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Asia markets close mostly down; Japan, Australia near bear markets
January 18th, 2016
Markets in Asia closed mostly lower Monday, on the back of another Wall Street sell-off Friday. Major indexes in Australia and Japan were nearing bear market territory, down over 18 percent from their 52-week highs. Down Under, the Australian ...
Pound Slumps as BOE Rate-Rise Expectations Recede
January 14th, 2016
China-linked market turmoil has made Bank of England rate increase less likely, investors say The British pound tumbled to a more than 5½-year low this week, as concerns about China help push back expectations of a long-anticipated interest-rate increase ...
What are Nasdaq’s Forex ambitions
January 14th, 2016
Nasdaq Suspends Currency-Trading Plans While Rivals Race Ahead Exchange operator says lack of demand led it to halt plans Nasdaq said to have been among bidders for Hotspot FX and 360T Nasdaq Inc. has put its foreign-exchange ambitions ...
Asia markets retrace some losses, China bucks trend
January 14th, 2016
Major Asian stock markets retraced some of their downward slide but stayed in negative territory, following a massive sell-off on Wall Street overnight. Japan’s Nikkei 225 retraced morning losses to trade down 2.86 percent, weighed by commodities and machinery sectors. Earlier, ...
When OPEC cuts output, oil prices will begin to climb
January 13th, 2016
While the consensus view is the the oil price will go even lower yet, once production is reduced it will start rising again. There’s a very good reason why the price of oil keeps falling – there’s no real need to buy it. ...
U.S. Supreme Court rejects former UBS executives’ appeals
January 12th, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal filed by three former executives of Swiss global investment bank UBS AG (UBSG.VX) convicted of conspiring to deceive U.S. cities and towns by rigging bids to invest municipal ...
GAIN Capital Announces Monthly Metrics for December 2015
January 12th, 2016
GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP, “GAIN” or “the Company”) today reported certain operating metrics for the month of December 2015. Retail Metrics OTC average daily volume1 of $12.6 billion, an increase of 15.2% from November 2015 and 17.3% fromDecember 2014.2 OTC trading volume1 of $276.9 billion, ...
ICBC Standard Bank buys Deutsche’s London bullion vault – sources
January 11th, 2016
ICBC Standard Bank growing bullion footprint Chinese-South African lender looking to become bullion clearer ICBC Standard Bank is buying the lease on Deutsche Bank’s London gold and silver vault, enlarging its footprint in the city’s bullion market, four industry ...
Oil drops over 2 pct as China slowdown weighs; market loses faith in rebound
January 11th, 2016
Crude oil prices fell over 2 percent on Monday as China’s economic slowdown dented the outlook for demand and traders are placing record bets on even lower prices as they increasingly lose faith in a significant market recovery. Global ...
Meet 2016’s Worst Economic Performers Flirting With Disaster
January 11th, 2016
For the world’s worst-performing economies, no good will come from New Year’s resolutions to do better. For many, 2016 will only bring more disappointment, say economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Oil-rich Venezuela will contract by 3.3 percent this year, the ...
