"The real question becomes how much patience does the market have," said Quincy Krosby, market strategist at Prudential Financial in Newark, New Jersey. So what the market wants to hear is that this is still a top priority and that the process is moving ahead. In Europe Britain's main share index edged up on Tuesday, despite being held back by mining stocks and wealth manager St James Place. The FTSE <.FTSE> ended 0.1 percent higher, as gains by GKN and Pearson outweighed losses from basic resources stocks. "The move to a net cash position prompted a larger than expected final dividend of USc21.5/share," said UBS analysts.

Source: The Star February 28, 2017 22:45 UTC