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Technology stocks posted gains across the board early Monday as the broader market also advanced. The Nasdaq Composite Index added 1.2% at the opening bell, rising to 2,172. The Morgan Stanley High Tech 35 Index was also up 1.2%, while the Philadelphia...
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Retirement-plan ratings firm Fiduciary Benchmarks on Monday unveiled a new index that measures how well 401(k) plans for thousands of companies are preparing their employees. Besides evaluating individual company retirement plans, the Retirement Readiness...
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THE rise of share prices in Australian mining companies has softened in recent months on speculation that the US economy's growth will remain sluggish and that infrastructure stimulus programs in Asia may be slowing. But even apart from the economic and...
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A flash estimate of the Markit composite purchasing managers' index (PMI), which surveys the services and manufacturing sectors, showed growth for the fourth month running with a reading of 53.5, up from 52.3 in October. A reading of 50 marks the threshold...
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For the biggest seven economies, GDP grew by 0.7 per cent between July and September. Yet the UK economy failed to grow, registering a drop in GDP of 0.4 per cent. This came as separate upbeat figures indicated that the eurozone was continuing to climb...
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The Indian rupee rose on Monday as share prices pointed to further foreign inflows and a broadly weak dollar supported sentiment, but it was capped well short of last week's highs as importers sold into its gains. The partially convertible rupee ended...
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The one-way bet in the U.S. dollar that has lasted several months may be over for now despite distress over its malaise that has stretched from Washington to Paris. The dollar recently hit a 15-month low against a basket of other major currencies. This...
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Stocks slide again; dollar strengthens Investors can't shake their fears that the economy isn't keeping up with the stock market. Stocks fell for a third straight day Friday as a disappointing outlook from computer maker Dell Inc. suggested that an economic...
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Asia Pacific Index down for the fourth straight day, the longest losing streak in over four months. Journalistic commentary blamed disappointing earnings announcements and commodity prices, but in fact it was time for a bit of a breather. Even so, the...
Tags: Canada, Montreal, MSCI Inc., Business Finance, Technical analysis, Index, Technical indicator
Asia Pacific Index to its longest losing streak in more than four months, after Merrill Lynch cut its outlook on the global semiconductor industry and commodities retreated. Advantest, the world's biggest maker of memory-chip testers, lost 2.6 per cent...
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