LONDON, Dec 1 Reuters Sterling rose to a near 16week high against a broadlysoft dollar on Thursday, with currency traders looking past gloomy British manufacturing data for now. The pound was last up 0.8 against the dollar at 1.2157, its highest level since Aug. 12, breaching the previous high of 1.2153 touched on Nov. 24. […]

AJ Bell stock tops midcaps Energy stocks lead drop in bluechip index Rio Tinto slips on analyst downgrade U.S. jobs data awaited FTSE 100 down 0.3, FTSE 250 up 0.3 Dec 2 Reuters London39;s FTSE 100 slipped on Friday ahead of key U.S. jobs data, while investment platform AJ Bell helped limit losses in the […]

LONDON, Dec 2 Reuters European shares, the euro and government bond prices fell after U.S. jobs data came in above expectations, challenging hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve may start slowing the pace of its interest rate hikes. The euro fell 0.8 to as low as 1.0430, having earlier traded a fraction higher on the […]

LONDON, Dec 2 Reuters Equity funds suffered a 14.1 billion outflow in the week to Wednesday in the largest exit in three months, BofA Global Research said in a note on Friday. U.S. equity funds saw an 16.2 billion outflow, the biggest since April, the latest flow data from BofA also showed. Bond funds also […]

LONDON, Dec 2 Reuters The dollar was pinned near 16week lows against a basket of major currencies on Friday ahead of key U.S. labour market data, while the yuan was set for its biggest weekly gain since China revalued its currency in 2005. The dollar index , which measures the currency against six major peers […]