While new economic data on Tuesday signalled the Fed’s monetary tightening was cooling the world’s largest economy, it followed strong monthly jobs data last week, clouding the outlook for the Fed’s policy. Since then, Charles hasnt been able to beat her own. Investors are also weighing what the US Federal Reserve’s next move is likely to be when it meets next week. Back in 2010, Charles entered the Guinness Book of World Records after limboing her way under the height of a beer bottle, about 8.5 inches. The biggest gainers Tuesday included Zions Bankcorp, Comerica and Ke圜orp.Ĭoinbase Global plunged 15.2 per cent after the UD Securities and Exchange Commission sued the crypto exchange, accusing it of illegally operating without having first registered with the regulator. The S&P 500 also added just 0.2 per cent as Apple shed an additional 0.6 per cent on concern the steep price of its much-anticipated mixed-reality headset will crimp shipments. The Nasdaq Composite and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up by about 0.2 per cent at closing bell in Dublin. Regionals banks led US stocks higher on Tuesday while a loss in shares of Apple took the air out of a rally in technology stocks. The French company’s shares, meanwhile, were up 14 per cent after the news was announced.Įuropean bank stocks were also pushed higher by expectations of further ECB rate hikes with Santander, BNP Paribas, Intesa Saopaolo all ahead by between 0.7 per cent and 1.7 per cent. Shares in the Copenhagen-based firm traded more than 4 per cent higher after announcing that it has started talks to buy a controlling stake in medical device designer Biocorp. The comments – considered another strong indication that the ECB expects to raise its benchmark interest rate when policymakers meet next Thursday – countered positive movements in European markets from Danish healthcare giant Novo Nordisk and its peers. On Monday, Dutch central bank chief Klaas Knot said that underlying price pressures in the euro zone may prove more difficult to tame but monetary policy is showing signs of effectiveness and further rate hikes must be done step by step. The blue-chip Stoxx 50 index was flat on the session while the pan-European Stoxx 600 edged 0.4 per cent higher. Shares in oil major Shell and BP finished the session off by 0.4 per cent and 0.5 per cent.īritish defence contractor Chemring jumped 9.3 per cent after it reported higher order intake in the first half of the year. The resource-heavy FTSE 100 had slipped 0.4 per cent in the first few hours of the session, with energy stocks shedding 1.7 per cent tracking lower crude oil prices. LondonĪfter dropping in early trading, the UK’s benchmark FTSE 100 index closed higher by 0.4 per cent while the mid-cap FTSE 250 was up by 0.6 per cent. Follow her future attempts at impressive feats here.Defensive stocks also performed well with shares in Kerry Group finishing on a session high of €92.46, up more than 1.1 per cent while Greencore added. Though she lives in New York now, Charles is from Trinidad and Tobago, which is where the limbo dance originated. According to her official Facebook page, “In 2016 she competed in Beijing, China where she won her 2nd Guinness World Record for ‘The Farthest Distance to Limbo under 12 inches.’ Her first record in 2010 still holds as the lowest limbo dancer in the world.” A video of her limboing under an SUV was a hit online, and she’s even appeared on The Today Show. Of course, this isn’t the first time Charles has impressed audiences and the internet with her limboing skills. She’s simultaneously graceful and mind boggling to watch. It’s a stunt you have to see to believe! In the video, she sizes up the amount of space she has to work with, stretches her limbs and uses the sides of her feet to propel her forward without ever letting her back touch the ground. CNN posted a video taken by an impressed onlooker who watched as the Limbo Queen herself, Shemika Charles, managed to limbo underneath a row of airport chairs while waiting for her flight out of Philadelphia.
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