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Global stocks were mixed on Monday following a series of key interest rate decisions last week by the U.S. Federal Reserve, Japan, China, and Britain. The CAC 40 in Paris slipped 0.3% to 7,481.56 after the composite factory activity data for September fell below the 50 threshold that separates expansion from contraction,

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Wall Street’s main indexes inched higher in choppy trading on Monday as investors focused on comments from Federal Reserve policymakers and factory activity data, following the central bank’s decision to commence monetary policy easing.

U.S. stock indexes are hanging near their all-time highs in quiet trading. The S&P 500 was up 0.1% in early trading Monday. The benchmark index is coming off its fifth winning week in the last six, and is approaching its record set on Thursday.

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