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David Lawrence, Marcs in administration

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Market Indices

Updated: February 2, 2017 - 10:22AM

Updated: February 1, 2017 - 7:09PM

Updated: February 2, 2017 - 9:15AM

Updated: February 2, 2017 - 4:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7585

Percentage up/down

-0.04% fall
Euro

Price

0.7044

Percentage up/down

0.03% rise
British Pound

Price

0.5992

Percentage up/down

-0.02% fall

Updated: February 2, 2017 - 9:52AM

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