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  • Asia shares dragged under by U.S. tech slide, dollar firm

    12 Jun 2017 09:37 AM |

    By Reuters : Asian stocks fell on Monday, with electronics heavyweights such as Samsung Electronics knocked lower by a slide in U.S. tech shares and caution ahead of this week's U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting.

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  • Sterling slips on election fears, conflicting China signals weigh on stocks

    1 Jun 2017 09:40 AM |

    By Reuters : Sterling retreated on Thursday on fears that Prime Minister Theresa May could lose control of parliament in Britain's June 8 election, while conflicting signals on the health of China's manufacturing sector kept most Asian stock markets in check.

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  • Sterling recovers after new poll shows Conservatives still leading

    31 May 2017 02:26 PM |

    By Reuters : Britain's pound recovered from a half a percent drop on Wednesday after a poll showed the country's ruling Conservative party still in the lead, overriding a previous projection of a hung parliament in elections next week.

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  • OPEC disappointment hits oil, stocks; sterling down on UK vote jitters

    26 May 2017 09:20 AM |

    By Reuters  : Oil prices weakened on Friday, prompting a move away from riskier assets and depressing Asian stocks, after an OPEC agreement to extend cuts in crude production for a further nine months disappointed investors who had bet on bigger output cuts.

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  • Daily Wrap Up - 25 May

    25 May 2017 06:42 PM |

    OPEC decided today to extend production cuts by an additional nine months until March of next year, as it tries to control the world supply following the collapse of oil prices and the decline in revenues over the past three years. The reduction is planned with 12 members from outside OPEC.

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