Banks, mining stocks lead the gainers for a second day
Europe’s main stock gauge climbed higher on Thursday, driving a fifth day of gains for the index, as banks and mining stocks once again doing the heavy lifting.
The MSE Equity Price Index climbed 0.84% to 4,346.228 points as various equities ended the day in positive territory while only Mapfre Middlesea trended lower.
Meanwhile, trading in GO continued to dominate activity as it accounted for nearly 60% of the total value of equities traded. GO plc added 1.1% to recapture its 2018 high of €3.60 on activity totalling 84,501 shares.
Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor business will continue to rally while earnings from display sector will improve, said IBK Investment and Securities on Sept. 20, maintaining a “buy” recommendation and 66,000 won (US$58.87) target price.
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New Delhi: Trends in crude oil prices, domestic political dynamics, global interest rates and developments at the international trade front would be important factors impacting the equity market movement in the near term, say experts.
Of late, rupee woes, high crude oil prices, unabated foreign fund outflows and escalating trade tensions between the US and China have dampened the market sentiment.
Residents’ groups are kicking back against the latest in a long list of banned activities
Authorities in Venice have proposed banning people from sitting and lying on the ground as the city pursues its quest to clamp down on what some officials describe as “boorish” tourists.
With record-breaking wildfires carving up the American west this summer, firefighters have become the rarest of civil servants: the kind almost universally lauded as heroes. Reinforcements dropped into California’s firefight from as far away as Australia and American Samoa to bolster strained state and federal crews, reaching a high point of 14,000 firefighters on the ground.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he is ready to restart negotiations with Pyongyang, with the aim of denuclearising North Korea “by 2021”.
Discussions between the two sides had stalled following a broad-strokes agreement made earlier this year.
More than 30 Indian passengers, some bleeding from their noses and ears, have received treatment after pilots “forgot” to turn on a switch regulating cabin pressure, officials said.
Jet Airways flight 9W 697 from Mumbai to Jaipur turned back shortly after take off.
European authorities said Wednesday they have opened a preliminary antitrust investigation into Amazon over the e-commerce giant’s treatment of smaller merchants on its website.
EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said she wants to examine how Seattle-based Amazon uses data it gathers through transactions, including those involving rival sellers, on its platform.
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The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell again last week, remaining near seven-month lows
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Australia Rejects Elon Musk’s Claim That It Plans to Control Access to the Internet
Swiss Voters Reject More Powers for Landlords on Subletting
