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World stock markets dropped Thursday as mostly positive economic news in the U.S. failed to inspire investors and the dollar tumbled to its lowest point against the Japanese yen in more than 14 years.
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Japan's finance minister raised the prospect of a Group of Seven joint statement on currencies to cool the yen's rally as the dollar tumbled to a 14-year low against the yen on Friday.
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Mumbai The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Thursday sharply declined by 344 points on heavy selling by funds on expiry of current month contracts in the derivatives segment amid weak global cues.
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Dubai debt worry ripples across assets
Debt problems in Dubai hit global stocks, helped lift bonds and took the dollar away from a 14-year low against the yen on Thursday.
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Asian stock markets dropped Thursday as mostly positive economic news in the U.S. failed to inspire investors and the dollar tumbled to a 14-year low against the Japanese yen.
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Nov. 25 -- Randy Bateman, chief investment officer for Huntington Bancshares Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Matt Miller about the performance of U.S. stocks and Federal Reserve monetary policy.
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Treasurys strengthen on high demand for 7-yr notes
Treasury prices mainly rose Wednesday after a strong auction for seven-year notes.
Dollar slumps to 15-month euro low
The dollar slid to a 15-month low against the euro Wednesday as investors fled the safe haven currency on upbeat U.S. economic reports, while markets absorbed the U.S. Federal Reserve's indication that interest rates will remain at super-low levels for a while yet and that it was not overly concerned by the U.S. currency's decline.
The New Zealand sharemarket edged up in early trading today, even as Mainfreight shares tumbled nearly 2 per cent.
U.S. stocks range bound as economy slackens
U.S. stocks were directionless Tuesday after third quarter GDP was confirmed at an annualised 2.80% for the third quarter.
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Nov. 24 -- Bloomberg's Sheila Dharmarajan reports on the stock market and stocks with poor analyst ratings that outperformed those with higher decile rank.
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US growth downgrade weighs on world markets
European and U.S. stock markets fell Tuesday after the U.S. government said the U.S. economy did not grow as fast in the third quarter as previously estimated, stoking fears that the recovery in the world's largest economy will be slow.
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Asia markets lower amid China warning to banks
Asian stock markets retreated Tuesday as China's warning to banks to control their lavish lending underlined the risks to an economic recovery driven by easy credit.
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Gold hit a record high at $1,167.45 an ounce on Monday as dollar weakness pushed the metal through key technical resistance levels, fueling momentum buying after the metal's sharp run higher earlier this month.
World markets rose sharply Monday amid further hopeful signs about the economic recovery.
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