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FTSE rises as Tesco shares bounce back
January 8th, 2015
A rally by Tesco helped to lift Britain’s top equity index on Thursday, as investors warmed to the supermarket group’s restructuring plans. The FTSE 100 index was up by 1.3 percent at 6,503.04 points in early trading. Tesco was the best-performing ...
Oil-Product Prices Fall as Supplies Climb
January 8th, 2015
U.S. Inventory Data Confirm the Market Is Still Oversupplied Prices at the gas pump are heading even lower. Gasoline futures fell to nearly a six-year low on Wednesday after U.S. government data showed oil and fuel supplies rising to ...
Euro hovers near 9-yr lows, undermined by ECB QE bets
January 8th, 2015
The euro extended losses into a sixth straight day to trade near a nine-year low on Thursday, as investors bet the European Central Bank was getting closer to adopting quantitative easing to ward off deflation. A slump in German ...
Finra to Probe Broker Conflicts When Exchanges Offer Rebates
January 8th, 2015
Some brokers might not be getting the best prices for clients when they send stock orders to exchanges that offer rebates, regulators said in an outline of annual oversight priorities. Recent brokerage inspections found that some firms don’t have ...
Clearpool launches Iris to improve equity trading efficiency
January 8th, 2015
Clearpool Group today announced the roll-out of Iris, technology designed to transform how orders are handled electronically to improve liquidity interaction and fill rates. Iris aggregates orders to elevate their prioritization in a venue’s execution queue, giving clients trading ...
MTS and B2SCAN launch initiative to enhance liquidity in credit market
January 7th, 2015
Improves buy-side access to pre-trade information Initiative gains broad buy-side support MTS, one of Europe’s premier fixed income trading venues, has launched an initiative with B2SCAN, an aggregator and search engine of bank inventory, runs and axes for the ...
Bitcoin Review: Bitcoin’s New Year Starts With a Crash
January 5th, 2015
Bitcoin‘s price crashed over the weekend, losing $51 over two days. It opened on Saturday at $314.59 and closed Sunday at $263.63, according to the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index. The plunging price got market watchers chattering as Sunday drew to ...
Goldman Sachs sparks outrage by paying staff highest UK bonuses
January 2nd, 2015
Goldman Sachs has paid the highest bonuses to senior staff among banks operating in the UK, sparking outrage and leading to calls the firm must return to “planet earth”. Overall, the US investment bank paid 121 London bosses and ...
Friday December 02: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Indices
January 2nd, 2015
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for December 02, 2014 The S&P 500 closed the final trading session of the year on a negative note despite having had a very good year characterised by a plethora of all time highs. Market ...
Friday January 2: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Commodities
January 2nd, 2015
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for January 2, 2015 Gold sold off on Wednesday after testing the $1200 handle which is yet again proving too resistive. Gold in consolidation looking for further direction with little impetus for either side. Medium ...
