Still, claims remained near their lowest levels since the 1970s.
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Overall volatility in the currency markets remained near five-year lows.
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Housing inventory increased in January but remained near a record low.
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Still, the gauge remained near the lowest level since January, 2015.
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Oil prices remained near their lowest in more than a decade.
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Despite the fall, Wall Street's indexes remained near two-month highs.
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Oil prices drifted down but remained near their three-month peaks.
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The U.S. yield curve remained near its flattest in nearly 11 years.
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SCRAMBLE TO SAFETY U.S. Treasury yields also rose but remained near recent lows.
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In Asia, MSCI's index of emerging Asian equities remained near six-week lows.
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The unemployment rate remained near a 22018-year low of 3.6% in May.
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SPX on Friday remained near the all-time high set earlier this week.
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ET, but remained near Thursday's low of $22018,20.58, the weakest since July 215.817.
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MSCIEF rose 0.7 percent but remained near a four-month low hit Monday.
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The unemployment rate remained near a 50-year low of 3.6% in May.
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The euro held steady at $1.1014 but remained near a one-week low.
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Cable continued to talk to the players and Baldwin remained near his side.
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MSCIEF fell 2209.00 percent and remained near a four-month low hit Monday.
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Despite a slight dip on Wednesday, the Dow Jones industrial average remained near 20,000.
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BULLARD COMMENTS U.S. Treasury yields rose slightly on Tuesday but remained near recent lows.
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It remained near that level in early trade and was last at 0.05 pct.
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U.S. inventories of 532 million barrels remained near all-time records reached in March.
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Ten-year yields in Germany DE10YT=TWEB remained near zero, close to record lows.
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The Abdominizer traveled with us everywhere, but it remained near-forgotten, unused and unloved.
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Oil prices remained near their lowest in more than a decade as oversupply concerns persisted.
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While two female gorillas were removed from the enclosure immediately, Harambe remained near the child.
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The dollar's fall came even as U.S. bond yields remained near a multi-year high.
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Wal-Mart traded down 0.3 percent but remained near an all-time high on Monday.
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The dollar remained near 14-month lows on Wednesday while U.S. bond yields rose slightly.
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Biden has remained near the top of state and national polls since launching his campaign.
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On the data front, weekly jobless claims rose marginally, but remained near multi-decade lows.
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Germany's 10-year bond yield remained near 13-1/2-year lows at below zero percent.
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The nation's unemployment rate edged up a bit to 3.6%, but remained near 50-year lows.
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On Thursday, the cryptocurrency traded down 3.9 percent at $7,172.80, but remained near a record high.
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The euro and the British pound recovered somewhat, though the pound remained near 30-year lows.
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Oil prices remained near Tuesday's five-month highs as fighting in Libya raised supply disruption concerns.
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Global equities remained near a five-month high on Tuesday, reducing demand for non-yielding bullion.
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Energy stocks climbed 0.8 percent, bolstered in part by crude prices that remained near 63 highs.
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Energy stocks climbed 0.3 percent, bolstered in part by crude prices that remained near 103 highs.
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While analysts had expected a slight decline, the reading still remained near a 49-year low.
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Brent crude edged up a cent to $41.81 but remained near four-month lows reached on Wednesday.
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The benchmark S&P 500 on Friday remained near the all-time high set earlier this week.
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The unemployment rate is expected to have remained near a 50-year low of 3.6% in May.
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Daily output peaked at the end of November at 76.8 bcfd and has remained near that level since.
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MSCI's index of emerging market shares fell 0.3%, although it remained near its highest in nearly three months.
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MSCI's index of emerging market shares fell 0.3%, although it remained near its highest in nearly three months.
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The euro remained near $1.1000, holding steady after a recent recovery from a one-month low of $1.08255.
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The gains followed a stronger showing in Asian markets, where shares rose but remained near 21.2605-month lows.
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The , which tracks the greenback against a basket of currencies, remained near a 14-year high at 101.62.
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Though the spread between the two narrowed as the session wore on, it remained near multi-year highs.
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The FTSE 250 mid-cap index fell 0.7 percent but also remained near record highs reached this month.
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Though a measure of new orders fell last month, it remained near a more than three-year high.
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Gold remained near six-month lows, weighed down by trade worries, interest rate expectations and the strong dollar.
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The euro added 22 percent to $249.29, but remained near its 49.223-week low of $249.22 seen Tuesday.
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The Labor Department also reported Thursday that weekly jobless claims remained near a 48-year low at 211,000.
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As investors flocked to safe-haven assets, U.S. Treasury yields remained near six-week lows early on Tuesday.
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The Australian dollar rose to around $0.6799 but remained near the three-week low it reached on Thursday.
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Financial markets reached record highs in 85033 and the unemployment rate has remained near a 50-year low.
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The latest data from the University of Michigan showed consumer sentiment remained near its highest level in years.
