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(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window) Brexit deal announcement awaited, fishing still under discussion London mid-caps hit highest in 10 months Banks lead gains, material stocks dip Stock markets in Germany, Italy and Switzerland closed No European markets report on Dec 25 due to Christmas holiday (Updates to close)
Dec 24 (Reuters) - European shares rose for a third straight session on Thursday with a Brexit trade deal finally in sight just a week before Britain cuts its ties with the European Union.
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LONDON (dpa-AFX) - Gold prices inched higher on Thursday as the dollar weakened on expectations of further stimulus and amid signs that a Brexit trade deal was imminent.Spot gold rose 0.4 percent
Last-minute fishing hitch delays announcement of Brexit deal - Irish foreign minister Reuters 12/24/2020
DUBLIN, Dec 24 (Reuters) - A last minute hitch related to fishing has delayed the agreement of a British-European Union trade deal, but an announcement is expected later on Thursday, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Thursday.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had been due to hold a news conference around now. That hasn t happened. So there is some sort of last-minute hitch related to small text of a fisheries agreement, Coveney told Ireland s RTE radio. I had hoped to be talking to you this morning in parallel with big announcements happening in both London and Brussels, but we still expect those later on today.
Banks put European shares on course for a third straight session of gains on Thursday as a Brexit trade deal seemed almost at hand, with just a week left for Britain’s final exit from the European Union. After months of wrangling, and amid warnings of no deal, Britain and the European Union were on the .