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Better-than-expected earnings from Amazon and Apple and lower bond yields sent stocks higher last week. These gains added to the momentum for equities that began at the end of the previous week, when Alphabet and Microsoft reported solid earnings, too.

The ASX200 closed the day 0.6 per cent higher, with all sectors gaining ground, to finish the week 0.7 per cent higher.

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Asian equities were mixed Thursday as investors turned cautious after the past three days' sizeable gains, with Meta's warning that it will spend far more than expected this year fuelling worries that the latest tech-led rally may have gone too far.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average snapped a four-day winning streak after Boeing's first-quarter results.

The ASX200 gave up its gains to finish unchanged after a hotter-than-expected domestic CPI report made interest rate cuts less likely this year.

Index’s rise has been driven by the dollar’s strength against the pound – and that effect can reverse

Hopes of a UK interest rate cut and easing geopolitical tensions are not the only reasons for the intraday peak reached this morning

The London index has in recent weeks been lifted by weakening of the pound, particularly against the dollar, as markets anticipate cuts to UK interest rates in the coming months thanks to slowing price rises.