US sharemarkets ended higher on Wednesday. Shares of Boeing fell by 1.1%, weighing on the Dow Jones index. But the Treasury Secretary noted continued progress on trade talks with China. The Dow Jones index rose by almost 7 points or less than 0.1%. The S&P500 index rose by 0.4%. And the Nasdaq index rose by 55 points or 0.7%
European sharemarkets were generally firmer on Wednesday. The European Central Bank left borrowing costs unchanged as expected. But President Mario Draghi's ...
US sharemarkets ended higher on Wednesday. Shares of Boeing fell by 1.1%, weighing on the Dow Jones index. But the Treasury Secretary noted continued progress on trade talks with China. The Dow Jones index rose by almost 7 points or less than 0.1%. The S&P500 index rose by 0.4%. And the Nasdaq index rose by 55 points or 0.7%
European sharemarkets were generally firmer on Wednesday. The European Central Bank left borrowing costs unchanged as expected. But President Mario Draghi's comments shed very little light on reported plans for a tiered deposit rate and a new round of ultra-cheap bank loans. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose by 0.3%. The German Dax rose by 0.5% but the UK FTSE was lower by 0.1%. And in London trade, shares of Rio Tinto rose by 1.0% while BHP lifted by 0.2%.
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