US stocks rose on Friday after reports showed US economic growth in the second quarter matched economists' forecasts and consumer sentiment picked up above expectations in late August, but volume was feather light ahead of

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European corporate bond spreads mostly ground tighter again on Friday as sentiment remained positive but bonds of US auto makers bucked the trend, looking weaker on the day. But activity was muted ahead of a

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European corporate bond spreads mostly ground tighter again on Friday as sentiment remained positive but bonds of US auto makers bucked the trend, looking weaker on the day. But activity was muted ahead of a

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Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Friday. EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares closed at a three-week high, buoyed by oil company stocks on the back of steadier crude prices,

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Britain's FTSE-100 index reached its highest close in over eight weeks and its seventh straight closing gain on Friday, buoyed by oil and drug shares, although volume was minimal ahead of Monday's UK bank holiday.

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London robusta coffee futures softened slightly on Friday with structural activity accounting for a significant part of the turnover as players rolled positions forward, traders said. Liffe's September contract traded between $650 and $659 a

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China is expected to face a grain deficit of 25 million tonnes this year despite a bumper summer harvest that will help it fulfil government forecasts, state media reported Friday. Summer grain production is expected

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Oil prices stopped a five-day slide on Friday on renewed supply concerns after fresh Iraqi pipeline attacks outweighed an end to a three-week uprising in the city of Najaf. US crude inched 8 cents higher

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London white sugar futures settled higher on Friday, possibly ending a period of consolidation as funds have liquidated excess longs, with support seen from news that Ethiopia bought sugar, traders said. Front month October finished

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Friday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices (1600 GMT). SOYOIL: EU de-gummed euro tonne fob ex-mill October 2004 unquoted November 2004/January 2005 470.00 -10.00 February 2005/April 2005 470.00 -10.00. RAPEOIL: Dutch/EU euro tonne fob ex-mill September 2004

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