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European shares hovered just below all-time highs on Tuesday, little changed by U.S. inflation data that suggested the Federal Reserve’s accommodative policy stance would remain intact. The pan-European STOXX 600 closed up 0.1% and the export-heavy German stock index also.

U.S. consumer prices rose by the most in more than 8-1/2 years in March as increased vaccinations and massive fiscal stimulus unleashed pent-up demand, kicking off what most economists expect will be a brief period of higher inflation. The report.

Bitcoin surged to a fresh record high of more than $63,000 on Tuesday, as investors awaited the highly-anticipated stock market debut of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. The price of bitcoin climbed as high as $63,236, according to data from Coin Metrics,.

OPEC on Tuesday raised its forecast for growth in world oil demand this year on expectations the pandemic will subside, providing help for the group and its allies in their efforts to support the market. Demand will rise by 5.95.

U.S. stocks traded mixed on Tuesday after a March inflation report turned out not as bad as some traders feared, but the impact of a halt to the rollout of Johnson & Johnson vaccine kept optimism in check. The Dow.

Bitcoin and ether, the two biggest cryptocurrencies, surged to new all-time high prices on Tuesday, the day before U.S.-based exchange Coinbase’s highly anticipated listing on Nasdaq. Prices for bitcoin (BTC), the oldest cryptocurrency and the largest by market value, rose.

It was never going to be easy to find a successor to Angela Merkel, German chancellor for the last 16 years. But the race has just become even more complicated, with two rivals contesting the conservative ticket. The obvious conservative.

Journalists often describe the current macroeconomic recovery as a K-recovery. That is, some sectors or countries (depending on the context) have a V-shaped recovery, while others continue their slide down. The coronavirus is often thought to have a critical impact.

Predominantly positive macroeconomic data for February from Britain supports the recovery of the British pound on Tuesday morning. The ONS reported that the economy added 0.4% after contracting by 2.2% in January. Industrial production added 1%, twice as much as.

The rally in tech shares has taken the number of people with fortunes of more than $100 billion to eight. Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin joined the exclusive club last week, entering a group dominated by U.S. tech.

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is allowing its users to buy fractions of companies’ shares with a new tokenized stock trading service, starting with Tesla. The crypto exchange announced Monday the launch of Binance Stock Tokens, zero-commission digital tokens that qualify holders.

In its stock market debut, British food delivery firm Deliveroo saw its share price tank around 30% as questions materialized over workers’ rights for its riders. In the days running up to the listing, the company revised its share price.