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LONDON, June 27 (Reuters) - The real estate sector poses only a moderate systemic risk to most European banks, as they have only modest exposure to it in their loan books, although Sweden and Germany are outliers, S&P Global Ratings said in a report on Tuesday.In its 3Q23 credit conditions report, the ratings agency said the outlook for parts of the property market was poor, given that financing conditions in Europe are expected to keep tightening as central banks raise rates to tackle inflation."The outlook for key segments within European...

TOKYO, June 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar held firm against major currencies on Tuesday as tension simmered in Russia and traders looked ahead to U.S. data that may determine the timing of further interest rate hikes.Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he let an aborted mutiny go on as long as it did to avoid bloodshed, a crisis that pushed the dollar to a 15-month high against the rouble.The dollar index fell 0.22% to 102.510, paring a 0.46% gain on Monday.The Russian rouble weakened 0.41% versus the dollar...