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LONDON (Reuters) -World shares hit record highs in the European session on Monday, as markets were generally upbeat about the prospects for a global economic recovery from COVID-19, ahead of a busy week for earnings.
FILE PHOTO: A TV reporter stands in front of a large screen showing stock prices at the Tokyo Stock Exchange after market opens in Tokyo, Japan October 2, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Europe’s STOXX 600 rose to a record high before easing some gains, up 0.1% at 1105 GMT. Asian shares hit one-month highs overnight.
MSCI world equity index, which tracks shares in 49 countries, also climbed to a new peak, up 0.2%.
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SYDNEY, April 19 (Reuters) - Asian shares hit a one-month high on Monday helped by expectations monetary policy will remain accommodative the world over, while COVID-19 vaccine rollouts help ease fears of another dangerous wave of coronavirus infections.
Indicators were positive for Europe as well with futures for Eurostoxx 50 up 0.2% and Germany’s DAX adding 0.1% though those for London’s FTSE were barely changed.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan went as high as 699.70, a level not seen since March 18. It was last up 0.1% at 696.46.
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BOGOTA, April 19 (Reuters) - Colombia plans to issue global bonds due in 2032 and 2042, according to filings published on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website on Monday.
The size of the 11-year and 20-year bond issues was not revealed in the filings.
An application will be made to list the bonds on the official list of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and to trade them on the exchange’s the Euro MTF Market, the filings said.
The proceeds from the bond issues will go towards general budgetary requirements, the filings added. (Reporting by Oliver Griffin)
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - An ally of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Monday she was braced for bad news on the health of the hunger-striking opposition politician when his lawyers see him again, after they were kept away over the weekend.
FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends a hearing to consider an appeal against an earlier court decision to change his suspended sentence to a real prison term, in Moscow, Russia February 20, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Navalny, a prominent opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, started refusing food on March 31 in protest at what he said was the refusal of prison authorities to provide him with adequate medical care for acute leg and back pain.
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MOSCOW, April 16 (Reuters) - Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Friday he was confident that Russia will tap the global debt market this year and was considering a euro-denominated Eurobond despite new U.S. sanctions.
Siluanov, speaking on state TV, said non-residents among holders of OFZ treasury bonds slid below 20% and may decline further but this does not create substantial risks for Russia’s borrowing.
The U.S. on Thursday imposed new sanctions on Russia that prohibit U.S. financial institutions from participating in the primary market of Russia’s government debt, OFZ treasury bonds, from June 14. (Reporting by Andrey Ostroukh Editing by Chris Reese)