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Bonds: Gilts dip despite better-than-expected Q4 current account numbers
These were the movements in some of the most widely-followed 10-year sovereign bond yields:.
US close: S&P 500 ends March with small loss after bumper first quarter
Stocks ended the week and the quarter higher, but ended March on a down note as losses set in during the last half hour of trading on Friday amid a small bout of volatility.
Sunday newspaper round-up: Reckitt Benckiser, Virgin Money, Booker's
Reckitt Benckiser is lining up a sale of its food business to help fund the £14. 3bn takeover of baby food maker Mead Johnson Nutrition. Reckitt has informed banks of a plan to dispose of its £2bn food division, according to senior sources. The FTSE 100 maker of Durex condoms and Nurofen painkillers has held a beauty parade of advisers. The deal would see the sale of French’s, the bestselling mustard brand in America, and Frank’s Red Hot sauces. - The Sunday Times.
Sunday share tips: Croda, RPS Group
Croda is back in vogue, thanks to Brexit and a big pick-up in deal-making in its sectors and investors should 'Buy', The Sunday Times´s Inside the City column said.