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Asia shares steady as rally fades, euro clings to gains
August 28th, 2014
Asian shares held steady after pulling back from a 6-1/2 year high as the recent rally in risk assets petered out for now, while the euro clung to modest gains after rebounding from 13-month lows. The Australian dollar rose ...
Gold Showing Little Movement After Mixed US Data
August 27th, 2014
Gold is stable on Wednesday, as the pair trades at $1284.27 per ounce in the European session. It’s a quiet day on the release front, with no major releases out of the US. On Tuesday, the Russian and Ukrainian ...
Interview with Danièle Nouy, Chair of the SSM
August 26th, 2014
Interview with Danièle Nouy, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), conducted by Theano Theiopoulou from Phileleftheros newspaper: 1. How is preparatory work for the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) progressing? Will everything be ready by 4 November? As ...
S&P 500 index over 2,000 for first time
August 26th, 2014
US shares hit a record high yesterday, with the S&P 500 index breaking the 2,000-point mark during trading for the first time in its history. Global investors have piled into American stocks, pumped up by cheap money from central ...
OSB Daily Technical Analysis
August 26th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for August 26, 2014 EUR/USD A gap lower for the EUR/USD following the announcement of ECB intentions to stimulate the economy. Support is at the 52 week low close at 1.3105. A close below this ...
Dollar flatlines ahead of Yellen, Draghi at Jackson Hole
August 22nd, 2014
The dollar was steady on Friday after its strongest weekly run since March and world stocks were near all-time highs as markets waited for steers from the Federal Reserve and ECB on diverging policy plans. European shares .FTEU3 opened ...
Eurozone government borrowing costs hit record lows
August 22nd, 2014
Eurozone government borrowing costs sank to historic lows on Thursday as investors increased bets that the European Central Bank would take aggressive action to avert a deflationary slump, following early data indicating that the region’s recovery slowed in August. ...
Shares, stocks and corporate news overview
August 22nd, 2014
European markets are set for a lower open this morning ahead of a long weekend here in the UK. The day will be fairly low-key with no major economic data being released, and investors have turned their attention to ...
Free Money for Germany is Bad News for Euro
August 21st, 2014
When investors are willing to lend money to Germany for two years for free, at a zero interest rate, you know the euro project is in trouble again. Germany yesterday sold 4.04 billion euros ($5.3 billion) of notes that ...
US banks plan ahead for UK exit from EU
August 18th, 2014
Wall Street banks are drawing up preliminary plans to move some London-based activities to Ireland to address concerns that the UK is drifting apart from the EU. People familiar with Bank of America, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley told the ...