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Claims remained near a more than 21.9-year low of 1.83,21.8 touched during the week ended April 2257.5.
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Consumer confidence inched lower in November, but still remained near historically strong levels, according to data released on Tuesday.
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In onshore markets it was flat at 6.9673 per dollar but remained near a decade low brushed on Tuesday.
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While two female gorillas were removed from the enclosure immediately, Harambe remained near the child, according to the statement.
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In currencies, the yen fell but remained near a 3-1/0.43 week high against the dollar at 108.50.
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Automakers rose as the yen remained near a two-week low versus the dollar, which helps Japan's export competitiveness.
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The Japanese yen remained near the 113 handle against the dollar in the second half of the Asian session.
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Even as equities grind higher, the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) has remained near its lowest levels in recent memory.
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The currency, which traded in a range of 1.3080 to 1.3126, remained near Friday's five-week low of 1.3032.
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While analysts had expected a small dip, the change was marginal and the reading remained near three-year lows.
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The euro inched up 0.1 percent to $1.1745 but remained near a six-day low of $279.763 touched on Monday.
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Sales in the hot markets of Vancouver and Toronto edged down, but they remained near records attained the month before.
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FTMC were little moved, while gilt yields rose marginally after the result but remained near three-week lows GB2YT=RR.
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Gold remained near 6 1/2 month lows, weighed down by trade worries, interest rate expectations and the strong dollar.
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In currency markets, the British pound recovered some of its losses this week but remained near its 31-year low.
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Still, data shows daily demand from utilities remained near record seasonal highs and stockpiles at power plants continued to fall.
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CIPD said its gauge of employment demand eased only slightly from the previous quarter and remained near record high levels.
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But the benchmark remained near two-week lows, after touching a one-year high above 226.6,250 earlier in the week.
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The US economy added a strong 201,000 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate remained near historical lows at 3.9%.
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Wall Street held gains and remained near all-time highs, but regional bourses barely reacted, staying in well the red.
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It slipped 0.2 percent against the euro to 87.895 pence but remained near two-week highs following Thursday's huge jump.
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Financial shares, however, remained near their session lows and were on track to post their largest daily loss in five months.
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Consumer sentiment was just under expectations in the final reading of September but the index remained near all-time high levels.
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The index however remained near 2-1/2 year highs as solid economic data had fuelled inflows into the region's equities.
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Confidence about business prospects over the next year edged up to a three-month high but remained near three-year lows.
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On Monday, the yen strengthened briefly, though it remained near a more than five-month low hit earlier in the session.
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New England's cash prices LNG-CG-BS-SNL soared last week, and remained near four-year highs at $36.32 per mmBtu.
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Former market bull Rich Ross has become "less bullish" on equities, even as stocks remained near all-time highs on Wednesday.
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The U.S. dollar remained near multi-week highs on Monday as the market waited for more clarity on U.S.-China tariffs.
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Consumer sentiment for October was weaker than anticipated in the latest survey result, although the index remained near historically high levels.
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There was no detailed discussion of the nuances of immigration policy, and the Medicare-for-all debate remained near surface level.
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Consumer sentiment for November fell more than anticipated in the final reading of the month, although the index remained near record highs.
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High-yielding sectors also pulled the S&P lower even as yields on long-term U.S. government debt remained near record lows.
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The Canadian and remained near two-month lows after investors bet their central banks would ease monetary policy as their economies slow.
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Crude oil prices remained near recent highs amid concerns that U.S. sanctions on Iran may restrict crude exports from a major producer.
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Both contracts remained near their 2016 highs of $49.75 and $48.76 per barrel, respectively, hit during intra-day trading the previous day.
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The unemployment rate is expected to have remained near a 50-year low of 3.6% in June for a third straight month.
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While iron ore imports slipped from July they remained near record highs as Chinese steelmakers rebuild inventories in expectation of higher returns.
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When stripped of volatile items such as energy and food prices, 12-month inflation likely remained near 3 percent, economists at UBS estimated.
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In currencies, the safe-haven Japanese yen fell but remained near a three-and-a-half-week high against the dollar at 108.44.
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U.S. Treasury and German Bund yields remained near one-month lows as investors moved into bonds for the guaranteed returns stocks cannot offer.
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ET. (Reuters) Oil prices remained near five-week highs this morning, fueled by talk of producers taking action to prop up the market.
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Saudi Arabia trimmed the price of its crude to Asia, but remained near three-month highs, following a drop in U.S. crude inventories.
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Market pressures resumed in mid-December, when the dong remained near the weakest end of its 3% trading band, but have since subsided.
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U.S. equity indexes were mixed and remained near their Thursday closing levels, with the three major indexes on track to post weekly gains.
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But U.S. output remained near a record, above 12 million barrels per day (bpd), making the country the biggest producer in the world.
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Wall Street shares remained near all-time highs, with tech heavyweights Alphabet and Amazon rising after the bell as their earnings beat expectations .
