It has been a busy day on global exchanges, with plenty of releases moving markets. In case you missed it, these are the six key events from today that you need to know about.
- Mining giant Glencore announced the sale of assets in Chile and Australia in its latest move to cut its ever increasing pile of debt.
- Car manufacturer Ford, announced at a corporate event in Shanghai, that it will invest 11.4 billion Yuan into expanding its research and development in China.
- UK airport Heathrow enjoyed a record September, with passenger numbers rising 2.9% to a total of 6.77 million visitors passing through the UK’s number 1 airport.
- According to sources, Dell computer hardware manufacturer is set to announce a $53 billion takeover of EMC, the data storage maker.
- China’s quality watchdog reported today that it was “highly concerned” about the Volkswagen AG’s diesel car mechanisms recently outed as designed to fool emissions tests, and declared it would take the appropriate follow-up measures.
- Spurred by strong growth in the US, YouGov reported in its yearly results, a 13% leap in revenues.