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Thu, 29th Apr 2021 17:01
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London ended on a subdued note on Thursday on a bountiful day of corporate earnings, with banks bookending the FTSE 100.
The FTSE 100 index closed down 2.19 points at 6,961.48, having gone back above the 7,000 mark in early trade.
The FTSE 250 ended down 46.88 points, or 0.2%, at 22,392.94. The AIM All-Share closed marginally higher at 1,274.52.
The Cboe UK 100 ended down 0.1% at 693.00, the Cboe UK 250 closed flat at 20,043.10, and the Cboe Small Companies ended up 0.4% at 14,598.60.
In Paris the CAC 40 ended down 0.1%, while the DAX 30 in Frankfurt ended down 0.9%.
In the FTSE 100, Standard Chartered ended the best performer, up 5.6%. The Asia-focused bank reported a strong start to 2021, with a sharp drop in credit impairments and a record quarter from its Wealth Management arm giving the bank confidence for the rest of 2021.
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MOSCOW The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday it had detained 16 supporters of the Ukrainian radical youth group M.K.U. for their involvement in crimes, extremist propaganda and preparation of terror attacks. They were detained in several Russian cities, and law enforcers seized weapons, manuals for manufacturing weapons, and materials on committed and planned terrorist activities, the FSB said in a statement. (Russia-Ukraine-Radical group) - - - - WASHINGTON The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 6.4 percent in the first quarter of 2021, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Thursday.
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The economy just experienced the second-largest quarterly growth IN 18 years as vaccinations continue and consumers begin to spend more.
U.S. gross domestic product grew at a 6.4% annual rate in the first quarter of 2021, the Bureau of Economic Analysis announced on Thursday morning. The growth was a bit short of expectations but shows that economic growth is moving in the right direction. Prospects for growth in 2021 have brightened on vaccine progress that is allowing restrictions to be lifted and a more complete reopening of the economy, said Rubeela Farooqi, chief U.S. economist with High Frequency Economics.
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