24 Apr 2014 20h00 Gold rose on Thursday
as rising geopolitical tensions and options-related buying
helped reverse the precious metal's early sharp losses after it
fell to a 2-1/2 month low. Read more
19h41 Gold rose on Thursday
as rising geopolitical tensions and options-related buying
helped reverse the precious metal's early sharp losses after it
fell to a 2-1/2 month low.
17h45 South African stocks booked their highest close on record on Thursday as shares of Anglo American and its unit Kumba Iron Ore rose on solid first-quarter production.
22h40 The Nasdaq rose modestly in a
choppy session on Thursday, lifted by a rally in Apple shares a
day after the iPad maker's strong results, though tensions in
Ukraine held the broader market in check.
22h30 Global equity markets rose in
choppy trading on Thursday in the wake of strong earnings
results from tech heavyweights Apple and Facebook, but worries
about rising tensions in Ukraine limited gains and dragged the
dollar lower.
23h12 Two prominent proxy advisory
firms on Thursday split their recommendations on how investors
should vote in a battle between auction house Sotheby's
and activist investor Daniel Loeb.
23h07 U krainian forces killed up to five pro-Moscow rebels on Thursday as they closed in on the separatists' military stronghold in the east, and Russia launched army drills near the border in response, raising fears its troops would invade.
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