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European shares start August on sour note as global factory activity falters

STOXX 600 ends down 0.9%

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LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Lacklustre session on manufacturing PMI weakness

(Alliance News) - Blue-chip European equities ended lower on Tuesday, with weaker manufacturing data weighing on stock markets, while the dollar was on the up, benefitting from the cautious mood.

Gloomy data makes investors more cautious on global economy

Wall Street stocks mixed

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Gloomy data tempers optimism on global economy

Wall Street stocks mixed

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Stocks, oil slide as gloomy data tempers optimism on economy

Euro STOXX down 0.6% after July gain of 2%

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Stocks, oil resilient amid cautious optimism on economy

Euro STOXX down 0.2% after July gain of 2%

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LONDON BRIEFING: Stocks called down; BP launches share buyback

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open marginally lower on Tuesday, amid of a slew of economic data across the globe.

HSBC boosted by rising interest rates as H1 profits grow

(Sharecast News) - HSBC posted a rise in first-half profits on Tuesday as it benefited from rising interest rates, and announced a share buyback of up to $2bn.

TOP NEWS: HSBC announces buyback as profit rockets to USD21.7 billion

(Alliance News) - HSBC PLC on Tuesday reported "broad-based profit generation" across its global operations in the first half, revising its annual guidance upwards slightly and announcing another quarterly dividend and share buyback.

Bumper earnings will broaden a narrow tech-led stocks rally, analysts say

July 31 (Reuters) - A handful of technology firms and last year’s laggards have so far driven the heady rise in U.S. and global stock markets this year, but bumper earnings surprises could now lift more sectors and stocks and broaden the rally, analysts say.

Britain's banks told to justify low savings rates by end of August

LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) - Britain's banks and building societies have until the end of August to justify to regulators why some of their savings rates are low or face sanctions, the markets watchdog said on Monday, as Bank of England rates look set to rise to their highest since 2008.

BPEA EQT completes $6.5 bln merger of Vistra and Tricor

Combined business has over 9,000 staff

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Take Five: Big or bigger?

July 28 (Reuters) - The Bank of England is the last of the big central banks to meet before the summer break gets truly under way, but euro zone data, U.S. jobs numbers and rumblings in the China property sector will keep markets busy as the earnings season winds down.

Banks to fuel boom in UK Plc regular dividend payouts

MILAN, July 27 (Reuters) - A recovery in bank payouts is set to lift UK regular dividends by 6.1% to 88.9 billion pounds ($114.8 billion) in 2023 and make HSBC the biggest payer for the first time since 2008.

Banks tread tricky tightrope with politically exposed clients

LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) - The war of words between NatWest and erstwhile customer Nigel Farage has underscored the challenges global banks face in handling clients who could be defined as a politically exposed person, or PEP.