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Thursday,01 April 2021 at 16:09
UK
and European stocks closed higher amid a raft of data releases from the region.
The dollar fell but
the outlook remained upbeat in the wake of solid U.S. economic data and
accelerated vaccine rollouts.
Crude prices rose,
recouping some of the previous session’s losses on expectations that a meeting
of OPEC and its allies later on Thursday would yield output constraint.
Gold rose
on a retreat in the dollar and U.S. bond yields, while poor jobless data raised
prospects for a slower economic recovery and more stimulus.
In corporate news, Phoenix
Group and Smith
& Nephew fell as they traded without entitlement to the
dividend.
Markets
At the close
FTSE 100 6,737 +0.35%
FTSE 250 21,732 +0.99%
DAX 15,107 +0.66%
At 17:00
Dow Jones 33,104 +0.37%
S&P 500 4,006 +0.86%
NASDAQ 13,428 +1.37%
Fixed Income
UK 10-YR YIELD 0.800
Exchange Rates
GBP/USD 1.382
GBP/EUR 1.174
Commodities
Gold $1,728 +1.20%
Brent $63.28 +0.48%
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