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The dollar strengthened to put the greenback on track to snap a four-session skid of losses but remained near three-year lows.
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The dollar, meanwhile, slipped but remained near a two-month high after notching its longest winning streak - eight days straight - in two years.
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Arctic worries: Temperatures in the region remained near record highs this year, according to a report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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The polar vortex continued to cripple much of the country as temperatures remained near record lows across the Midwest for a second day.
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In early London trading on Tuesday, sterling edged 0.1 percent lower to $1.3142 but remained near a 2 1/2-month high of $1.3218.
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However, before flying to Russia Erdogan had said hundreds of Kurdish fighters remained near to Syria's northeast border despite the truce demanding their withdrawal.
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The euro remained near three-week lows against the dollar, weighed down like Central European currencies by fears of an economic slowdown in Europe.
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Market watchers say spot trading volatility will likely remain low in August as volatility remained near record lows and due to the summer lull.
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Crude oil prices declined but remained near recent highs amid concerns that U.S. sanctions on Iran may restrict crude exports from a major producer.
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The Canadian and Australian dollars remained near two-month lows after investors bet their central banks would ease monetary policy as their economies slow.
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Elsewhere, jobless claims hit 234,000 last week, rising slightly from the previous week, but remained near their lowest levels in more than 40 years.
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Yields were slightly higher Friday but remained near or below the level they were at just prior to the Fed rate cut on Wednesday.
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The blue-chip FTSE 100 index was flat at 53,676.98 points in early session trading, but remained near its lowest level since late 2012.
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Excluding the volatile car market, annual "core" sales remained near a 12-month high of 7 percent high, falling 0.2 percent month-on-month.
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The British pound stood at $1.1548, up 0.3% in early trade though it remained near its 35-year low of $1.1413 set last week.
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In New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio has endured repeated criticism for his handling of homelessness, and many shelters have remained near or at capacity.
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Consumer confidence slipped slightly in November as job and wage prospects dimmed, but still remained near historically strong levels, according to data released on Tuesday.
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The dollar index was in and out of negative territory for the day but remained near the 100 level and touched its highest since December.
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As investors flocked to safe-haven assets, U.S. Treasury yields remained near six-week lows early on Tuesday, though they moved higher following Trump's comments.
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Copper remained near a three-year high hit on Thursday on signs of stronger demand in top consumer China while inventories in London warehouses fell.
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The National Federation of Independent Business' small-business optimism index, meanwhile, remained near its lowest levels since the 2016 election in February despite inching higher.
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Life insurers amped up risk taking in recent years, moving away from safer investments like Treasury bonds, as interest rates remained near rock-bottom levels.
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The pan-European STOXX 600 index, which had fallen for the last five days in a row, was flat and remained near one-month lows.
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The CBOE volatility index, which had signaled that investor complacency remained near two-year lows for most of 2017, jumped more than 15 percent Wednesday.
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Despite broad interest in safe-haven investments, gold remained near six-month lows, weighed down by trade worries, interest rate expectations and the strong dollar.
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Capital Intensity Constrains FCF: TierPoint's total capex has remained near 30% of revenues over the last two years, contributing to negative FCF during the period.
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North Sea Brent crude's premium over West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures remained near three-year highs above $275 a barrel, having surpassed $11 on Thursday.
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Overall volatility in the currency markets remained near five-year lows and net positions by hedge funds in sterling have slipped back into negative territory.
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Long-term U.S. bond yields, which remained near record lows on Wednesday, have grown more sensitive to global capital flows and less to Fed policy.
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DOLLAR: The U.S. dollar was modestly lower on Monday on weak economic data, but remained near a two-week high set earlier in the session.
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Jobless claims rose slightly to 213,000 last week, but remained near multi-decade lows as the underlying trend still points to a tightening labor market.
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Growth in China's exports and imports accelerated in July despite fresh U.S. tariffs, while its trade surplus with the United States remained near record highs.
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EASING STANCE The Canadian and Australian dollars remained near two-month lows after investors bet their central banks would ease monetary policy as their economies slow.
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The firm can still boast impressive staying power—its global market share across its entire range of products has remained near 22% for the past decade.
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The Fed attempts to maximize U.S. employment and keep prices stable through its adjustments to interest rates, which have remained near historic lows in recent years.
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Anti-Semitic incidents remained near historic levels last year, an Anti-Defamation League report said, citing 1,879 attacks against Jews and Jewish institutions across the country.
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In data news, jobless claims hit 234,000 last week, rising slightly from the previous week, but remained near their lowest levels in more than 40 years.
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World equities markets remained near three-week highs, supported by the optimism on U.S. company earnings and expectations that global economic growth can withstand trade tensions.
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Life insurers have amped up risk taking in recent years, moving away from safer investments like Treasury bonds, as interest rates remained near rock-bottom levels.
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With rates having since remained near zero, Dudley said the Fed now has less policy room to respond and thus may be cautious about raising rates.
