Canadian Market Slightly Down In Cautious Trade

Canadian stocks are turning in a mixed performance in lackluster trade Thursday morning with investors making cautious moves, looking for directional cues. Materials shares are weak. Technology stocks are among the other notable losers. A few stocks from communications and financials sectors are moving higher. The benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index is down 47.23 points or...

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Japan Core Inflation Rises In June

Japan\'s core inflation rose for the second straight month in June, keeping alive hopes of another interest rate hike. Core inflation that excludes fresh food edged up to 2.6 percent in June from 2.5 percent in May. However, this was slightly below economists\' forecast of 2.7 percent, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said....

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NZ Dollar Drops Against Majors

The New Zealand dollar weakened against other major currencies in the Asian session on Friday. The NZ dollar fell to more than a 2-month low of 0.6021 against the U.S. dollar, a 2-day low of 1.1125 against the Australian dollar and a 2-1/2- month low of 1.8080 against the euro, from yesterday\'s closing quotes of...

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Bay Street Likely To Open With Negative Gap

Falling commodity prices, concerns about global economic growth, and the likely impact of a global tech outage that has hit services from airlines, banks and financial services are likely to render the mood a bit bearish on Bay Street Friday morning. Investors will also be reacting to Canadian retail sales, producer prices data. Data on...

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