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 And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was up seven points. The Dax and Euro were up 28 and 13 points respectively1. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is down 115 points, while the S&P 500 is down eleven points and the Nasdaq is down 27 points.

 
And the Australian dollar is worth over 103 US cents this morning. It'll also buy you 64 British pence2 and 125 New Zealand cents.
 
The US economy has beat expections and added 171,000 new jobs in October. But the official Labour Department figures still showed that unemployment rates rose to 7.9%, up 0.1% from September. The unemployment rate edged up slightly because the number of people looking for jobs increased. It means that despite the jump in new jobs, US President Barack Obama is still heading into the presidential elections3 with the highest rate of unemployment rate seen since President Franklin Roosevelt seeked sought re-election in 1936.
 
Manufacturing4 in China has expanded for the first time in three months. A sign that the country is recovering from its lowest rate of growth in three years. The Purchasing Manager's Index5 rose up to 50.2 in October, up from 49.8 in September.

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1 respectively GBqzF     
adv.各自地，独自地，个别地，分别地
参考例句：
  • They finished first and second respectively.他们分获一二名。
  • In this machine which items make up the software and the hardware respectively?在机器中，哪几项分别构成软件和硬件？
2 pence 8mUzZF     
n.便士；名词penny的复数形式
参考例句：
  • She counted out fifteen pence and passed it to the salesgirl.她数出15个便士交给女店员。
  • These apples are selling at 40 pence a kilo.这些苹果售价每公斤40便士。
3 elections b9dd4e28c0fe5673909bb6c0615f5f22     
n.选举，当选，推举( election的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The Republicans got shellacked in the elections. 共和党在选举中一败涂地。
  • He emerged victorious in the elections. 他在竞选中脱颖而出获得胜利。
4 manufacturing 5oszaV     
n.制造业，工业adj.制造业的，制造的v.（大规模）制造( manufacture的现在分词 )；捏造；加工；粗制滥造（文学作品）
参考例句：
  • The entire manufacturing process has been automated. 整个生产过程已自动化。
  • Manufacturing processes may be affected by the functionality of the product. 生产过程可能要受到产品设计目的的影响。
5 index e8DxK     
n.食指；索引；标志；指数；v.把...编索引
参考例句：
  • Performonce is an index of ability.成绩是能力的标志。
  • Manner of walking gives an index to one's charactor.走路的姿态可反应出人的性格。

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