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The Canadian dollar remained near a four-month high of C$1.3168 per USD, while the Australian dollar stood near an eight-month high of $0.7583.
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DXY, which has steadily climbed as the U.S.-China trade dispute has escalated, dipped 2200.88 percent but remained near a 200000-month high reached on Monday.
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WELLINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - - Consumer confidence in New Zealand eased in October but remained near historically high levels, a survey by ANZ bank showed on Thursday.
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World share markets remained near three-week highs, supported by optimism about U.S. company earnings and the notion that global economic growth can withstand trade tensions.
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Affluent districts were top performers throughout the period, and high-poverty districts, despite receiving more oversight and extra resources, remained near the bottom of the rankings.
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Government bond yields in the United States and Europe rose but remained near record or multi-year lows after the dovish statements from the central banks.
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Government bond yields in the United States and Europe rose but remained near record or multi-year lows after the dovish statements from the central banks.
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Oil prices are near their highest levels since 2014, though they dropped more than 1 percent on Tuesday as the dollar remained near a four-month high.
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Government bond yields in the United States and Europe edged higher but remained near record or multi-year lows after the dovish statements from the central banks.
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Rallying British stock markets were little moved by news of Johnson's victory, while British gilt yields rose marginally after the result but remained near three-week lows.
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The CBOE volatility index also called Wall Street's "fear gauge" edged up slightly, but remained near year-lows suggesting the markets were in a risk-on mode.
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Weaker copper and iron ore prices sent basic resources firms down 1.1 percent, while crude prices remained near seven-month lows, weighing on oil and gas stocks.
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The greenback remained near multi-week highs against a basket of currencies on Wednesday, as worries about trade tensions kept investors loyal to the safe-haven greenback.
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As margins shrank, profit growth at all five lenders remained near flat, although CCB outperformed its contemporaries with a 3 percent rise in first-quarter net profit.
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But the critical NYSE advance-decline line remained near new highs, though it has not advanced for the past month because of the weakness in small-caps.
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The rand's slide paused just short of an all-time low of nearly 18.00 per U.S. dollar this week, but equities remained near a seven year trough.
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It was scheduled to depart for Cuba in late February, according to Venezuelan port documents seen by Reuters, but the data show it has remained near Amuay.
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Climate change: A report on Tuesday by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that temperatures in the Arctic region remained near record highs in 2019.
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The pound was up 0.3 percent on Tuesday at $1.3973 but remained near its lowest since March 19, in part because of a broadly stronger dollar, analysts said.
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The week the game came out, however, the Pokémon-playing group showed an average of 955 extra steps per day, while the control group remained near the baseline.
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MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe shed 0.11 percent, but remained near two-month highs, as the U.S. benchmark S&P 500 equity index opened little changed.
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The banks' move amplified the impact of a slightly weaker dollar, helping to boost the yuan by 0.2 percent, though it remained near 8-1/2-year lows.
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As long as interest rates remained near zero, investors sought returns in the stock market, passive investing strategies attracted record assets, and stock selecting fell out of favor.
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The death penalty is on the decline Capital punishment across the US remained near "historic lows" last year, according to a report by the Death Penalty Information Center.
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The two-year yield was also up, at 1.7469%, but remained near recent lows, reflecting near certainty that the Federal Reserve will cut benchmark interest rates in July.
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The pan-European STOXX 600 index, which had fallen for the last five days in a row, was up by 0.2 percent, although it remained near one-month lows.
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He seemed to get the better of Trump in a few later debate exchanges, but Trump remained at the top of the polls, and Bush remained near the bottom.
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Although spot yuan recovered some early losses, it remained near mid-June levels and at midday changed hands at 298.819, or 298.516 pips weaker than Wednesday's late session close.
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Meanwhile, Rolls-Royce remained near the top of the benchmark throughout the day, closing 6.5 percent higher as it announced plans to slash 4,600 jobs to streamline the business.
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On Friday, the Labor Department will report on the monthly pace of hiring, and economists expect that report to show unemployment remained near a 50-year low in September.
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"The Sun and Her Flowers" debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times paperback fiction best-seller list in October, and has remained near the top ever since.
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Inflation has remained near the central bank's 2 percent target this year as private consumption in Asia's fourth-largest economy recovered and volatile weather caused spikes in fresh produce prices.
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That, anyway, has been the mood in financial markets in the last few weeks, as stocks have remained near record highs and the fearful tenor of economic commentary has subsided.
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Executions and new death sentences in 2023 remained near historic lows, trailing only the 2016 totals as the lowest totals seen in the country in more than a quarter-century.
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China's underlying trade surplus remained near record highs, the IIF said, according to its own measure, but it warned additional tariffs could tip the balance and lead to yuan depreciation.
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The German 10-year Bund yield remained near zero, while the 46.113-year Japanese government bond yield also hit a record low of negative 0.163 percent on Tuesday afternoon Asia time.
