FTSE 100 Slightly Higher In Cautious Trade

U.K. stocks were slightly higher on Monday despite an ongoing row about tax rises by chancellor Rachel Reeves. The benchmark FTSE 100 was up 32 points, or 0.4 percent, at 8,294 after climbing 1.4 percent on Friday. Anglo American advanced 1.6 percent after Peabody Energy won a hotly contested battle to buy the miners steelmaking...

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European Shares Gain On Rate Cut Hopes

European stocks traded higher at two-week highs on Monday after Donald Trump nominated Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager and an advocate for deficit reduction, to lead the U.S. Treasury Department. Rate cut hope also fueled gains after ECB chief economist Phillip Lane said that monetary policy should not remain restrictive for too long...

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German Business Confidence Weakens In November

German business sentiment softened in November on a notable deterioration in current conditions as economic struggles deepened, survey results from ifo Institute showed on Monday. The business climate index fell to 85.7 in November from 86.5 in the previous month. The score was expected to fall moderately to 86.0. At 84.3, the current situation index...

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U.S. Dollar Recovers Against Some Majors

The U.S. dollar recovered against some of its major counterparts in the New York session on Monday. The greenback recovered to 1.0466 against the euro and 1.2541 against the pound, from its early 4-day lows of 1.0530 and 1.2612, respectively. The greenback rose to 0.5835 against the kiwi, 0.6486 against the aussie and 1.4007 against...

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TSX Retreats After Hitting New All-time High, Ends Marginally Down

Despite posting a new all-time high around mid-morning, the Canadian market ended on a negative note on Monday, due to sharp losses in energy and materials sectors. Gains real estate, technology, communications, consumer discretionary and industrials sectors helped limit the markets downside. A positive reaction to news U.S. President-elect Donald Trump intends to nominate billionaire...

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Shiba Inu Launches WHY Combinator to Boost Web3 Innovation and BONE Use Cases

Shiba Inu launched the WHY Combinator to support blockchain projects and expand the meme coin ecosystem.The initiative includes the TREAT token for rewards and plans to enhance BONE’s utility for scalability. SHIB’s lead developer, Shytoshi Kusama, has unveiled the WHY Combinator, a decentralized program for nurturing meme coin initiatives. The aim is to improve the...

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