Germany’s daily new coronavirus infections hit a record high on Thursday.  The number of confirmed coronavirus cases increased by 21,506 bringing the total case tally to over 597K. Cases have surged over the past couple of weeks, forcing the government to reimpose a month-long lockdown. The US, too, reached a new record high of 121,054 daily new coronavirus cases,
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New Delhi: Nickel prices on Thursday rose by 0.19 per cent to Rs 1,159 per kg in futures trade as speculators built fresh positions on rising demand from alloy makers in spot market. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, nickel contracts for December delivery gained Rs 2.20, or 0.19 per cent, to Rs 1,159 per kg
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Dollar’s selloff finally takes off as market enters into US session today. While the final result of US presidential election is still unknown, investors couldn’t wait to push stocks higher. At the time of writing, Canadian Dollar is trading as a distant second weakest. Sterling is also relatively weak after BoE delivered larger than expected
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First-time claims for unemployment insurance continued a modest trend down last week, though the total remains well above what was considered normal prior to the coronavirus pandemic and was a touch higher than Wall Street estimates. The Labor Department reported Thursday that 751,000 U.S. workers filed for benefits, compared with 758,000 the previous week. Economists
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General Motors CEO Mary Barra speaks to the news media June 12, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. Bill Pugliano | Getty Images General Motors is set to report its third-quarter earnings before the bell on Thursday. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting, based on average analysts’ estimates compiled by Refinitive. Adjusted EPS: $1.38 Revenue: $35.51 billion
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Former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign manager said on Thursday they are nearing parity with US President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania and expect remaining ballots to tilt the odds in their favour, as reported by Reuters. Additional takeaways “Victory is imminent.” “Trump’s response to election result is desperate.” “Rural, in-person votes might be next to
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Gold prices were little changed on Thursday after early U.S. election results suggested a lead for Democrat contender Joe Biden, even as the possibility of a contested result remained. FUNDAMENTALS Spot gold was little changed at $1,904.66 per ounce by 0111 GMT. U.S. gold futures rose 0.5% to $1,905.50 per ounce. Biden said on Wednesday
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Steve Mollenkopf, chief executive officer of Qualcomm Inc. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Qualcomm stock rose over 6% in extended trading as its revenue and adjusted earnings per share handily beat Wall Street expectations. Here’s how Qualcomm did versus Refinitiv consensus estimates for the quarter ended Sept. 27: Earnings: $1.45 per share
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Analysts at Nomura believe that the Bank of England (BOE) is unlikely to adopt negative interest rates at its policy meeting this Thursday. Although the bank may expand its QE programme by £100bn. Key quotes “An extension of the Bank of England’s QE programme by £100bn. We see such an expansion as representing a good
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