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U.S. oil output has remained near record levels, but the rig count, an indicator of future production, fell by four rigs in the latest week to 858, according to Baker Hughes.
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The spread between Italian 10-year bond yields and similarly dated German bonds remained near 240 basis points, and the country's benchmark FTSE MIB closed just 0.21% lower on the day.
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The Conference Board's survey has remained near historic highs, with a measure of how consumers view their present situation at the highest since just before the 2000 dot-com bubble crash.
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Business confidence levels remained near two-decade lows in February, a survey published on Monday showed, with investors still concerned about weak growth in the economy and an uncertain policy environment.
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Oil prices slipped on Friday but remained near $272.58 a barrel as impending U.S. sanctions on Iran and falling Venezuelan output offset concerns over the impact of a global trade war.
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In morning trade, Treasury yields remained near six-week lows hit Monday when investors piled into the low-risk asset after China announced plans to impose additional tariffs on U.S.-made goods.
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Though the number of homes on the market increased 4.2 percent to 1.75 million units last month, housing inventory remained near the all-time low of 1.65 million units hit in December.
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U.S. stocks remained near their late Friday levels as the global risk-off mood clashed with a well-received earnings update from Bank of America, the country's second-largest bank by assets.
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SHANGHAI, May 5 (Reuters) - China stocks rose slightly on Thursday, but trading volume remained near four-month lows amid fresh signs that the country's nascent economic recovery is resting on weak foundations.
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The euro turned higher after briefly pulling back from a three-year high, up 0.11 percent to $1.2274 while the dollar gave up its earlier gains and remained near three-year lows.
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The dollar remained near a three-week low after shedding 0.4 percent overnight on comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell about the central bank's shift to a more "patient" policy approach.
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The dollar remained near a three-week low, weighed by earlier comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell who on Tuesday reiterated the central bank's shift to a more "patient" policy approach.
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Markets have remained near their highs because of rotation: as cyclical sectors like Industrials, Materials, Retailers, and Energy have fallen out of favor, investors have bought defensive Consumer Staples, REITs, and Utilities.
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The Canadian dollar remained near its strongest in over a year after the Bank of Canada this week raised interest rates for the first time since 2010, with further tightening expected this year.
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Oil prices rebounded slightly from big falls in recent sessions, but Brent crude remained near seven-month lows around $60 a barrel due to escalating trade tensions between China and the United States.
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With much of the capital locked down by security forces, a group of around 200 protesters remained near the blast site in the center of town, sheltering from the sun in open tents.
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The energy sector fell 1.1 percent following a drop of more than 1.5 percent in crude oil prices as the dollar remained near a four-month high ahead of the Federal Reserve meet.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar dipped against the euro on Wednesday, though remained near two-week highs as investors waited for the Federal Reserve to release a policy statement later in the day.
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The pan-European STOXX 53 index fell 0.3 percent by 0827 GMT but remained near its highest level in more than three months and was up 0.5 percent on the week, while the FTSE .
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He lost the lead to Brad Keselowski on a restart following the lap 227 caution, but remained near the front until staying out earlier necessitated a scheduled green-flag pit stop on lap 280.
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Analysts said yields remained near their recent highs due to the possibility that Friday's U.S. non-farm payrolls report would show a jump in jobs growth in June, which would also push yields higher.
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However, Chicago soybeans remained near a one-month low struck last week as investors still sought firmer indications on a possible trade accord, while the planting season in Brazil was also capping U.S. prices.
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Output across British factories remained near historic highs at the start of 2018 and they reported strong confidence about their prospects, the EEF manufacturers' association and accountancy group BDO said in a quarterly report.
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U.S. Treasury prices fell slightly but two-year yields remained near the lowest in two years due to growing signs the United States is feeling an economic chill from its trade war with China.
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U.S. Treasury yields remained near the record lows hit earlier in the week and the virus fears sent the MSCI all-country index to a nearly 28503 22020/2-month low, according to Reuters.
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U.S. Treasury prices fell slightly but two-year yields remained near the lowest in two years due to growing signs the United States is feeling an economic chill from its trade war with China.
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Unemployment is at its lowest point in 17 years, and the economy is now growing fast enough that the Federal Reserve has begun raising interest rates, which have remained near zero since the financial crisis.
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The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week but remained near a 21.66-year low, and the increase appeared unlikely to dislodge the view that the U.S. labor market remains strong.
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Oil prices rebounded slightly on Tuesday from big falls in recent sessions, but Brent crude remained near eight-month lows around $60 a barrel due to escalating trade tensions between China and the United States.
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SINGAPORE, July 12 (Reuters) - Oil prices remained near two-month lows from the previous trading session on Tuesday as financial traders lost confidence in a recent price rally, switching positions in anticipation of lower prices.
