UPDATE 2-FTSE 100 wraps up worst year since 2008 financial crisis

[ad_1] (For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window) * Britain tightens COVID-19 restrictions * UK exits…

Ghana eurobonds jump after $3 billion IMF bailout moves forward

[ad_1] JOHANNESBURG, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Ghana’s international sovereign dollar bonds rose on Friday after the West African country reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund on the…

Strong sterling knocks FTSE 100 despite trade lull

[ad_1] By Muvija M, Indranil Sarkar (Reuters) – London’s FTSE 100 slipped on Thursday as a surge in sterling pushed exporter stocks lower, missing out on a global rally led…

EMERGING MARKETS-Currencies at 2019 lows on trade jitters, stocks slide

[ad_1] May 17 (Reuters) – Emerging market currencies hit their lowest level in 2019 on Friday as trade friction between the United States and China continued to take its toll…

Daily Briefing: An emergency

[ad_1] The Fed has moved on from backstopping financial markets to helping support the real economy. One World Trade is seen behind a sign that flashes an emergency alert in…

Lebanese central bank to inject dollars to stop pound’s slide

[ad_1] By Eric Knecht, Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s central bank will begin injecting dollars into the market on Monday, President Michel Aoun said on Friday, as it tries…

Under ‘financial siege’, Lebanon must stave off strife, says Bassil

[ad_1] By Tom Perry, Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon is facing a “financial siege” imposed by international powers and its priority is staving off strife caused by the country’s…

Daily Briefing: Georgia on markets’ minds

[ad_1] December PMIs offered us a glimpse of recovery — with U.S. factory activity ending 2020 at a six-year high while the German reading was the highest in almost two…