* German business sentiment rises in March - Ifo * UK's Phoenix tops STOXX on upbeat outlook & results * Legal & General ( LGGNF ) up on shelving China business licence plan * STOXX 600 up 0.1% (Updated at 0918 GMT) By Shubham Batra March 22 (Reuters) - European shares were largely flat on Friday but maintained record highs...

(Updates to market close) SHANGHAI, March 22 (Reuters) - China's yuan declined to a four-month low against the dollar on Friday, breaching a key threshold and prompting state-owned banks to step in to defend the currency. In the spot market, the onshore yuan fell to the weak side of the psychologically important 7.2 per dollar level to hit a low...

March 22 (Reuters) - Diary of Europe's STOXX 600 (.STOXX) corporate earnings for the week ahead EUROPE'S STOXX 600 EARNINGS Company Event Name Start Date Start Time RIC Name (GMT) 25-Mar-2024 13:00 IMI.L IMI PLC IMI PLC Retail Investor Webinar 25-Mar-2024 07:00 KGF.L Kingfisher PLC Full Year 2024 Kingfisher PLC Earnings Release 26-Mar-2024 NTS HRA.MI Hera SpA Q4 2023 Hera...

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The U.S. dollar seems to have emerged a clear winner from the week's magical mystery tour of world central banks - with record high Wall St and world stocks getting a shot across the bow from Apple's ( AAPL ) antitrust bust. A whistle stop look...