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Commodity currencies feel heat; dollar, yen, euro stable
January 30th, 2015
Commodity currencies nursed hefty losses on Friday, as investors sent the Australian dollar to 5 1/2 year lows as they bet on the Australian central bank reducing interest rates when it meets next week. While currencies from energy and resource producing countries, such ...
European Stocks Fall Following Greek Selloff
January 28th, 2015
Markets Cautious Ahead of U.S. Federal Reserve Statement European stocks fell Wednesday, hit by a big selloff in Greece and caution ahead of the latest message on the path of monetary policy due from the U.S. Federal Reserve statement later in the day. ...
Eurogroup meeting of 26 January 2015: Remarks by Jeroen Dijsselbloem
January 27th, 2015
Good evening and welcome to this press conference. This was our first Eurogroup of the New Year and already a lot has happened. Of course we discussed the latest news, which was the outcome of last nights Greek elections ...
Asia shares inch ahead, euro steady as Fed meets
January 27th, 2015
Most Asian share markets firmed on Tuesday and the euro clung to rare gains, relieved that European equities had weathered Greece’s election outcome without too much disruption. The main European indices were expected to open higher, though foul weather ...
Oil falls after Greek election sends euro tumbling
January 26th, 2015
Oil slid in early Asian trade on Monday, with U.S.crude falling close to a six-year low, after Greece’s election results heightened uncertainty in the euro zone and depressed the bloc’s currency against the dollar. Greece’s left-wing Syriza appeared on course to trounce the ...
Euro Slips With U.S. Futures on Greece as Treasuries Gain
January 26th, 2015
The euro slipped with U.S. equity-index futures, while Treasuries rallied as Greek voters handed victory to a party that’s pledged to renegotiate the terms of an international bailout. Asian stocks dropped with crude oil and industrial metals. The 19-nation ...
ECB holds rates; markets on edge on Europe QE hopes
January 22nd, 2015
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has announced the central bank to an expanded 60 billion euro ($70 billion) private and public bond-buying program until September 2016. The ECB kept its main interest rate unchanged on Thursday. It kept its ...
Euro pinned near 11-year low as SNB move beefs up bets on ECB stimulus
January 16th, 2015
The euro languished just above an 11-year trough on Friday as investors wagered that the Swiss move to abandon its currency cap meant it was almost certain the European Central Bank would launch large-scale bond buying next week. The ...
Yen falls against dollar, euro as Nikkei recovers
January 15th, 2015
The yen weakened against the dollar and the euro in Asian trade Thursday, as a recovery in Tokyo stocks prompted selling of the safe-haven Japanese currency. The dollar USDJPY, +0.34% was at ¥117.74 compared with ¥117.27 late Wednesday in New York and ...
Asia stocks gain on hopes for solid U.S. job report, euro probes new lows
January 9th, 2015
Asian stocks rose on Friday on upbeat expectations for the closely-watched U.S. jobs data, while the euro continued to flirt with fresh nine-year lows against the dollar. But spreadbetters expected the rebound in equities to peter out in Europe ...
