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Jul 13, 2021 3:15 AM UTC
GLOBAL MARKETS
DJIA 34996.18 126.02 0.36%
Nasdaq 14733.24 31.32 0.21%
S&P 500 4384.63 15.08 0.35%
FTSE 100 7125.42 3.54 0.05%
Nikkei Stock 28801.90 232.88 0.82%
Hang Seng 27870.29 355.05 1.29%
Kospi 3269.30 22.83 0.70%
SGX Nifty 15830.00 142.0 0.91% July contract
USD/JPY 110.35-36 -0.02%
Range 110.45 110.29
EUR/USD 1.1871-74 +0.08%
Range 1.1876 1.1859
CBOT Wheat July $6.350 per bushel
Spot Gold $1,807.28/oz 0.1%
Nymex Crude (NY) $74.18 -$0.38
US STOCKS U.S. stocks edged higher to records as investors prepared for corporate earnings season to kick off this week. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average both gained 0.4%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite added 0.2%. All three indexes closed at records. Earnings season begins in earnest Tuesday,
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Jul 13, 2021 4:16 AM UTC We set a very clear marker, I think, not a quantitative marker, but a very clear marker that we want substantial further progress [on job market improvement] relative to where we were during the period before the coronavirus pandemic took hold, Mr. Williams told reporters after a speech. That s where I m focused, clearly right now we have not achieved that, he said. China s Monetary Policy Slips a Gear Into Neutral China just trimmed the reserve requirement ratio for banks-one of its major monetary policy instruments-for the first time since the height of the pandemic. There is more: China s monthly lending data released Friday also showed economywide growth in debt and equity finance outstanding stabilizing at 11% year over year after months of sharp slowdowns, and bank lending ticking up. China s monetary policy has shifted from a tighter stance to neutral.