(Adds strategist quotes and details throughout; updates prices) * Canadian dollar weakens 0.4% against the greenback * IHS Markit Canada manufacturing PMI rises to 57.9 in December * Loonie touches its strongest since April 2018 at 1.2665 * Canadian bond yields trade mixed...

Brazilian asset manager Vinci Partners is planning an initial public offering on Nasdaq, according to a securities filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday.

U.S. stocks dropped more than 1% on Monday, the first trading day of the new year, pulling back after recent gains to record highs, while the U.S. dollar was up slightly.

U.S. Treasury yields backpedaled from earlier gains on Monday as stock indexes tumbled on nervousness over an election this week that will determine control of the U.S. Senate, while traders pushed inflation expectations over the next 10 years to their highest average since...

Aeva Inc on Monday said it had raised an additional $200 million ahead of a planned merger that will make it a publicly listed company, brining its total raised in the deal to more than $560 million.

* Chilean economy expands in November * Mexican, Chilean stocks rise * MSCI EM FX index hits all-time high (Updates prices throughout, adds comments) By Ambar Warrick and Shreyashi Sanyal Jan 4 (Reuters) - Chile's peso outpaced its peers on Monday after economic activity...

Health insurer Centene Corp said on Monday it has agreed to buy Magellan Health Inc in a $2.2 billion deal including debt, looking to build up its mental health services as more Americans struggle with COVID-19-related behavioral and anxiety issues.

Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans on Monday had a message for markets: vaccines may bring the coronavirus pandemic under control this year, but the U.S. central bank is nowhere close to ending its super-easy monetary policy.

Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans on Monday said the U.S. central bank's current policy stance is "well-positioned" and that by springtime it would become clearer if or how the Fed needs to adjust its asset purchase program.

Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans on Monday said the U.S. central bank's current policy stance is "well-positioned" and that by springtime it would become clearer if or how the Fed needs to adjust its asset purchase program.

Brazil posted a trade deficit of $42 million in December, official data showed on Monday, compared with the consensus forecast in a Reuters poll of economists of a $200 million surplus, bringing the 2020 annual surplus to $51 billion.

State-owned investment funds invested the least in real estate in eight years in 2020, shying away from offices and hotels in particular, as the coronavirus crisis and Brexit sapped appetite.

Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans on Monday said he'd welcome a rise in 10-year Treasury yields if that is consistent with a rebound in economic activity, adding he would expect to have a better idea of the outlook in the months ahead.

* U.S. bond prices fall (Updates with early U.S. markets; changes dateline; previous LONDON)

State-owned investment funds invested the least in real estate in eight years in 2020, shying away from offices and hotels in particular, as the coronavirus crisis and Brexit sapped appetite.

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The Bank of Israel expects the economy to rebound quickly in 2021 if the country's fast start to vaccinating people against COVID-19 is maintained, the central bank said on Monday after keeping rates unchanged.

Southeast Asian ride-hailing and food delivery firm Grab is seeking a $750 million term loan, a term sheet showed on Monday after it announced that total group net revenue jumped by about 70% year-on-year in 2020 and had recovered to comfortably above pre-pandemic levels.

U.S. Treasury yields rose on Monday as traders repositioned at the start of trading in the new year, steepening the yield curve, while the breakeven inflation rate for 10-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) rose to its highest level since 2018. The benchmark...

* Canadian dollar strengthens 0.2% against the greenback * IHS Markit Canada manufacturing PMI rises to 57.9 in December * Loonie touches its strongest since April 2018 at 1.2665 * Canadian bond yields rise across a steeper curve By Fergal Smith TORONTO, Jan 4 (Reuters)...