ISM: Moderate Manufacturing Recovery Amid Rising Prices May’s ISM report signals continued moderate gains in the manufacturing sector. Production, new orders and export orders support the case for growth. Prices paid hint at rising input costs for manufacturers...
S&P Affirms Indonesia's Ratings at 'bb+/b', Outlook Positive Rating agency S&P has affirmed Indonesia's 'BB+' long-term and 'B' short-term sovereign credit ratings...
Sell-Off Ramps Up ahead of OPEC • Investors head for the hills, as Crude and indices plummet • OPEC meeting unlikely to help Oil prices • Volatility expected to rise as risk events come thick and fast June has started with less of a bang and more of a pop today, as investors were sent packing tow...
The US Manufacturing ISM Improved Unexpectedly in May European shares opened slightly lower but lost further ground during the session as sentiment weakened at the start of the new month. Currently, European shares lose up to 1%. US equities opened lower too...
British Pound Continues to Fall Down the Charts The British Pound has continued to fall down the charts during trading on Wednesday as a result of the markets becoming concerned regarding the upcoming EU referendum and the significant risks that the UK economy would face if the United Kingdom did...
Crude Oil Updates ahead of Inventory and Opec Meeting Supply expected to tighten due to wildfire in Canada and declining lower 48, while demand stays strong. During US trading session, API's Weekly Statistical Bulletin (WSB) is scheduled to report on total U.S...
ECB Preview: Eyes on the Staff’s Inflation Projections – ING Carsten Brzeski, Chief Economist at ING, suggests that at tomorrow’s meeting all eyes should be on the ECB staff’s inflation projections, further details on the ECB’s corporate bond purchasing programme and Mario Draghi’s attempt to str...
ECB: No Expectation for Fresh Policy Moves - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the ECB meets tomorrow and with the TLTRO and the corporate bond buying program yet to be launched, there is no expectation for fresh policy moves...
UK: Pound Ground Down - Investec Research Team at Investec, notes that after a quiet bank holiday, yesterday began with fairly muted market activity as Sterling continued to trade in tight ranges against the Euro and Dollar...
Euro Zone Bonds Mixed Ahead of ECB Policy Meeting The European bonds mixed on Wednesday as investors await European Central Bank (ECB) monetary policy. The benchmark German 10-year bonds yield, which moves inversely to its price fell 2 basis points to 0...
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...
