Oil Trades on the Back Foot Aahead of OPEC Meet, Drops -1% Oil benchmarks on both sides of Atlantic edged lower this Wednesday, as traders remain cautious ahead of weekly supply reports and OPEC meeting due tomorrow...
Dollar Weakens Against Other Major Currencies After Downbeat Consumer Confidence: Jun 1, 2016 Market Review - 31/05/2016 23:10GMT Dollar weakens against other major currencies after downbeat consumer confidence The greenback weakened against other major currencies on Tuesday after U.S...
Asian Markets in Red, Gold Hovers Around Key Resistance at $1218 All the major Asian indices are trading on a negative note on Wednesday. On the other side, Gold gains in early Asian hours but fails to sustain above key resistance at $1218 marks and hovers around $1215 levels...
APAC Currency Corner – Brexit fallout During the past twelve months, investors have built a towering wall of worry around themselves as they brood about everything from a global economic slowdown to collapsing oil prices. Now we have a possible Brexit on the horizon...
Australian Stocks Drive Asia Lower, Ignore Upbeat Aus GDP The Asian stock markets snapped previous gains and fell into the negative territory, as renewed weakness in the oil and copper prices weighed heavily on the resource and energy stocks...
ECB Preview: No Material Changes - Rabobank According to market consensus, the European Central Bank will leave monetary policy unchanged on Thursday. Analysts from Rabobank expect to material changes in ECB’s staff projections...
Brexit Poll Sparks FTSE Sell-Off • FTSE attempts to break out of range • ICM poll sends sterling and FTSE lower • US data support summer rate hike What looked like a boring day in the markets has been kicked into gear as the European indices fell sharply after a surprise EU referendum poll in fav...
No Major Surprises Expected from OPEC Meeting A meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna is scheduled on June 2nd. Chinese manufacturing data ahead of OPEC meet to remain a key driver for oil prices...
Has ECB s Easing Stimulated Inflation? EUR/AUD Puzzles Between ECB and RBA Due today, money supply growth in the euro area probably will have quickened to 5...
ECB Preview: Time to Stay Put – Danske Bank Senior Analyst, Pernille Bomholdt Henneberg at Danske Bank, expects the ECB to maintain its patient stance at the meeting this week and not send any new signals about more easing...
Bonds Slide As Deflation Slows in Eurozone, ECB Meeting Eyed The European bonds plunged on Tuesday after May consumer inflation data showed that euro-area deflation eased in May...
Busy Week Ahead - Investec Research Team at Investec, suggests that with London out yesterday for the Spring bank holiday, and the US on holiday for Memorial Day, yesterday was a quiet start to what will be a busy week for financial markets...
China Stocks Drive Asia Higher, ASX Bucks the Trend The stocks on the Asian indices caught a renewed bid-wave and jumped higher, mainly driven by a sudden rise witnessed in the Chinese equities...
S&P: Apartment Supply Boom a 'Growing Concern' for Australia In its latest review on Australia, the US rating agency, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) highlighted oversupply of apartments and settlement risks as the growing concerns within the economy...
Review of the Coming Week from May 30 to June 3, 2016. Last week the US dollar was strengthening against most rival currencies and the oil prices went up. Once again, GBP/USD pair was an exception: by the end of the the week it strengthened by nearly 120 points...
U.S. Weekly: Income, Spending, and Jobs Consumption Expected to Rebound in April Alongside Ongoing Income Gains It’s a busy week on the economic calendar as we come out of a long holiday weekend and head into the final month of the second quarter...
EM Currencies to Remain Susceptible in the Run Up to the Fed Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen in a speech at a panel discussion at Harvard University on Friday said that the central bank would “probably” raise interest rates in the coming months if the U.S. economy keeps gaining strength...
ECB Risks Remain Tilted Toward Further Easing - Wells Fargo Analysts from Wells Fargo expect the European Central Bank (ECB) to leave monetary policy unchanged in the near term and recognize that risks remain tilted toward further easing...
ECB to Maintain Its Patient Stance - Danske Pernille Bomholdt Henneberg, Senior Analyst at Danske Bank affirmed that they expect the European Central Bank (ECB) to maintain its patient stance on Thursday...
