UBS, data weigh on world stocks (Reuters)

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UBS, data weigh on world stocks (Reuters)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as a major economic speech is given by President Obama from Georgetown University in New York City.(AFP/Getty Images/Spencer Platt)Reuters – World stocks were steady to weaker on Wednesday, trading off the previous session’s 3-month high, while government bonds firmed as news of job cuts at Swiss bank UBS and weak data fanned economic concerns. UBS warned of a first-quarter loss of nearly 2 billion Swiss francs and said it would cut a further 8,700 jobs, weighing on other banking shares.


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