14:10:27
UK Ministry of Defense Intelligence: In Bakhmut, Ukraine, Russian Wagner forces continue to make progress in clearing Ukrainian positions.
14:10:26
Institutions comment on UK unemployment data: UK employment and unemployment will rise again in the first quarter of 2023, driven especially by male workers. That means the number of people who are neither working nor looking for work has continued to fall, even as those not working due to long-term illness rose again to a new record.
14:07:43
The Australian dollar AUD/USD fell more than 0.50% on the day and is now at 0.6668.
14:07:40
EUR/GBP breached 0.87, up 0.24% on the day.
14:05:29
GBP/USD hit 1.25 against the US dollar, down 20 points in the short term, down 0.22% on the day.
14:05:06
Market news: 556,000 working days were lost due to strikes in the UK in March.
14:01:22
The number of applications for unemployment benefits in the UK increased by 46,700 in April, the largest increase since February 2021.
14:00:55
The ILO unemployment rate in the UK recorded 3.9% in the three months of March, the highest since January 2022.
14:00:28
The ILO employed 182,000 people in the UK in the three months of March, compared with an expected 160,000 and a previous value of 169,000.
14:00:27
The unemployment rate in the UK was 4% in April, compared with 3.90% in the previous month.
14:00:24
The number of applicants for unemployment benefits in the UK in April was 46,700, compared with the previous value of 28,200.
14:00:23
The average annual rate of wages including bonuses in the three months of March in the UK was 5.8%, expected to be 5.80%, and the previous value to be 5.90%.
14:00:22
The ILO unemployment rate in the UK in the three months of March was 3.9%, expected to be 3.80%, and the previous value was 3.80%.
13:52:06
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13:50:00
The ILO unemployment rate for the three months in March, the number of jobless claims in April and the unemployment rate will be announced in ten minutes.
13:43:58
Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: Ukraine shot down six Kinzhal missiles last night.
13:41:13
According to the Ukrainian National News Agency: The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced that the Ukrainian army eliminated 520 Russian soldiers yesterday and destroyed 3 tanks and 12 armored vehicles of the Russian army.
13:38:55
Spot silver extended its decline to 1%, and is now at $23.83 an ounce.
13:38:49
Spot gold fell by more than US$4 in the short term and is now at US$2013.34 per ounce.
13:38:17
Market news: Morgan Stanley may lay off more than 40 bankers in Asia.