A worker shelters from the rain as he passes the London Stock Exchange in London at lunchtime October 1, 2008. — Reuters pic
In Europe, London did worst as the pound rallied on the back of a less pessimistic outlook by the Bank of England, hurting the earnings prospects of exporters in the FTSE 100 index. British interest rates were left unchanged. On Wall Street, the Dow was steady shortly after the opening, following four straight sessions of gains which had been fuelled by bets that US lawmakers will eventually reach a deal on more stimulus for the world’s top economy.
“For now our sense is that no politician in the US wants to be blamed for a failure to deliver a new round of stimulus ahead of the elections in November,” said National Australia Bank’s Rodrigo Catril.
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