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LONDON (Reuters) - Spread-betting company IG Group (IGG.L: Quote, Profile, Research) , which relisted in April, said on Thursday it was confident of its trading prospects for the current year. "In July ... we said that the current financial year had begun well and that volumes had been strong. These strong volumes have continued through August and September and we continue to trade well across al ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The country's biggest spread-betting company IG Group (IGG.L: Quote, Profile, Research) , which relisted in April, said on Thursday it was confident of its trading prospects for the current year. "In July ... we said that the current financial year had begun well and that volumes had been strong. These strong volumes have continued through August and September and we continue t ...

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) - Bond investors may have been able to shrug off rising interest rates and the Federal Reserve's well-telegraphed inflation jitters earlier this year, but by the third quarter these concerns held a firm grip on the market. var ShockMode = 0; var plugin = (navigator.mimeTypes && navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"]) ? navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-sho ...

NEW YORK (Dow Jones) -- U.S. stocks closed mixed Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrials Average gaining for a third straight session, as investors shrugged off new highs for natural gas to seek out attractively-priced stocks. The Dow Jones Industrials (DJI) closed up 16.88 points at 10,473.09. The S&P 500 (SPX) ended up 1.23 points at 1,216.89, marking its fifth straight rise, althou ...

The detailsSee more NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Long-term Treasury prices rallied Wednesday as investors shrugged off a surprisingly robust manufacturing report while short-term debt weighed the likelihood of more interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. In currency trading, the dollar fell. The benchmark 10-year Treasury note gained 6/32 of a point to 99- ...

NEW YORK (Dow Jones) -- U.S. stocks overcame their losses to trade higher in a volatile market Wednesday afternoon, as strategists noted that investors have been hoping to push prices higher for several sessions. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) last was up 16 points at 10,472. The S&P 500 (SPX) was up 2.88 points at 1,218.54 and the Nasdaq Composite ( RIXF) up 4.02 points at 2,120 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures gained nearly $7 an ounce Wednesday to close near a one-week high, as a rally in the oil market rekindled inflation worries and as a weaker U.S. dollar buttressed the precious metal. document.write('');   MARKETWATCH TOP NEWS U.S. stocks drop as gas futures rise on supply concerns Natural gas rallies to a new record; crude tops $ ...

CHICAGO (Dow Jones) -- The dollar churned against its chief counterparts Wednesday but remained within a whisker of the two-month highs hit earlier in the week. Most analysts and traders look for the U.S. currency's firm tone to persist in the near term absent signals to contradict a string of recent comments in support of higher Federal Reserve interest rates. They chalked up Wednesday's early ...

The euro held above $1.20 against the dollar in spite of suggestions from more Federal Reserve officials that US interest rates would continue to rise. // Traders largely shrugged off the release of data showing a robust 3.3 per cent climb in August durable goods orders, well above the 0.7 per cent increase forecast by markets. The data pre-dated Hurricane Katrina and Rita, and traders said the ...

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- The dollar churned against its chief counterparts Wednesday but remained within a whisker of the two-month highs hit earlier in the week.   MARKETWATCH TOP NEWS U.S. stocks drop as gas futures rise on supply concerns Durable goods rebound in August Kodak exposes negative digital-profit outlook Gazprom launches $13 billion Sibneft takeover Free ...