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Tuesday, 2 July 2013
Data points drag Asian stocks lower; Nikkei down 0.68%
A spate of data points out Wednesday sent Asian stocks lower, a day after U.S. equities did the same.
In Asian trading Wednesday, Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.68% after Japan’s Composite Output Index fell to 52.3 last month from 54.1 in May.
"At 52.1, the index signalled...
U.S. futures higher ahead of data; Dow Jones up 0.31%
U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher open on Tuesday, as markets eyed the release of U.S. data later in the day amid ongoing uncertainty over the future of the Federal Reserve's stimulus program.
Ahead of the open, the Dow Jones Industrial Average futures pointed to...
Forex - GBP/USD little changed after U.K. data
The pound was almost unchanged against the dollar on Tuesday after data showed that construction activity in the U.K. expanded at the fastest pace since May 2012 in June.
GBP/USD hit 1.5194 during European morning trade, the session low; the pair subsequently consolidated...
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