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Dubai Financial Market profit plunges 69 per cent over oil worries
April 27th, 2015
The Dubai Financial Market, the UAE’s biggest stock exchange, said its first quarter profit slid 69 per cent as investor concerns over oil prices dampened trading volumes. The DFM, which makes most of its money on trading commissions, said net ...
Bank of Russia announcement On minimum interest rates at auctions to provide foreign currency
April 20th, 2015
Considering the developments in the domestic FX market the Bank of Russia decided to set the following interest rates from 21 April 2015: Minimum interest rates at FX repo auctions equal to LIBOR rates in corresponding currencies and for ...
China, Japan stocks up as Beijing steps up stimulus
April 20th, 2015
Stock markets in China and Japan rose on Monday after Beijing’s latest stimulus to shore up the world’s second-largest economy underpinned sentiment and helped limit losses across the rest of Asia. China’s central bank on Sunday cut the amount ...
Saudi bourse to open to foreign investors from June 15
April 17th, 2015
Saudi Arabia‘s market regulator said on Thursday that the opening of the kingdom’s stock exchange to direct foreign investors will take place on June 15. The Capital Markets Authority said in a statement that it will publish the final ...
Fed Is Expected to Shift on Municipal Bonds
April 17th, 2015
In a change of heart, the Federal Reserve will allow big U.S. banks to use some municipal bonds to meet new rules aimed at ensuring they have enough cash during a financial-market meltdown, according to people familiar with the ...
Japan Overtakes China as Largest U.S. Bondholder
April 16th, 2015
Japanese become biggest funders of American government for first time since 2008 financial crisis Japan dethroned China as the top foreign holder of U.S. Treasurys for the first time since the financial crisis, following a wave of purchases by ...
OPEC Going Broke, Dumping Dollars. Is That Good Or Bad?
April 15th, 2015
When oil prices fell out of bed last winter there was much hand-wringing over the fate of the former beneficiaries of high-priced crude. Trillions of dollars of junk bonds issued by frackers, for instance, might default, oil field services ...
Shale Output Is Falling Faster Than Expected
April 15th, 2015
Shale drillers will see production drop sooner than expected under a U.S. government forecast, a momentum change that hints at an eventual price rally. Just five months after Saudi Arabia put the market into a tailspin by refusing to ...
Qatari banks ink deal for Islamic finance venture in China
April 14th, 2015
Two Qatari banks and Chinese brokerage Southwest Securities signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday to establish a company handling Islamic finance deals in China. At present there is very little Islamic finance activity in China, but the country’s ...
Where is Gold heading to?
April 13th, 2015
Any hike by the Fed, which has kept rates near zero since 2008 to stimulate the U.S. economy, could hurt demand for bullion. A new monthly bullion report by Angel commodities say from a month’s perspective, spot gold prices ...
