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• Apple, energy shares weigh on Wall Street, but week shows gains

  15-04-2016 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Apple shares dropped 2 percent, the biggest drag on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. Investors have turned their attention to earnings season, which will intensify next week, as the next major factor influencing the market.
  
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• Wall Street posts weekly gain despite Friday dip

  15-04-2016 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks slipped on Friday as oil price declines weighed on energy shares and Apple dragged on the market, but major indexes closed up for a seventh week in the last nine.
  
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• Citigroup's profit sinks 27 percent, but beats expectations

  15-04-2016 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Citigroup's profit fell nearly 27 percent in the first quarter, hurt by weak results at its consumer bank and trading business. But the company's earnings still beat Wall Street expectations.
  
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• Clinton, Sanders Democratic debate draws 5.6 million viewers: CNN

  15-04-2016 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The latest 2016 presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders drew an audience of some 5.6 million TV viewers, CNN said on Friday, below other recent Democratic debates. Thursday's debate, aired live from Brooklyn, saw front-runner Clinton and Bernie Sanders challenged each other's judgment and experience ahead of Tuesday's crucial nominating contest in New York. Clinton and Sanders attacked each other over Wall Street, gun control and other issues on Thursday in a series of exc
  
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• Energy shares, Apple weigh on Wall Street

  15-04-2016 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Apple shares dropped 1.8 percent, the biggest drag on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. "The recent trend of the market has been to the upside," said Chuck Carlson, chief executive officer at Horizon Investment Services in Hammond, Indiana. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 52.36 points, or 0.29 percent, to 17,874.07, the S&P 500 lost 5.62 points, or 0.27 percent, to 2,077.16 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 17.62 points, or 0.36 percent, to 4,928.26.
  
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• Hillary and Bernie Mix It Up Over Guns, Goldman, and Gaza

  15-04-2016 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With a lot on the line in the run-up to next Tuesday’s New York Democratic primary, Sanders unleashed the heart of his critique – that Clinton was beholden to special interests on Wall Street and that she lacks the judgment to be the next commander in chief. Clinton fired back that Sanders was a liberal dreamer with no real grounding in practical politics and a naïf on foreign policy and national security. Clinton and Sanders barely made eye contact by the end of the two-hour cl
  
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• EUR/USD and USD/CHF Outside Weeks at Well-Defined Levels

  15-04-2016 20:20
  A weekly tweezer top in AUD/USD, major AUD/USD cycle influence next week, and technical considerations in the Chinese stock market suggest potential for another burst of volatility in these and related markets.
  
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• Brazil fund draws volatility bets as Rousseff woes grow

  15-04-2016 20:08
  NEW YORK, April 15 (Reuters) - Growing prospects of Brazil
  President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment have led to a sharp
  uptick in options activity in a heavily traded U.S.-listed
  Brazilian fund as...
  
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• Wall Street pauses after mid-week rally

  15-04-2016 18:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Wall Street was slightly lower on Friday as investors digested U.S. corporate earnings as well as data that pointed to a slow global economic recovery, ahead of a crucial meeting of oil producers to help tackle a global surplus.
  
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• Oil off ahead of producer meeting; stocks, dollar slip

  15-04-2016 18:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crude oil prices fell on Friday ahead of a weekend meeting that could yield an output freeze by major producers, while the U.S. dollar and major stock markets edged lower but were set to post weekly gains. Indexes were little changed on Wall Street for a second day, with the S&P 500 set to close its seventh positive week in the last nine. Both the MSCI index of stocks across the globe and the S&P 500 hit their highest points of the year this week an
  
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• Housebuilders hamper Britain's FTSE

  15-04-2016 18:02
  * SABMiller rises after AB InBev agrees concessions for
  merger(ADVISORY- Reuters plans to replace intra-day European and UK
  stock market reports with a Live Markets blog on Eikon - see...
  
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• Wall St flat as investors parse earnings, data

  15-04-2016 17:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wall Street was flat on Friday as investors digested U.S. corporate earnings as well as data that pointed to a slow global economic recovery, ahead of a crucial meeting of oil producers to help tackle a global surplus. Citigroup followed other big banks in reporting a lower-than-expected fall in quarterly profit. Citi's shares were up 2.5 percent at $46.12.
  
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• Citigroup reports profit drop, sees more pain if oil slips

  15-04-2016 17:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Citigroup Inc's quarterly profit plunged 27 percent, dragged down by lower revenue from trading and investment banking as well as costs to shrink some businesses and cover bad loans to the energy industry. Citigroup has reported the biggest drop in profit among big U.S. banks that have released first-quarter results so far, but lower operating expenses helped the bank beat Wall Street's low expectations. Citigroup's shares rose as much as 3.5 percent in morning trading.
  
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• Wall Street flat as investors parse earnings, data

  15-04-2016 17:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Wall Street was flat on Friday as investors digested U.S. corporate earnings as well as data that pointed to a slow global economic recovery, ahead of a crucial meeting of oil producers to help tackle a global surplus.
  
