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Asia Stocks Drop as China Losses Deepen; Yen Falls: Markets Wrap
April 19th, 2017
Pound holds advance after May calls surprise general election Iron ore gains after sharp losses this week, commodities rise Asian stocks fell as losses in Chinese equities deepened, following weakness in the U.S. amid worse-than-expected corporate earnings. The pound ...
Cocoa prices to 9-year lows
April 13th, 2017
Confectioners need to whet consumers’ appetite for chocolate if cocoa prices are to overcome the “poor” prospects which have already driven them to 9-year lows, Marex Spectron said, foreseeing a record world output surplus of the bean. “The short-term ...
Where the majority of EU population live? flats or houses
April 13th, 2017
House or flat: where do you live? In 2015, 42% of the EU population lived in flats and 57% in houses. The share of persons living in flats was highest in Spain (66%), Latvia (65%) and Estonia (63%), and ...
Bitcoin value rises over $1 billion
April 13th, 2017
Bitcoin value rises over $1 billion as Japan, Russia move to legitimize cryptocurrency Bitcoin price has risen over 8 percent in the last week Japan passed a law to accept bitcoin as a legal payment method Russia is reportedly ...
Asian Stocks Fall as Dollar Slumps on Trump Talk: Markets Wrap
April 13th, 2017
Japanese shares lead decline as yen strengthens for fourth day Hong Kong equities pare losses amid Chinese export data Most Asian stocks fell after the dollar slumped and Treasury bond yields dropped to the lowest level this year in ...
Crude oil eases for second day on rising U.S. production
April 13th, 2017
Crude oil futures slid for a second session on Thursday, moving away from a one-month high touched briefly in the last session as rising U.S. production stoked worries about global oversupply. Benchmark Brent crude futures slid 4 cents, or ...
London-based derivatives exchange and clearing house to close down
April 12th, 2017
CME Group Intends to Close CME Europe and CME Clearing Europe by Year-End CME Group today announced that it intends to close its London-based derivatives exchange and clearing house, CME Europe and CME Clearing Europe, by year-end 2017. During ...
New settlement solution for German debt
April 12th, 2017
Clearstream is offering a new settlement solution for German debt, for customers who are clearing member firms, clearing Bunds and German repos through LCH SA. Such transactions will be able to be settled in customers’ Clearstream Banking Luxembourg (CBL) ...
The Libor trials: Where we are now
April 12th, 2017
Barclays sent shockwaves through the City when, in July 2012, it was fined nearly £300m by British and US regulators for its role in the Libor-rigging scandal. Days later, then chief executive Bob Diamond handed in his notice. The ...
FXCM reports customer trading volume of $225 billion in March 2017
April 12th, 2017
FXCM Group, LLC (“FXCM Group” or “FXCM”), a leading international provider of online foreign exchange trading, CFD trading, spread betting and related services, today announced certain key customer trading metrics for March 2017 for its retail and institutional foreign ...