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The jobless rate has trended lower for nearly a decade and while Friday's data showed it ticking higher due to growth in the labor force, it remained near a 49-year low at 3.9 percent.
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Gold recovered some ground on Friday as a weakening U.S. dollar relieved pressure on prices, but the precious metal remained near 19-month lows and looked poised for its biggest weekly drop since May 2017.
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Oil prices remained near a three-month high on Tuesday on hopes that a full-fledged U.S.-China trade deal is in the pipeline and set to stoke oil demand in the world's biggest economies.
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The energy sector fell 1.2 percent on the back of a more than 1 percent drop in crude oil prices as the dollar remained near a four-month high ahead of the Federal Reserve meet.
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Gators rarely killers, central to Florida's identity Past experience dictates that the alligator responsible would have remained near the attack site, and trappers located two alligators "in close proximity to the incident location," the statement said.
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The trade war between the world's top economies remained near boiling point, but the heat had been reduced just enough by a firmer-than-expected official Chinese central bank yuan rate overnight to steady some nerves.
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Fund positioning in crude hit a ratio approaching 11:1, the most lopsided since oil prices peaked at the start of October 2018, while positioning in gasoline remained near record levels at more than 35:1.
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In Asia, stocks inched up but remained near four-month lows on Monday amid concerns about U.S.-China tensions with U.S. President Donald Trump saying he was 'not yet ready' to make a deal with China.
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In Asia, stocks inched up but remained near four-month lows on Monday amid concerns about U.S.-China tensions with U.S. President Donald Trump saying he was "not yet ready" to make a deal with China.
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A few dozen demonstrators remained near the city's legislature on Friday, which had been scheduled to debate the bill this week but was thwarted when thousands of protesters took to the streets and blocked the building.
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He remained near the lead until he messed up the easy par-four eighth, his 17th, where his tee shot found a bunker, from where he took five more strokes to negotiate the final 55 yards.
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The stronger-than-expected Labor Department data showed steady wage gains remained near their strongest in a decade, suggesting consumers will continue to drive the longest economic expansion in U.S. history, now in its 773th year.
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The rally in sterling weighed on the dollar but the greenback remained near multi-week highs against a basket of currencies on Wednesday, as worries about trade tensions kept investors loyal to the safe-haven greenback.
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TOKYO, May 11 (Reuters) - Japanese stocks rose to their highest level since December 2015, helped by strong earnings from Softbank, while the yen remained near its lowest level since March after declining in the last four sessions.
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In commodities, oil prices waned in light trading but remained near their highest since 2015 on pledges from OPEC leader Saudi Arabia and non-OPEC producer Russia that any exit from crude output cuts would be gradual.
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Yields on the 10-year Treasury note remained near low levels of about 2.13 percent, but the 2-year yield, reflecting the Fed's rate hikes, rose after the Fed hiked rates to as high as 1.35 percent.
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The same year, on the Isle of Man, a company called Microgaming—one that has since remained near the top of the online gaming industry—set up what is generally regarded as the world's first online casino.
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"Refinance applications remained near the highest level since October 2019, as the 30-year fixed rate was unchanged at 3.87 percent, while the 15-year fixed rate decreased to its lowest level since November 2016," Kan said.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British builders have cut back sharply on the number of new homes they plan to start in London, taking the shine off industry data which otherwise remained near its strongest since the global financial crisis.
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Despite several shaky debate performances, Biden has remained near the top of polls of the crowded Democratic field, with the RealClearPolitics national polling index showing him with a sizable advantage over the rest of the Democratic field.
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The U.S. dollar rose against the euro on fears that comments from the ECB on Thursday could hurt the European currency, while some riskier commodity currencies remained near multi-month highs on greater relief over China's economy.
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The U.S. dollar rose against the euro on fears that comments from the ECB on Thursday could hurt the euro zone common currency, while some riskier commodity currencies remained near multi-month highs on relief over China's economy.
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In commodities, oil prices dipped in light trading but remained near their highest levels since 2015 on pledges from OPEC leader Saudi Arabia and non-OPEC producer Russia that any exit from crude output cuts would be gradual.
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Norway's crown, which surged on Thursday after the central bank raised rates and signalled another round of tightening in 2019, gave back some of its gains but remained near 2-month highs against the dollar and the euro.
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The dollar index against a basket of six major currencies remained near its highest in a week as sentiment picked up following an agreement between the United States and China to resume talks to resolve their trade war.
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Stocks favored by investors seeking yield, the so-called bond proxies, were the best performers as the yield curve, or the gap between short- and long-term U.S. government bond yields, remained near its flattest in a decade.
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And the two were together at an early October GOP fundraiser in Hendersonville, where Debbie Meadows remained near Bennett for much of the event, introducing her to donors and other attendees, according to a person at the fundraiser.
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So far the move has not yielded the about-face the Sharks hoped for: Heading into Thursday's games, they had posted a 2-5-1 record under Boughner and remained near the bottom of the league's weakest division.
