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Trade fears spur global risk-off moves from Sydney to Shanghai
March 23rd, 2018
Asian stocks followed their U.S. counterparts lower after President Donald Trump’s decision to slap tariffs on China heightened concern a trade war could hurt global growth. The yen climbed to its strongest in more than a year. Equity indexes ...
Forex market wrap: EURUSD and EURGBP fell, USDCAD has the highest increase
March 19th, 2018
News coming from Asia this morning indicates that Stocks were mixed, with Japanese shares declining as investors watching the country’s political drama. Here is some updated key data for the Forex market including the G10 currency pairs, as on the ...
Asian shares mostly firmer, dollar loses early edge
February 26th, 2018
Asian shares made guarded gains on Monday as investors braced for an event-packed week headlined by U.S. inflation data and the first House testimony by the new head of the Federal Reserve. Spread betters also pointed to a stronger ...
Bank of England released latest monetary policy; Bank Rate at 0.50%
February 9th, 2018
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets monetary policy to meet the 2% inflation target, and in a way that helps to sustain growth and employment. At its meeting ending on 7 February 2018, the MPC voted ...
Euro near three-year peak as dollar languishes, risk appetite hurts yen
January 5th, 2018
The euro hovered near a three-year high against the sagging dollar on Friday, while improving investor risk appetite weighed on the yen. The euro was 0.05 percent higher at $1.2074 after rising 0.45 percent overnight. The common currency received ...
Investors review: Asian stocks headed toward fresh historic highs; Euro was little changed
January 4th, 2018
Asian stocks headed toward fresh historic highs, with Japan’s markets coming back from New Year holidays to see solid gains in the wake of U.S. records. Oil rose, while gold slipped. With Japanese benchmarks heading for the biggest one-day ...
Euro Advanced, Australia’s Dollar Climbed, Asian Stocks Were Mixed
December 27th, 2017
Asian stocks were mixed Wednesday in trading thinned by a holiday-shortened week. Oil prices breached $60 a barrel for the first time since 2015 after a pipeline blast in Libya. Japanese equity benchmarks posted slight gains, and Australian stocks ...
Asian markets advance ahead of holiday weekend
December 22nd, 2017
Australia hits another 10-year high; Kospi ticks up as Nikkei lags. Asian markets advance ahead of holiday weekend. Asia-Pacific stocks were poised to end the week modestly higher in muted trading ahead of the holidays, while volatility returned to ...
Corn and lean hogs top agricultural commodity bets for 2018, says Rabobank
November 23rd, 2017
Corn is the top bullish bet among agricultural commodities for 2018, followed by lean hogs, Rabobank said, in a briefing which cautioned over the potential for market influences from La Nina to freight. The bank, in its annual briefing ...
Asian Shares Joined A Global Rally; Currencies Review
November 22nd, 2017
Asian shares joined a global rally and scaled a fresh decade peak on Wednesday as strong world growth and rising corporate profits lured hordes of investors into equities, while oil prices jumped on expectations of a production cut. MSCI’s ...
