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Thursday,25 May 2023 at 15:52

UK and European markets were lower as negative sentiment on the back of ongoing U.S. debt ceiling negotiations continued to weigh.

The euro fell as Europe’s largest economy Germany was confirmed to be in a recession.

Oil prices fell after Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak played down the prospect of further OPEC+ production cuts.

Gold slid as optimism around the U.S. debt ceiling talks lowered safe-haven demand for bullion and robust economic data fuelled bets of another rate hike by the Federal Reserve.

Capita has been selected as preferred bidder to deliver new services designed to assess how much people should be paid in benefits.

The contracts are to deliver functional assessment service (FAS) assessments in the Midlands and Wales for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), and in Northern Ireland for the Department for Communities (DfC).

They are worth a combined £565m and will run for five years from 2024 to 2029, with an option to extend for a further two years.

Markets

At the close

FTSE 100 7,570 (-0.74%)

FTSE 250 18,840 (-0.48%)

DAX 15,805 (-0.23%)

At 16:45

Dow Jones 32,669 (-0.40%)

S&P 500 4,141 +0.64%

NASDAQ 12,679 +1.56%

Fixed Income

UK 10-YR YIELD 4.372

Exchange Rates

GBP/USD 1.232

GBP/EUR 1.149

Commodities

Gold $1,945 (-0.58%)

Brent $75.37 (-3.61%)

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