New Zealand Services Data Due On Monday
(RTTNews) - New Zealand will on Monday see May results for the Performance of Services Index from BusinessNZ, highlighting a light day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. In April, the index score was 51.4.
Taiwan will provide May numbers for export orders, with forecasts suggesting an increase of 0.3 percent on year after slipping 5.5 percent in April.
China will release prime loan rates for one year and five years; currently, the rates sit at 3.7 percent and 4.45 percent, respectively.
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Canadian Market Modestly Higher In Cautious Trade
The Canadian market is modestly higher a little past noon on Monday, recovering from early weakness, thanks to strong gains in some healthcare, technology and energy stocks.
Investors are largely making cautious moves, digesting the nation's GDP and producer prices data.
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Pred 5 h 6 min
U.S. New Home Sales Show Significant Rebound In November
After reporting a sharp pullback by new home sales in the U.S. in the previous month, the Commerce Department released a report on Monday showing a significant rebound by new home sales in the month of November. The Commerce Department said new home sales surged by 5.9 percent to an annual rate of 664,000 in November after plunging by 14.8 percent to a revised rate of 627,000 in October.
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Pred 6 h 56 min
U.S. Consumer Confidence Unexpectedly Deteriorates In December
Consumer confidence in the U.S. has unexpectedly deteriorated in the month of December, according to a report released by the Conference Board on Monday. The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index tumbled to 104.7 in December from an upwardly revised 112.8 in November.
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Pred 6 h 58 min
U.S. Durable Goods Orders Pull Back More Than Expected In November
New orders for U.S. manufactured durable goods slumped by much more than expected in the month of November, according to a report released by the Commerce Department on Monday. The report said durable goods orders tumbled by 1.1 percent in November after climbing by an upwardly revised 0.8 percent in October.
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Pred 7 h 9 min
FSIS Announces Recalls Of Pork, Beef Products
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service or FSIS has announced various recalls of ready-to-eat or RTE pork and beef bologna products, as well as raw pork sausage products. Perkins, Oklahoma-based Ralph's Packing Co. is recalling around 3,132 pounds of RTE pork and beef bologna products citing misbranding and undeclared milk, a known allergen.
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Pred 9 h 6 min
Bay Street May Open With Slightly Negative Bias; GDP, PPI Data In Focus
Weak crude oil and gold prices point to a negative open for Canadian stocks on Monday. However, the market may climb higher if GDP and producer prices data, due this morning, turn out to be positive.
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Pred 9 h 20 min
Swiss Franc Slides As European Shares Traded Higher
The Swiss franc weakened against other major currencies in the European session on Monday, as the European stocks traded higher heading into a holiday-shortened week.
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Pred 10 h 54 min
Sensex, Nifty Rebound From Five-day Slump
Indian shares ended notably higher on Monday after five straight sessions of losses.
Benchmark indexes both staged a share recovery, after having fallen nearly 5 percent over the last week.
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Pred 12 h 13 min
