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UK Shares Gain at End of Turbulent Week but Set for Weekly Fall
Date: June 17, 2022
By Devik Jain (Reuters) – UK stocks rose on Friday, with miner Glencore and media company Future gaining on strong outlook, although worries about sluggish economic growth put the main indexes on course for their third straight week of fall. The FTSE 100 index was up 0.6% by 0818 GMT in choppy trading. Shares of...
Stocks, Bonds Rally Before Fed Meet, ECB Move Buoys Mood
Date: June 15, 2022
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Global shares and government bonds rallied on Wednesday ahead of what is expected to be the largest U.S. interest rate rise since 1994, as investors cast aside fears of slowing economic growth and instead looked for bargains among beaten-down stocks. Investor mood was also buoyed by a surprise announcement...
Global Equity Funds Decline Over 20% This Year
Date: June 15, 2022
(Reuters) – Global equity funds have shed over 7% this month due to a slump in stock prices as higher inflation levels fuel worries about more aggressive policy tightening by major central banks. Global bond funds have declined 3.5% on average, while money market funds fell 1.4%, data from Refinitiv Lipper showed. With the sharp...
Weekly Economic Update: Doom and Gloom
Date: June 14, 2022
By Rupert Thompson, Investment Strategist at Kingswood Equity markets sold off significantly last week with global equities down 3.7% in local currency terms. The US posted the largest decline with a fall of 5%, while China bucked the trend with a gain of 5%. Global equities by week-end had reversed almost all of their bounce...
European Stocks Stabilise After Inflation-Driven Rout
Date: June 14, 2022
(Reuters) -European equities inched higher on Tuesday as investors snapped up beaten-down shares following a bruising selloff in the previous session on worries over aggressive U.S. interest rate hikes and a potential recession. The continent-wide STOXX 600 index edged up 0.1% after sliding 2.4% to over three-month lows on Monday. Battered banks and oil &...
Stocks Slump on Fresh Inflation, China Covid Worries
Date: June 13, 2022
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks sank on Monday and bond yields ticked higher as red-hot inflation reignited worries about even more aggressive U.S. interest rate increases while new mass COVID-19 testing in China sparked concerns of more crippling lockdowns. The heightened expectations about Federal Reserve rate hikes drove the Japanese yen to...