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The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

Plunge in country’s currency shaking investors’ confidence in the economy.

Major U.S. indexes are little changed Thursday morning as technology stocks rise while energy companies and banks slip.

Turkey's government says it will reveal a "new economic model" this week as the country's currency continues to slide.

Chinese stocks surged while other markets in Asia remained mixed on Thursday, as investors watched the latest developments on trade disputes between the United States and China.

U.S. stocks are slightly lower Wednesday morning after a four-day winning streak brought the S&P 500 index to a six-month high.

The SEC said it will decide whether to allow the ETF to move forward by September 30.

China's exports accelerated in July, showing little impact from a U.S. tariff hike, while sales to the United States rose 13.3 percent over a year earlier.

Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday after the U.S. followed through with plans to put higher tariffs on $16 billion in Chinese exports.

U.S. stocks are rising again Tuesday as strong company earnings lift the market.

U.S. stocks are slightly higher Monday morning as companies including Tyson Foods and Berkshire Hathaway are rising after their second-quarter reports.

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Asian stocks were mostly higher Monday, despite a new Chinese threat of tariff hikes on U.S. goods, after Washington reported solid employment numbers.

China has tightened controls on trading in its yuan in a possible effort to stop a decline against the U.S. dollar that has raised the danger of an outflow of capital from the world's second-largest economy.

U.S. stocks are mostly higher Friday morning after the Labor Department said hiring remained solid in July.

The value of the pound has plunged after Bank of England governor Mark Carney said the risk of Britain leaving the European Union without a deal is "uncomfortably high."

Asian shares were mixed Friday ahead of the U.S. jobs report later in the day, with scant carry-over from overnight gains on Wall Street as Apple reached $1 trillion in value.

Venezuela's socialist government says it is relaxing strict controls that for years have limited currency exchanges, choking the economy.

World stocks indexes are falling Thursday after the Trump administration said it will consider an even higher tax rate of 25 percent on $200 billion in imports from China, raising the stakes in the trade war between the two largest economies.