A gauge of global equity markets fell for a third straight session on Thursday, dragged lower by weakness on Wall Street on views the market has climbed too high to soon, while a rise in weekly jobless claims pointed to a fragile recovery in the U.S. labor market.
The Australian and New Zealand dollars held steady on Thursday as solid domestic data helped offset a broad bounce in the U.S. dollar, while lofty local yields lifted the Aussie to a two-year peak on the euro.
Ireland and IAG's Irish airline Aer Lingus are engaged in discussions about the government providing further financial support for the former flag carrier, Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Thursday.
Barclays has resumed modest shareholder payouts after a year-long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, setting expectations other British lenders will follow suit when they report 2020 earnings in the next few days.
Paralysed by financial crisis and riven with political risk, a number of Lebanon's banks are struggling to meet a central bank target to raise their capital defences by 20% by the end of this month.