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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. ...
Major Asian stocks close up, Nikkei rebounds 2.88%
January 13th, 2016
Asia markets closed mostly higher, with some major indexes rebounding Wednesday, in a sign of returning stability even in the face of lingering worries about China and falling commodity prices. That follows a volatile start to the year, in ...
CMC Markets to decide on stock market float
January 12th, 2016
CMC Markets, the spread-betting company founded by City of London financier Peter Cruddas, will decide whether to float on the stock exchange this week. The float would make millions of pounds for Hackney-born Cruddas, who founded the company with ...
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 ...
Asia markets close mixed as China shares turn higher
January 8th, 2016
Asian markets closed mixed Friday after swinging between gains and losses following early volatility in Chinese shares. The Shanghai Composite was up 2.17 percent after trading down as much as 1.89 percent and up as much as 3.32 percent shortly after ...
Dow Tumbles Nearly 400 Points on China Worries
January 8th, 2016
Dow industrials, S&P 500 are off to their worst-ever starts to the year The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly 400 points Thursday as steep falls in Chinese equities spilled over to global markets. Thursday’s selloff came after the ...
Lloyds under investigation by FCA over possible market rigging
January 7th, 2016
Reports say investigation into gilts trading is not industry-wide despite recent criticism of regulator for dropping review into culture at major banks The City regulator is investigating whether traders at Lloyds Banking Group manipulated the price of government bonds, in a ...
Asian stocks steeply lower after China suspends trade early
January 7th, 2016
China’s stocks were suspended from all trade on Thursday after the CSI300 tumbled more than 7 percent in early trade, triggering the market’s circuit breaker for a second time this week. That drop-kicked stock markets across Asia, which were already ...
Asia Stocks Resume Slide Amid China Intervention; Metals Rise
January 5th, 2016
PBOC injects cash, state-run funds said to prop up stocks Oil rises to trade near $37 a barrel; base metals advance Asian stocks extended declines while Chinese shares shrugged off government efforts to prop up the country’s sputtering stock ...
