late morning trade on Wednesday, the last day of the first quarter, as traders eyed the Easter holiday weekend and upcoming US jobs data.
The FTSE 100, which had slipped at the open, gained 0.24 percent to 5,685.97 points.
Trade has been somewhat subdued before the [...]

Corrected: Dow gains on Boeing strength, S&P dips (Reuters) »

rose on Thursday on Boeing's strength, while the
slipped after a round of economic data and corporate results.
Earlier in the session, the Dow climbed as high as 10,773.88 — its highest in 17 months.
showed factory activity expanded more than expected in March, although
fell. Earlier, the government said consumer prices were flat in [...]

Stock futures signal gains; housing data eyed »

(Reuters) – Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.21 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.21 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.15 percent.
TWX.N
), Lions Gate Entertainment Corp (
LGF.N
) and billionaire Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries put up rival [...]

Euro gains on Greece’s bailout plan »

Tue, Mar 16 2010, 18:57 GMT
The 16-nation currency gained severely against the Dollar as E.U finance ministers drafted a blueprint to aid Greece with its ballooning deficit, in addition news from the Standard & Poor’s of affirming Greece’s credit rating at BBB+ despite its debt issues while downgrading the country from “creditwatch [...]

CEE gains on US payrolls outcome »

Mon, Mar 8 2010, 09:27 GMT
profited from the better than expected US payrolls release. The EUR/CZK currency pair failed to stay above 25.80 and moved sharply lower at the end of the week, somehow catching up with recent sharp gains of the Polish zloty.
This week is full of interesting domestic data [...]

Dollar extends gains vs. majors »

Dollar extends gains vs. majors
Mon, Mar 1 2010, 11:46 GMT
Investors are patiently waiting for the jobs report that is to be released from the U.S. economy this week, sinceit will help us determine the current job conditions in the economy. Currently, we see that the dollar is surging in the markets [...]