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• Bombardier stock hits six-month high after Delta order reports

  15-04-2016 16:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bombardier Inc shares hit a six-month high on Friday following reports the Canadian plane and train maker was poised to secure the largest order so far for its new CSeries jets from U.S. carrier Delta Airlines Inc . A final agreement between Atlanta-based Delta and Bombardier for 75 firm orders and options for 50 more of its 100-150 seat CSeries planes is expected at the end of April when the carrier's board meets to review the proposed deal, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing
  
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• Price Action Strategy for SPX and DAX

  15-04-2016 15:49
  Equities are exhibiting some degree of support around-the-world as we get deeper into US earnings. Today we delve into the S&P 500 and the DAX.
  
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• Wall Street lower as oil slips, earnings in focus

  15-04-2016 15:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were flat on Friday on worries that a potential deal by major oil producers to freeze output would do little to tackle a stubborn global oversupply.
  
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• Analytical review of the stocks of Honeywell International Inc.

  15-04-2016 15:42 via liteforex.com
  Forex analytics: Honeywell International Inc., #HON [NYSE] Industrial goods, Diversified production, USA Financial performance of the company: Index – S&P 500; Beta – 1.14; Capitalization – 81.92 В; Return on asset - 10.20%; Income - 4.77 B; Average volume – 4.27 М; P/E - 17.63; ATR – 2.59. Analytical review:The company ranks the third on capitalization in the sector of “Industrial goods” among ...
  
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• Bombardier stock jumps 16 percent after reports of Delta order

  15-04-2016 15:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MONTREAL (Reuters) - Bombardier Inc shares jumped 16.3 percent to C$1.78 in early trading on Friday following reports that the Canadian plane and train-maker is poised to secure the largest order ever for its CSeries jets from U.S. carrier Delta Airlines Inc . A final agreement between Atlanta-based Delta and Bombardier for 75 firm orders and options for 50 more of its 100-150 seat CSeries planes is expected at the end of April when the carrier's board meets to review the proposed deal, the Wall
  
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• Wall Street flat as oil in focus

  15-04-2016 15:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  REUTERS - U.S. stocks were little changed on Friday on worries that a potential deal by major oil producers to freeze output at a meeting in Doha would be insufficient to tackle a global oversupply. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 1.5 points, or 0.01 percent, at 17,927.93, the S&P 500 was down 0.58 points, or 0.03 percent, at 2,082.2 and the Nasdaq composite was down 6.99 points, or 0.14 percent, at 4,938.90. (Reporting by Yashaswini Swamynathan in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva)
  
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• Brent: at the level of 43.80

  15-04-2016 15:36 via liteforex.com
  Forex analytics: The spot-price of crude oil Brent has been at the level of 43.80 USD per barrel for the third consecutive day. This level is crossed by the moving average with the period 200 on the daily chart. On 4-hour chart the indicators OsMA and Stochastic give signals to sell, on the daily chart the indicators are reversing towards the short positions. In case of breakout and consolidation below support ...
  
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• CAC 40 Consolidates to End Week

  15-04-2016 15:32
  The CAC 40 is trading down -.63%, and looking to close the week with an inside daily bar.
  
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• Citi profit slumps on weak trading, investment banking revenue

  15-04-2016 15:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The profit decline is the biggest among big U.S. banks that have reported first-quarter results so far, but lower operating expenses helped Citigroup beat Wall Street's low expectations. Shares of the No.4 U.S. bank by assets were up more than 2 percent at $46.15 in premarket trading on Friday. Investment banking fees across the industry fell 29 percent in the period, the slowest first-quarter since 2009, according to Reuters data.
  
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• Wall Street set for lower open as oil, earnings in focus

  15-04-2016 15:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The nervousness about the outcome of the meeting overshadowed positive Chinese data, which showed the country's gross domestic product grew 6.7 percent in the first quarter in another sign that Asia's largest economy was on the mend. Citigroup reported a fall in quarterly profit, which topped analysts' estimates.
  
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• Pakistan shares end flat; rupee steady, o/n rates rise

  15-04-2016 15:10
  KARACHI, April 15 (Reuters) - Pakistan shares ended flat in
  a volatile session on Friday largely due to profit-taking in oil
  and cement stocks, dealers said.
  
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• Silver Prices Begin to Outpace Gold - Not a Good Sign for USD

  15-04-2016 14:30
  Silver prices have started to outpace Gold prices - which if it continues, would be historically good for precious metals and foreboding for the US Dollar.
  
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• EUROSTOXX50: growth potential

  15-04-2016 14:20 via liteforex.com
  Forex analytics: On the daily chart the price of the index EuroStoxx50 has been growing from the upper limit above the level of 3200.0 (Fibonacci 61.8% to the wave of decline since December 2015). The price is in the middle of the channel below the strong resistance level of 3110.0 (ЕМА144 on the daily chart and Fibonacci 50%). If we compare daily chart of the index EuroStoxx50 and the other European stock ...
  
