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(Reuters) – Britain’s benchmark stock index edged lower on Monday, though gains in mining stocks kept losses in check, as investors awaited details of U.S. reciprocal levies. The blue-chip FTSE 100 closed down 0.1%, while the midcap FTSE 250 index ended flat. The pharmaceuticals and biotech sector lost 1.5%, leading sectoral declines. Heavyweight AstraZeneca was …

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By Deborah Mary Sophia and Akash Sriram (Reuters) -Tesla shares surged 10% on Monday after this year’s steep decline following reports the Trump administration is likely to exclude a set of sector-specific tariffs while applying reciprocal levies on April 2. Traders also took advantage of the near 40% decline in the stock so far this …

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By Medha Singh and Nikhil Sharma (Reuters) -European shares ended flat on Monday as caution prevailed, even as hopes grew that U.S. President Donald Trump could opt for a softer approach with his tariff policies in the coming weeks. The pan-European STOXX 600 closed 0.1% lower, erasing earlier gains following the release of data that …

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By Indradip Ghosh (Reuters) -Euro zone business growth remained weak in March despite expanding at its fastest pace in seven months supported by an easing in the long-running manufacturing downturn but held back by slower growth in services, a survey showed. The slight improvement in the common currency bloc’s business climate could gain more traction over …

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By Tim Hepher TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) -Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said on Tuesday the planemaker’s next single-aisle jet would be “evolutionary rather than revolutionary”, but that this could include an open-rotor engine such as one being studied by supplier CFM. The head of the world’s largest planemaker was speaking at the start of an event …

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By Anna Peverieri (Reuters) -France’s national railway operator Transilien SNCF Voyageurs is suspending deliveries of new trains for Paris’ RER system from train maker Alstom SA, citing high failure rates and poor manufacturing, it said on Monday. Shares in Alstom were down 5.5% by 1547 GMT. The company told Reuters recent disruptions on the RER …

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BERLIN (Reuters) -Bayer was ordered by a jury in the U.S. state of Georgia to pay about $2.1 billion to a plaintiff who claimed the company’s Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, the plaintiff’s law firms said late on Friday. The verdict, which Bayer said on Saturday it would appeal, is one of the largest …

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