While you were sleeping Manufacturing lifts stocks

While you were sleeping Manufacturing lifts stocks
By Margreet Dietz Dec. 17 (BusinessDesk) – Investors found value in equities on both sides of the Atlantic after the recent slide amid concern US Federal Reserve policy makers might start easing back their bond-buying programme in a two-day meeting starting on Tuesday. The latest economic data added to signs of strength in the world’s biggest economy. US industrial production increased 1.1 percent in November, following a revised 0.1 percent gain in October previously reported as a fall. Last month’s rise was the biggest in a year. Separatel...