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• Silver Prices Remain Stable Ahead of U.S. Industrial Production

  15-04-2016 13:58
  The short-term support level is Wednesday's low of $16.02; it is also the short-term trend defining level of the bullish trend.
  
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• EuroStoxx50: ECB meeting devoted to monetary policy

  15-04-2016 13:48 via liteforex.com
  Forex analytics: It seems that anticipation of the outcome of the meeting of Big 20, which started today and will continue at the weekend, affects not only the currency market buy a stock market as well.Since the beginning of the trading session today world stock indices have been in the narrow range and trading volume is low. Although today, the People’s Bank of China lowered the rate of the national ...
  
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• Brent: in anticipation of the meeting in Doha

  15-04-2016 13:12 via liteforex.com
  Forex analytics: In anticipation of the outcome of the meeting of the leading oil producing countries in Doha this weekend, volatility in the oil market has been high in the last two days. The price of crude oil Brent is in the narrow range of 43.80 USD per barrel.When in the middle of February four large oil producing countries Russia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Venezuela proposed to introduce restriction of oil ...
  
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• US pre-open: Stocks seen touch lower as investors eye Citigroup

  15-04-2016 13:05 via news.yahoo.com
  (ShareCast News) - US futures pointed to a marginally weaker open on Wall Street, with oil prices in the red ahead of this weekend's meeting of oil producers in Doha, and as investors awaited the latest ...
  
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• AUD/USD Moves to Resistance Ahead of News

  15-04-2016 12:58
  The AUD/USD has moved to resistance at .7725 ahead of this morning's University of Michigan confidence survey.
  
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• Copper Price Posts Weekly Gain, Gold Price Slips on Risk Appetite

  15-04-2016 11:56
  Copper set for a weekly gain while gold sank as risk assets garnered support after China’s growth data. Oil slipped before Doha summit
  
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• DAX 30 Stalls Below Its March High

  15-04-2016 11:55
  The DAX 30 has stalled below the critical resistance level and March high of 10,118. A break to the March high would have exposed the January 5 high of 10,400.
  
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• ASX 200 Is Heading Up to A 3-Month High

  15-04-2016 10:51
  ASX 200 is approaching a 3-month high at 5227 with the support of strong upward momentum, although chances of a breach are unclear
  
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• Dialog Semiconductor Plc.: First Quarter 2016 Earnings Call Invite Wednesday 4th May 2016

  15-04-2016 10:45 via news.yahoo.com
  LONDON--(BUSINESSWIRE)-- Dialog Semiconductor (FWB: DLG), a provider of highly integrated power management, AC/DC, solid state lighting and Bluetooth(R) Smart wireless technology, will announce its First ...
  
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• FTSE 100: Indifferent by Chinese GDP at Slowest Pace Since 2009

  15-04-2016 10:09
  The FTSE 100 uptrend remains intact, but the price is trading circa 85 points away from the nearest resistance level and circa 190 points away from the closest support level.
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Clinton vs. Sanders on Wall Street

  15-04-2016 09:57 via rocketnews.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Her intent was to mar the voting record of her rival. But Hillary Clinton also cast aspersions on the presidential record of her husband in testy exchanges with Bernie Sanders over Wall Street regulation.
  A look at some of the claims in Thursday night’s Democratic presidential debate and how they compare with the facts:
  CLINTON: “I’m the only one on this stage who did not vote to deregulate swaps and derivatives, as Sen. Sanders did … and that con
  
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• Rajan says room to cut rates on lower inflation, good monsoon - WSJ

  15-04-2016 09:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Reserve Bank of India may have room to further cut policy rates if inflation continues to ease and monsoon rainfall is in line with the forecast, governor Raghuram Rajan told The Wall Street Journal in an interview in Washington. "So we said we are looking at inflation.
  
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• Rajan says room to cut rates on lower inflation, good monsoon – WSJ

  15-04-2016 09:52 via rocketnews.com
  Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan attends a news conference after their bimonthly monetary policy review in Mumbai, India, April 5, 2016. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiMoreNEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of India may have room to further cut policy rates if inflation continues to ease and monsoon rainfall is in line with the forecast, governor Raghuram Rajan told The Wall Street Journal in an interview in Washington.
  “So we said we are looking at inflation. If it co
  
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• USD/JPY Technical Analysis: Will They or Won’t They?

  15-04-2016 08:02
  The US Dollar has weakened ~14.5% against the JPY since peaking last summer, now many are wondering if the BoJ will shock the markets with a new stimulus.
  
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• AUD/USD Edges Up as China First-Quarter GDP Meets Forecast

  15-04-2016 05:42
  Assets in Australia and New Zealand rose to their daily highs after China’s Q1 GDP reading met consensus - though the pace was the slowest since the global crisis
  
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