Friday, August 3, 2007

Global stocks steady after earnings soothe credit nerves

(Reuters) - Almost two weeks of a sell-off in equity and credit markets stemmed from concerns that a fallout in the U.S. housing sector will trigger a broad repricing of risks in a market which enjoyed cheap money and high appetite for high-yielding assets.




But a string of forecast-beating results from major companies, including Allianz , Royal Bank of Scotland and British Airways on Friday, has helped soothe such concerns. Investors are keen to see U.S. jobs data due later in the day for more clues on the strength of the economy.


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