The UK stock market is shrinking at its fastest pace in history amid a wave of foreign takeovers which have propelled the FTSE 100 to its strongest week in eight months.
9:42am: Stocks jump as inflation data hits 2-year low Stocks pushed higher after the US central bank’s preferred inflation gauge hit a two-year low boosting.
12:05pm: Fed’s preferred inflation metric rises less than expected US stocks were mixed in noon trading after the personal consumption expenditures (PCE).
4:22pm: Government shutdown spooks investors The Dow closed Friday down 159 points, 0.5%, at 33,508, the Nasdaq Composite added 18 points, 0.1%, to 13,219.
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