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Bonds: Gilts snap back at end of volatile week
These were the movements in some of the most widely-followed 10-year sovereign bond yields:.
US close: Wall Street finishes on mixed note after November jobs report
US stocks ended the week on a mixed note following the release of a somewhat unsatisfactory report on the state of the US jobs market and as traders pulled in their horns ahead of potentially market-moving news on the political front in the euro area over the upcoming weekend.
Sunday newspaper round-up: Care crisis, Brexit cost, RBS, BT, Sports Direct
The UK government is on red alert over a deepening financial crisis in the care homes sector as the biggest operator, Four Seasons, heads for a £500m debt showdown and the National Health Service is put under ever more pressure due to ongoing lack of funding for elderly care. The Department of Health has ordered the sector watchdog to monitor the finances of the leading care home companies “to warn local authorities of any insolvencies where services could stop”.
Sunday share tips: ReNeuron, Clipper Logistics, RM Secured Direct Lending
Shares of ReNeuron are for brave investors only, said the Sunday Times' Inside the City column. The stem cell pioneer is scheduled to publish the results of second-phase clinical trials of its potential stroke paralysis treatment alongside its interim results on Monday. ReNeuron's therapy for stroke disability involves injecting CTX neural stem cells generated using the company's proprietary technologies into the patient's brain.