Joseph joined FT Alphaville way back in March 2010. He likes all the politically and legally fiddly bits of finance. He also likes credit, rates, global macro, tail risk, and all that stuff. (You should email him story ideas. He’ll take anything.)
Learn moreOur headline is the same question you could have asked of Moody’s back in February…
The UK lost its second AAA rating on Friday night after Fitch cut its rating to AA+. The outlook’s stable. S&P is now the only one of the big three giving Britain a top rating. The rationale from Fitch: Read more
| Market | Last price | Today's change |
52 week high |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTSE 100 Index: FSI As of Jun 19 2013 16:35 |
6,349 | -25.39 | -0.4% | 6,876 |
| FTSEurofirst 300 Index: FSI As of Jun 19 2013 17:15 |
1,180 | -3.23 | -0.3% | 1,258 |
| S&P 500 INDEX: WCB As of Jun 18 2013 05:00 |
1,652 | +12.77 | +0.8% | 1,687 |
| Euro/US Dollar FX Spot Rate As of Jun 19 2013 19:09 |
1.34 | 0.00 | -0.3% | 1.37 |
| ICE Brent Crude Oil Front Month: IEU As of Jun 19 2013 19:35 |
106.12 | +0.10 | +0.1% | 119.17 |
| COMEX GOLD 1 FUTURES CHAIN Front Mon: CMX As of Jun 19 2013 19:01 |
1,366 | -0.80 | -0.1% | 1,795 |
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