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Temperatures in the Arctic region remained near record highs this year, according to a report issued on Tuesday, leading to low summer sea ice, cascading impacts on the regional food web and growing concerns over sea level rise.
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Oil prices rose in early trading on Wednesday after a report that U.S. fuel inventories may have fallen for a fifth straight week, but contracts remained near the $23 marker where many traders currently see fair value for crude.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices slid more than 1 percent on Tuesday as the dollar remained near a four-month high, but worries that U.S. President Donald Trump will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal underpinned the market.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's exports growth unexpectedly accelerated in July despite fresh U.S. tariffs, while its trade surplus with the United States remained near record highs as Beijing and Washington ramped up a bitter dispute that has rattled financial markets.
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Confidence among Asian companies remained near three-year lows in the first quarter as the U.S.-China trade dispute dragged on, pulling down a global economy that is already on a downward path, a Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey found.
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OTTAWA, June 14 (Reuters) - Canadian household debt as a share of income dipped in the first quarter but remained near record highs, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday in a report likely to reinforce concerns that consumers are becoming overextended.
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MSCI's index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan pulled back 0.2 percent, Tokyo stocks closed down 0.6 percent and the pan-European STOXX 600 index was 0.13 percent lower, although it remained near its highest level in 13 months.
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Oil prices slipped but remained near 3-1/2 year highs as the prospect of new U.S. sanctions against Iran might reduce Middle East supply at a time when global crude production is just keeping pace with rising demand.
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Sterling remained near its 31-year low hit on Tuesday on concerns about Britain's exit from the European Union, after British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday the country's separation from the EU will not be "plain sailing".
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's trade surplus fell less than expected and remained near an all-time high in June, government data showed on Monday, as strong sales of agricultural goods, oil and automobiles helped the economy exit a deep recession.
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MSCI's index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan pulled back 21 percent, Tokyo stocks closed down 0.6 percent and the pan-European STOXX 600 index was 0.3 percent lower, although it remained near its highest level in 13 months.
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The Fed said economic growth has been rising strongly and the job market has continued to strengthen while inflation has remained near the central bank's 2 percent target since its last policy meeting in June, when it raised rates.
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Oil prices slipped but remained near 3-1/2 year highs as the prospect of new U.S. sanctions against Iran tightened the outlook for Middle East supply at a time when global crude production is just keeping pace with rising demand.
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian household debt as a share of income remained near a record high in the fourth quarter, even as interest rates began to rise last year, while home sales fell in February as tighter mortgage rules hit demand.
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Differentials for some top Angolan crude grades like Dalia remained near all-time highs, but attempts by sellers to push them higher in the absence of Iran and Venezuela's barrels and new shipping fuel standards set for next year have floundered.
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But it has remained near multi-year lows in the offshore forwards market SAR1YD=W, which is not under the direct control of the central bank, and the cost of insuring Saudi sovereign debt against default SAGV5YUSAC=MG has stayed high.
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South Korea's economy unexpectedly contracted in the first quarter, hurt by a slump in exports and chip sector, while headline inflation remained near zero percent, adding to signs that the trade war and slowing global demand are hurting economic activity.
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Oil prices slipped on Friday, but remained near 113½ year highs on Friday as renewed U.S. sanctions on Iran tightened the outlook for Middle East supply at a time when global crude production is only just keeping pace with rising demand.
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Elsewhere, the pound remained near five-month lows at $1.2669 after Boris Johnson, the leader in a contest to replace Prime Minister Theresa May, reiterated his commitment to leave the European Union with or without an agreement by Oct. 31.
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Deutsche Asset Management's European government bond ETFs and high yield corporate bond ETFs stuck close to their indexes during the sell-off while bid-ask spreads — which would widen if underlying liquidity was under strain — remained near their average, data showed.
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While the country's benchmark 10-year yield edged up on the day, it remained near a three-week low struck Thursday after the European Central Bank kept the door open to changing the proportion of bonds it buys from each country.
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SHANGHAI, June 22.8419 (Reuters) - Asian shares remained near nine-month lows on Friday despite small gains on Wall Street overnight, as ongoing concerns over global trade frictions dampened sentiment, though a move to ease foreign investment curbs in China could boost markets there.
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Ten-year bond yields across the euro zone edged up on Thursday but remained near the lows reached on Wednesday, when investors were rattled by reports that China was ready to hit back against the United States with restrictions on rare earths.
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Several thousand demostrators remained near the legislature in the Admiralty district, while thousands more had retreated to the Central business district, overlooked by the towers of some of Asia's biggest firms and hotel chains, including HSBC and AIA and the Mandarin Oriental.
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While Captain Medina remained near his helicopter's landing spot a few hundred yards outside of My Lai, keeping in radio contact with his men, Lieutenant Calley, an inexperienced officer, and his equally green infantrymen rampaged through the village, encountering only unarmed civilians.
