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Oil prices dip on bloated U.S. market, mixed Saudi signals
April 19th, 2017
Oil prices dipped on Wednesday as bloated U.S. supplies weighed on markets while a fall in Saudi crude exports was offset by rising production in the country. Brent crude futures LCOc1, the international benchmark for oil, were at $54.77 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Japan Stocks Tumble, Yen Gains Amid Risk Aversion: Markets Wrap
April 12th, 2017
Gold remains at year’s high as geopolitical concerns linger Treasuries extend gains, oil climbs for seventh session Japanese shares tumbled after the yen jumped to the highest since November as investors avoided riskier assets amid lingering geopolitical concerns. Treasuries ...
Oil rises on potential Saudi Arabian output cut extension
April 12th, 2017
Oil prices rose on Wednesday, putting crude futures on track for their longest streak of gains since August 2016, as Saudi Arabia was reported to be lobbying OPEC and other producers to extend a production cut beyond the first ...
The decline and fall of the EU
April 11th, 2017
This article identifies the headwinds faced by the EU in the wake of Brexit. Without the UK, not only does the EU lose much of its importance on the world stage, but the Commission’s budget is left with an ...
MOEX: Non-bank companies make first ever FX trades through direct market access
April 11th, 2017
Rosneft and Alrosa have become the first ever corporates to obtain direct market access (DMA) and trade on Moscow Exchange’s FX Market. From 16 January 2017, Russian legal entities not qualified as credit institutions or professional market participants have been eligible ...
Asia Stocks Slump as China Shares Drop, Yen Gains: Markets Wrap
April 11th, 2017
Treasury yields fall on geopolitical concerns, Yellen comments Crude futures steady after longest winning streak of the year Asian stocks fell as Chinese shares slumped and the yen weighed on Japanese equities. Treasuries climbed amid increasing caution about geopolitical ...
Gold rallies to 5-month high as U.S. airstrikes on Syria drive investors to haven assets
April 8th, 2017
Gold prices surged on Friday, as investors flocked to the perceived haven asset in the wake of U.S. military airstrikes against Syria in retaliation for a suspected chemical attack on civilians earlier in the week. Gold for June delivery ...
Oil prices jump 2% after US launches missile strike in Syria
April 7th, 2017
Oil prices surged more than 2 percent on Friday after the United States launched dozens of cruise missiles at an airbase in Syria. U.S President Donald Trump said he had ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airfield from which ...
