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Dollar hits seven-year high vs yen ahead of Fed minutes

November 19th, 2014 (0)
The dollar hit a seven-year high against the yen on Wednesday ahead of minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting, as investors bet on an increasingly divergent outlook for the world’s major economies. European stock markets turned ...

China Stocks Fall on Last Day Before Link Start as Brokers Drop

November 14th, 2014 (0)
Chinese stocks fell on the last trading day before the start of the trading link between Hong Kong and Shanghai amid concern recent rallies were excessive. China Communications Construction Co. (601800) and ChinaCAMC Engineering Co. led declines for industrial companies with losses of more than 3 ...

U.S. stocks slip from records; oil falls

November 13th, 2014 (0)
U.S. equity prices edged off record highs on Wednesday led by weakness in the financial sector after six global banks were fined a total of $4.3 billion for currency rigging, while the oil market sagged on concerns about a ...

Japanese stocks soar to seven-year peak on tax-hike delay talk

November 12th, 2014 (0)
Japanese stocks scaled seven-year highs on Wednesday, putting the rest of Asia in the shade, buoyed by expectations Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will postpone a planned sales tax hike to avoid damaging a fragile economic recovery. MSCI’s broadest index ...

Most Asian Stocks Climb as Topix Advances on U.S. Rally

November 11th, 2014 (0)
Most Asian stocks rose as Japan’s Topix index climbed after the yen extended losses and corporate earnings beat estimates. Nissan Motor Co. (7201), which gets 43 percent of its revenue in North America, gained 1.4 percent. Amorepacific Corp. surged 9.3 percent in ...

China deal sends shares to one-month high, rouble surges

November 10th, 2014 (0)
A landmark deal to give global investors easier access to China’s $3.9 trillion stock market helped lift world shares to their highest in over a month on Monday, as renewed tensions in Libya and Ukraine pushed up oil prices. ...

FXCM Announces Third Quarter 2014 Results

November 7th, 2014 (0)
FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM), a leading online provider of foreign exchange, or FX, trading and related services, today announced for the quarter ended September 30, 2014, U.S. GAAP revenues of $116.1 million, compared to $113.2 million for the quarter ended ...

Euro edges higher, stocks sag before ECB meeting

November 6th, 2014 (0)
The euro edged higher and European stocks pulled back on Thursday as investors waited to see how ECB chief Mario Draghi responds to another run of poor euro zone data and reports of disquiet about his leadership style. The ...

Moscow Exchange announces trading volumes for October 2014

November 6th, 2014 (0)
In October 2014, Moscow Exchange’s FX and Derivatives Markets posted the strongest growth, increasing 57.2% and 67.0% YoY respectively. Equity & Bond Market Secondary market turnover in stocks, RDRs, and investment fund units was RUB 800.2 bln (October 2013: ...

GAIN Capital to acquire City Index

November 4th, 2014 (0)
New York-based forex trading firm GAIN Capital Holding has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire City Index (Holdings) Limited, a leading online trading firm specializing in contracts-for-difference (CFDs), forex and UK spread betting, for approximately $118 million, or ...
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