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U.K shares inched lower as Barack Obama and the U.S. lawmakers appointed a session on December 30 to discuss steps to halt the automatic tax increases and spending cuts in the year 2013. The FTSE index dropped 0.6%, or 37.94 points, to 5,916.36 by 1 p.m. London time. However, the gauge has advanced 6.2% this year, as the ECB launched unlimited bond-buying programme ad the U.S. Fed expanded asset purchases. All sectors dropped in the benchmark index. Financials, industrials and basic materials lost the most by tumbling 0.88%, 0.79% and 0.66%, respectively. Among best performers were Aberdeen Asset Management, SABMiller and Shire, as their shares added 0.79%, 0.56% and 0.26%, subsequently. Technology and health care shares dropped the least by 0.05% and 0.01%, The companies performing the worst were Admiral Group, SABMiller and Shire PLC as their shares surged 0.79%, 0.56% and 0.26%, respectively.


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Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:52:37 GMT

DAX

German equities slumped as investors expected further developments in the budget talks. The U.S. President Barack Obama summoned the lawmakers to a White House meeting three days prior to a budget deal deadline to decide on a plan to avert the so called "fiscal cliff". The DAX index slid 0.7% to 7,604.53, showing a weekly drop of 0.4%. The gauge

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Hong Kong equities reached their highest level in eighteen months as investors switched to Chinese non-financial sectors right after Beijing raised optimism on quicker sector reforms. The Hang Seng index advanced 0.2% to 22,666.59. All but one group in the index edged higher with consumer goods advancing the most by 0.75%, followed by technology and utilities that gained 0.57% and

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