### <center>Financial Markets - News- April 30, 2018</center>

##### <center>Below are the fresh articles about stock markets and indices from various sources</center>

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### <center>Fresh from the Economic Times</center>
>HDFC duo, IT stocks give Sensex 200-point lift; Nifty nears 10,750 [**see the full article**](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/sensex-nifty-live-today-2018-04-30/liveblog/63966947.cms)
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### <center>Facebook posts $10m loss on ATO bill; Google Aussie sales top $3bn</center>

>Facebook's Australian business burned through $10 million in 2017 after settling unpaid back taxes with the Australian Taxation Office.[**see the full article**](https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/facebook-posts-10m-loss-on-ato-bill-google-aussie-sales-top-3bn-20180430-p4zchu.html)
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### <center>The new stock-market fear: Signs that a period of harmonious global growth is crumbling</center>
>It was just three months ago that stock-market investors were being swept up by a euphoria pinned to the idea of economic expansion taking hold harmoniously across the globe—a dynamic that hadn’t occurred since the 1980s, and one that was expected to extend into 2018.[**see the full article**](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-new-stock-market-fear-signs-that-a-period-of-harmonious-global-growth-is-crumbling-2018-04-28)
<center>The week ahead is packed with events, including the Fed’s policy update, jobs report and earnings reports from Apple and Tesla</center>

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### <center>Euro zone lending picks up, money supply growth slows in March</center>
>FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Lending to euro zone households and companies accelerated in March while a broader indicator of money circulating in the currency bloc, which often foreshadows future activity, slowed sharply, data from the European Central Bank showed on Monday.[**see the full article**](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-lending-ecb/euro-zone-lending-picks-up-money-supply-growth-slows-in-march-idUSKBN1I10K7)
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### <center>Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) Stock Is Shorted Less</center>
>At the end of 2017Q4, the institutional investor held 301,439 shares of the semiconductors company, priced at $13.91M, down from 394,411 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Delphi Management Inc who had been investing in Intel Corp Com for a number of months, seems to be less bullish one the $246.69B market cap company.[**see the full article**](http://majorilondon.com/2018/04/intel-corporation-nasdaq-intc-stock-is-shorted-less/)
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### <center>Did You Know that....</center> 
### <center>The first stock exchange thrived for decades without a single stock being traded? :)</center>


<center>***In the 1300's, the Venetians were the leaders in the field and the first to start trading securities from other governments.***</center>

<center>*Belgium boasted a stock exchange as far back as 1531, in Antwerp.*</center>