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Russian stocks traded in New York are set for their biggest monthly plunge since May after a slump in commodities sank OAO Mechel and OAO GMK Norilsk Nickel.
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Emerging-market telecommunication stocks fell to a seven-week low after Telekomunikacja Polska SA cut dividends as North Korea’s nuclear test sent most developing-nation shares lower.
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A measure of price swings in the exchange-traded fund tracking developing-nation shares slipped to the lowest level in at least 10 years as economic data from the U.S. and China showed signs of improvement.
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Emerging-market stocks fell for a third day as power producers led declines in Brazilian equities and markets in China, South Korea and Poland retreated. Russian shares advanced on their first day of 2013 trading.
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Income-starved investors have been showing plenty of love lately for exchange-traded funds that focus on U.S. dividend stocks. According to Bloomberg data, three of the 10 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with the strongest 2011 inflows--a combined $8.7 billion--focus on U.S. dividend stocks. With an average yield of 2.8 percent, it’s easy to see the attraction. A 10-year Treasury yields 2.0 percent these days.
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The exchange-traded fund tracking emerging-market stocks dropped for a second day as declining utility and resource stocks offset advances in consumer and financial shares. South Africa’s rand sank to the weakest level since 2009.
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RTS stock futures rose and OAO Mechel rebounded as better-than-forecast U.S. data signaled the world’s largest economy is weathering Europe’s debt crisis.
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OAO Sberbank and OAO Lukoil’s American depositary receipts led a rebound in Russian shares traded in New York on prospects the companies, two of the nation’s largest, are planning to expand their investor base.
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The biggest surge in Russian share sales since 2007 is blunting gains in the market spurred by the Federal Reserve’s third round of asset buying.
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Futures on Russia’s RTS Index climbed in New York as the prospect of a resolution to the U.S. budget crisis bolstered riskier assets and as crude gained.
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