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Oil prices fall on slowing global economic growth outlook
September 28th, 2015
Oil prices dropped in Asian trading hours on Monday despite a fall in U.S. drilling activity for the fourth straight week, with analysts pointing to a poor economic growth outlook as the main reason for low crude prices. China‘s ...
Trading Technologies’ Next-Generation Trading Platform, TT, to Provide Connectivity to FEX Global
September 24th, 2015
FEX Global to distribute the TT platform to market participants The Asian-based energy and commodities futures exchange FEX Global Pty. Limited (FEX) and Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a provider of high-performance professional trading platforms, today announced that FEX ...
European stocks rise despite China fears, Volkswagen up 4%
September 23rd, 2015
European stocks were trading higher on Wednesday in what has been a choppy morning of trade amid renewed fears over the health of the Chinese economy and continued fallout from the Volkswagen emissions scandal. The pan-European STOXX 600 was up was ...
Oil nears $50 as U.S. stock-draw balances China data
September 23rd, 2015
Brent crude oil rose towards $50 a barrel on Wednesday as a drawdown in U.S. crude oil stocks outweighed the negative impact of weak economic manufacturing data from China. The American Petroleum Institute (API) said U.S. crude stockpiles fell ...
Oil futures slide with focus on U.S. oil supply
September 22nd, 2015
Crude-oil futures dropped Tuesday, giving up some of the prior day’s strong gains, as analysts said data on U.S. oil supply and China’s economy could cause more price volatility this week. Oil-futures for delivery in November CLX5, -2.49% fell ...
Private equity firm EMR teams up to buy Australian copper miner
September 21st, 2015
Private equity firm EMR Capital has teamed up with the former head of Equinox Minerals to buy a small Australian copper mine for up to A$15 million ($10.75 million) plus taking on about A$40 million in rehabilitation bond costs, ...
Gold remains money
September 18th, 2015
We think we know that gold is no longer money, because Keynesians and monetarists insist it is so. Furthermore, it has been replaced by government currencies, which we use to buy and sell, do our accounts and pay our ...
China Stocks Jump in Last Hour of Trading on State Support Signs
September 16th, 2015
Government buying may be trigger for rebound, IG Asia says ChiNext small-caps index jumps 7.2% for biggest one-day gain China’s stocks surged after the Shanghai Composite Index slid below the key 3,000 level, with gains coming in the ...
Barclays hunts for new recruits with gamified trading platform
September 15th, 2015
Barclays is to test the skills of budding traders with the opening of a virtual investment platform from US-based gamified recruitment startup Stockfuse. Stockfuse was one of the startups to win a place on Barclays’ fintech accelerator programme ...
China’s currency could double losses this year – economists
September 15th, 2015
Watch out! China’s currency is likely to tumble further before the end of the year, according to a CNNMoney survey of economists. The yuan, also called the renminbi, is expected to slide another 2.8% against the U.S. dollar by ...
