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published Jun 2nd 2016, 8:07 pm, by Emma O’Brien (Bloomberg) — Asian equities tracked the U.S. rebound, rallying as the S&P 500 Index’s climb to a seven-month high bolstered optimism ahead of jobs data that’s likely to color speculation around Federal Reserve policy. Gold extended its slump. Japanese shares drove

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©2016 Bloomberg News O4GLNN6JIJUZ (Bloomberg) — Most U.S. stocks retreated as investors dived into haven assets including gold and the dollar after deadly terrorist attacks in Brussels killed at least 31 people. The Nasdaq Composite Index edged higher as drugmakers climbed. While transport-related shares led the Standard & Poor’s 500

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©2015 Bloomberg News O01JBZ6K50XS (Bloomberg) — U.S. equity-index futures were little changed after the biggest weekly surge in oil prices since August helped the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index erase its losses for the year. The yen was stronger for a fifth day, while Japanese stock-index futures gained after the Topix index

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©2015 Bloomberg News NYAKNA6K50Y2 (Bloomberg) — The dollar maintained an advance against most major peers as the odds of a December interest rate increase climbed, with data due Tuesday forecast to show the U.S. economy last quarter expanded more than previously reported. The greenback traded near a seven-month high against the

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©2015 Bloomberg News NX9F936K50XZ (Bloomberg) — Emerging-market assets rose for a third day as increasing confidence that the global economy is stabilizing outweighed concern that a pending increase in U.S. borrowing costs will lure money away from developing nations. Colombia’s peso led gains in currencies, strengthening 3.5 percent against the

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©2015 Bloomberg News NW4Q0Q6JTSES (Bloomberg) — The dollar traded at a three-week low even after Federal Reserve officials continued to back the case for higher interest rates this year, spurring gains in emerging- market assets. U.S. stocks held at their highest level in seven weeks in light holiday trading. The greenback

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