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UK Stocks Drop as USRussia Tensions Rise over Ukraine

FTSE 100 down 0.4, FTSE 250 off 0.3 Nov 19 Reuters London39;s main stock indexes gave up early gains and turned lower on Tuesday, with the midcap index hitting a more than threemonth low, as geopolitical tensions between Russia and the United States over Ukraine flared up. The exportfocussed FTSE 100 dropped 0.4 after touching a […]
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GBP Drops Versus JPY, USD and CHF after Russian Warning

Nov 19 Reuters The pound dropped to multiweek lows versus the yen and the Swiss Franc as investors rushed into safehaven assets, after a warning from Russia over its updated nuclear doctrine. It fell versus the dollar after briefly breaking a 6day falling streak the day before. President Vladimir Putin issued a warning to the United States […]
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Oil Steadies as Sverdrup Field Restart Counters Geopolitical Concerns

Johan Sverdrup field partially resumes output Biden allows Ukraine to use U.S. weapons to strike into Russia U.S. crude slips into contango, suggesting easing supply tightness LONDON, Nov 19 Reuters Oil prices steadied on Tuesday as the restart of production at Norway39;s Johan Sverdrup oilfield offset investor concerns about an escalation in the RussiaUkraine war. Equinor resumed partial […]
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Swiss Flag Concerns over Trumps US Tariff Hike Proposals

BERN, Nov 19 Reuters Switzerland said on Tuesday it was concerned by U.S. Presidentelect Donald Trump39;s proposals to raise tariffs and is considering how to respond if his new administration does so. Trump aims to shift the aggressive trade agenda from his first term into higher gear with acrosstheboard 10 tariffs on imported goods and even higher […]
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