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Dollar Declines, Gold Gains With Industrial Metals
January 23rd, 2017
Yen climbs as traders react to Trump’s first days in office Japan’s Topix falls while Shanghai, Taiwan equities advance The dollar slumped after Donald Trump in his first days in office offered little news on his plans to boost growth ...
How blockchain technology could revolutionise global trade
January 21st, 2017
Blockchain technology could revolutionise trade – making it cheaper, quicker and simpler for businesses to trade internationally. From “letters of credit” to “bills of lading”, merchandise trade today is heavily reliant on paper documents. In our digital, connected world, ...
Leveraged trading in bitcoins halted in China
January 20th, 2017
Central Bank orders major trading platforms to halt leveraged trading business, and strengthen internal systems to curb money laundering Leveraged trading in Bitcoins has been halted in China, nearly a week after the central bank launched its first-ever probe ...
Oil prices rise amid weaker dollar, optimism over market tightening
January 20th, 2017
Crude futures gained traction on Friday, driven by a weaker U.S. dollar and signs of the market tightening after major oil producers agreed to cut output. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in ...
Dollar Drops on Yellen Comments, China Shares Rise: Markets Wrap
January 20th, 2017
Shanghai equities advance as GDP growth tops forecasts Gold heads for fourth weekly gain before Trump inauguration The dollar weakened after Janet Yellen said it’s prudent for the Federal Reserve to gradually adjust policy over time, while Chinese equities extended ...
Google acquires developer platform Fabric and team from Twitter
January 19th, 2017
Google is taking over Twitter’s mobile app developer platform Fabric, as well as its Crashlytics crash reporting system, Answers mobile app analytics, Digits SMS login system and FastLane development automation system. Twitter launched Fabric as a modular SDK in ...
Oil Resumes Advance as Report Shows U.S. Crude Stockpiles Drop
January 19th, 2017
Nationwide supplies fell 5.04 million barrels last week: API OPEC making “tremendous efforts” to reduce output: Barkindo Oil resumed gains after the biggest drop in more than a week as industry data showed U.S. crude stockpiles declined, while OPEC ...
Gold Falls With Yen as Haven-Asset Flight Eases: Markets Wrap
January 18th, 2017
Asian emerging-market currencies rise on dollar weakness Yen retreats as the currency ends seven days of strength The flight to haven assets eased following the biggest drop in the dollar since July with moves in the yen, Treasuries and ...
Gold and Yen Extend Rallies on EU, Trump Concerns: Markets Wrap
January 17th, 2017
May said ready to announce U.K. will leave EU single market IMF lifts its growth forecast for China to 6.5% in 2017 Lingering concern over Donald Trump’s policies and the U.K.’s position in the European Union accelerated a move ...
CBOE Launches Second In Series of Social Media-Based Strategy Benchmark Indexes
January 16th, 2017
CBOE-SMA Large-Cap Weekly Index Revised Every Friday Like Daily CBOE-SMA Large-Cap Index, Weekly Index Uses Social Media Metrics as Input Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) announced today that it has launched the CBOE-SMA Large-Cap Weekly Index (SMLCWSM Index), the ...
