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U.S. stock futures surge after Clinton cleared by FBI

6/11/2016/Reuters By David Henry and Rodrigo Campos | NEW YORK U.S. equity index futures rallied at the open on Sunday as bullish sentiment returned to Wall Street following the largest streak of losses on the S&P 500 since 1980. The 1.3 percent move in S&P 500 e-mini futures ESc1 cut […]

Asia stocks bounce as optimism over Clinton grows; dollar strong

6/11/2016/Reuters By Saikat Chatterjee | HONG KONG Asian stocks bounced and the dollar strengthened on Monday after the FBI said it stood by its earlier recommendation that no criminal charges were warranted against Democrat Hillary Clinton. The news lifted a cloud over Clinton’s presidential campaign two days before the U.S. […]

GTBank, Sterling Bank, four others get Moody’s ratings

7/11/2016/Punch Moody’s Investors Services has assigned national scale ratings to six Nigerian banks. The lenders are: Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Zenith Bank Plc, Access Bank Plc, Sterling Bank Plc, United Bank for Africa Plc, First Bank of Nigeria Limited and the Bank of Industry. According to a statement by Moody’s, […]