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Thursday,04 August 2022 at 07:26

UK and European stocks opened higher, building on gains made in the previous session.

Asia-Pacific shares traded higher as investors move on from the tensions over U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s controversial visit to Taiwan.

Oil prices rose, bouncing off multi-month lows in the previous session caused by data signalling weak U.S. fuel demand.

Gold priced higher.

In corporate news, Ferrexpo lost 1.96% after the miner reported a 31% decline in first-half revenues to $936m, as a result of lower production and tighter market conditions.

Markets

At 08:15

FTSE 100 7,441 (-0.05%)

FTSE 250 20,098 +0.40%

DAX 13,632 +0.34%

At the close

Dow Jones 32,812 +1.29%

S&P 500 4,155 +1.56%

NASDAQ 12,668 +2.59%

Fixed Income

UK 10-YR YIELD 1.887

Exchange Rates

GBP/USD 1.216

GBP/EUR 1.193

Commodities

Gold $1,773 +0.50%

Brent $96.33 (-0.73%)

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