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FOREX-Dollar gains before key inflation data

Mar 28, 2024

(Updated at 1430 EDT) By Karen Brettell and Alun John NEW YORK, March 28 (Reuters) - The dollar gained on the euro on Thursday before key U.S. inflation data due on Friday and as investors squared positions for month- and quarter-end. The Japanese currency was also modestly weaker at 151.38 per dollar having traded just shy of the 152 mark...

GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks tick up as strong quarter nears end; yen on intervention watch

Mar 28, 2024

(Updates with new comment, refreshes prices at 1445 GMT) By Lewis Krauskopf and Amanda Cooper NEW YORK/LONDON, March 28 (Reuters) - A gauge of global shares edged up on Thursday as it headed for its second straight quarter of solid gains, while a strong dollar kept the yen languishing near its weakest in decades amid the threat of intervention from...

European Equities Close Modestly Higher in Thursday Trading; Data Shows UK Dipped Into Recession in H2 of 2023

Mar 28, 2024

01:19 PM EDT, 03/28/2024 (MT Newswires) -- The European stock markets closed higher in Thursday trading as The Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.23%, the Swiss Market Index gained 0.21%, France's CAC nudged 0.01% higher, the FTSE in London was up 0.26%, and Germany's DAX closed 0.15% higher. In the UK, the gross domestic product declined an estimated 0.3% in Q4...

GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks flat as strong quarter nears end; yen on intervention watch

Mar 28, 2024

(Refreshes prices as of 1715 GMT) By Lewis Krauskopf and Amanda Cooper NEW YORK/LONDON, March 28 (Reuters) - A gauge of global share markets was little changed on Thursday as it headed for its second straight quarter of solid gains, while a strong dollar kept the yen near its weakest in decades amid the threat of intervention from Japanese authorities....