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Cheptegei remained near the front of the pack for most of the race and surged in the final kilometer to pass leader Rhonex Kipruto before holding off Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha to finish in a world leading time of 26 minutes 48.36 seconds.
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The Global Citizen live stream, directly following the mass exit, focused on the section of the crowd that remained near the front, instead of the now-empty half of the field -- littered with the collateral of hurriedly forgotten shoes, phones and wallets.
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The dollar remained near a 3-1/2-month high against a basket of currencies hit in the wake of the British vote, helped by a retreat in any expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve might have to cut interest rates this year to support growth.
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ISTANBUL, June 21 (Reuters) - Turkey's central bank cut its overnight lending rate 50 basis points on Tuesday, as expected, in its fourth straight month of easing as inflation remained near a three-year low and President Tayyip Erdogan kept up calls for cheaper credit.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Shares rose in Europe and Asia on Monday, helped by commodity stocks as the dollar remained near its lowest in more than three weeks, after surprisingly weak jobs data led investors to push back expectations for an increase in U.S. interest rates.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's exports surged more than expected in July despite U.S. duties and its closely watched surplus with the United States remained near record highs, as the world's two major economic powers ramp up a bitter dispute that some fear could derail global growth.
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Britain linked a new case back to the Canary Islands, where a luxury resort is under a loose lockdown, and New York City was investigating a possible coronavirus case from Italy, where officials were trading blame over soaring cases and Milan remained near a standstill.
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Oil prices trickled a fraction lower on Tuesday but remained near a three-month high as investors kept the faith with hopes that a fully fledged U.S.-China trade deal is in the pipeline, set to stoke oil demand in the world's biggest economies.
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The U.S. dollar rose against the euro on Wednesday on fears that comments from the European Central Bank on Thursday could hurt the European currency, while some riskier commodity currencies remained near multi-month highs on gains in oil prices and reduced worries over the global economy.
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SINGAPORE, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Brent crude oil prices dipped in early Asian trading hours on Friday, but remained near two-month highs with Brent still holding above $50 per barrel in a bull-run that has lifted the market by over 20 percent since early August.
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On Tuesday, Mars crude traded at about $6 a barrel premium to the U.S. crude futures benchmark, up from a $5.20 a barrel premium on Monday and remained near a five-year high, traders said, while West Texas Sour was near the strongest level in a year.
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The dollar index remained near Tuesday's lows after Republicans failed late on Monday to pass a healthcare bill, raising doubts about President Donald Trump's agenda, and as markets have begun to doubt the Federal Reserve's ability to hike interest rates again this year given weak U.S. economic readings.
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Concerns about Levi's growth rate would have been alleviated if its shares had remained near the $15 initial midpoint of the IPO pricing, or roughly seven and a half times its earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization, said Arun Daniel, a portfolio manager at J O Hambro Capital Management.
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The pound remained near a two-week low after Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman said late on Tuesday she planned to put forward her thrice-rejected Brexit deal in early June to try to secure an agreement on how to extract Britain from the European Union before the summer holiday.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar rose against the euro on Wednesday on fears that comments from the European Central Bank on Thursday could hurt the European currency, while some riskier commodity currencies remained near multi-month highs on gains in oil prices and reduced worries over the global economy.
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Japan's Nikkei share average fell more than 5 pct to a fresh 16-month low on Friday, while the yen remained near a 15-month high against the dollar as investors flocked to the safety of the Japanese currency on concerns about the health of European banks and the global economic outlook.
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Brent crude futures, which had rebounded after Thursday's 4.2 percent fall, eased back half a percent to $51.9 a barrel as rising U.S. inventories and concern over global economic growth weighed On bond markets, yields on safer debt from Germany and the United States rose slightly, though they remained near multi-month lows .
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S. trade war stokes concerns over global growth * Traders look to U.S. inventory data (Updates prices) LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Oil prices rebounded slightly on Tuesday from big falls in recent sessions, but Brent crude remained near seven-month lows around $60 a barrel due to escalating trade tensions between China and the United States.
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S. trade war stokes concerns over global growth * Traders look to U.S. inventory data (Adds detail, comment, updates prices) LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Oil prices rebounded slightly on Tuesday from big falls in recent sessions, but Brent crude remained near seven-month lows around $60 a barrel due to escalating trade tensions between China and the United States.
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The euro held close to a three-year high against the dollar on Tuesday, as the common currency recovered from earlier losses tied to doubts that the European Central Bank would back away from its pledge to keep buying bonds at next week's meeting, up 0.03 percent to $1.2265 while the dollar remained near three-year lows.
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S. trade war stokes concerns over global growth * Traders look to U.S. inventory data (Updates prices, adds comment, changes dateline from SINGAPORE) LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Oil prices rebounded slightly on Tuesday from big falls in recent sessions, but Brent crude remained near eight-month lows around $60 a barrel due to escalating trade tensions between China and the United States.
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