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Meanwhile, the price of Brent crude, the global yardstick, edged up.

Smith, booed to the crease by the travelling fans, edged to second slip, then Khawaja gloved a spiteful lifter.

Treasury yields edged higher after the Fed minutes showed there were “strongly differing views” about the committee’s policy decision in December.

Incumbent number three Cameron Green edged out Beau Webster as the all-rounder and will now come in at six, behind Smith at four and Travis Head at five.

Moody’s Ratings and S&P Global Ratings have edged closer to reclassifying the company’s bonds as junk debt.