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The Week Ahead: Central banks to determine the next move The past week was full of action for currency traders, the Yen dropped to lowest levels in three weeks against the dollar, the Canadian currency at highest levels since July led by oil rally, Pound being the best performing currency of the...
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Mohammed Abdulwadud Soubra, 24 April 2016, 16:52
Speculation that the Bank of Japan could effectively start paying banks to borrow its cash caused the yen to tumble on Friday and gave government bonds a lift after a second bruising week. Disappointing earnings reports on Thursday from some of the world's biggest tech companies weighed on stocks...
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Francis Dogbe, 23 April 2016, 12:44 #Interest Rate
Oil prices fell 3 percent on Thursday, pausing after a two-day rally, after producers from Russia to Saudi Arabia and Iran to Libya hinted at more output amid growing U.S. crude stockpiles. Profit-taking and the dollar's steadying from a slide earlier in the week also weighed on crude futures...
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Anton Hernawan, 22 April 2016, 22:28
Right now there's a battle over upstart trading platform IEX’s application for exchange status. And it's become an existential test of the SEC’s role in the capital markets...
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Francis Dogbe, 22 April 2016, 17:09 #forex
German DAX Opens Lower, Trades Below 10,400 Extending its Thursday's fall from above 10,500 mark on dovish ECB, German DAX 30 index opened lower on Friday and is currently trading below 10,400 level...
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 April 2016, 10:01
In a vacuum, Google's parent company Alphabet had a tremendous quarter, posting double-digit sales and profit growth. So why is the stock down 6% in after-hours trading...
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Francis Dogbe, 22 April 2016, 06:52 #Google
Pivot Points Hourly Last Updated: Apr 22, 12:04 am +03:00 Symbol S3 S2 S1 P R1 R2 R3 EUR/USD 1.12719 1.1279 1.12823 1.12861 1.12894 1.12932 1.13003 USD/JPY 109.288 109.374 109.407 109.46 109.493 109.546 109.632 GBP/USD 1.42986 1.43103 1.43152 1.4322 1.43269 1.43337 1.43454 USD/CHF 0.97338 0...
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Mohammed Abdulwadud Soubra, 21 April 2016, 23:11
Pivot Points Daily Last Updated: Apr 22, 12:00 am +03:00 Symbol S3 S2 S1 P R1 R2 R3 EUR/USD 1.11278 1.12256 1.12598 1.13234 1.13576 1.14212 1.1519 USD/JPY 107.246 108.364 109.095 109.482 110.213 110.6 111.718 GBP/USD 1.41892 1.42718 1.42995 1.43544 1.43821 1.4437 1.45196 USD/CHF 0.9423 0.95533 0...
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Mohammed Abdulwadud Soubra, 21 April 2016, 23:07
WTI Drops to Lows Near $43.00 After posting fresh 2016 highs near $44.50 in early trade, prices for the barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) have quickly fell back to test the $43.00 support...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 17:17 #WTI
The ECB meeting is the session's highlight. In recognition of the risk that ECB President Draghi expresses displeasure with the premature tightening of financial conditions through the exchange rate channel is encouraged a modest bout of euro selling...
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Francis Dogbe, 21 April 2016, 16:29 #ECB
The Treasury Department announced Wednesday that women will be incorporated into new designs for the $5, $10 and $20 bills. Here is a look at the new lineup. Araminta Ross, known as “Minty,” was born into slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland around 1822...
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Francis Dogbe, 21 April 2016, 16:24
Preview for ECB Meeting and Implications for EUR, Metals, Equities Talking Points: - EUR/USD lingering below key resistance near $1.1460/1.1500. - Equity markets, precious metals remain in a bullish posture. - Crowd's disdain for EUR/USD shows in positioning changes...
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Mohammed Abdulwadud Soubra, 21 April 2016, 15:02
Oil Prices Continue to Drive Sentiment - Investec Research Team at Investec, suggests that the oil prices continue to drive sentiment in financial markets...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 13:36
Oil Rises to 5-Month, Holding Steady above $44.00 Mark On Wednesday, crude oil future broke through a very strong resistance near 42.45-50 area, coinciding with the very important 200-day SMA, after the official US crude inventories data showed domestic production falls for sixth consecutive week...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 13:34
Gold Firmer, Advances Beyond $1260 The precious metal is confirming its upside momentum on Thursday, pushing higher to fresh weekly tops above $1260.00...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 13:32
UK Retail Sales Plunge - ING James Smith, Economist at ING, suggests that the latest batch of UK retail sales data was very disappointing and adds to the generally downbeat tone of UK data released over the past week...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 13:00
ECB and Riksbank Meetings at the Centre Stage – Danske Bank Research Team at Danske Bank, suggests that the focus today will be on the ECB and Riksbank meetings...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 08:49
Oil Prints Fresh 5-Month Highs, Brent Above $ 46 Oil benchmarks on both sides of Atlantic paused the corrective slide from Asian hours, and now resume the recent uptrend as the European traders cheer the bullish EIA inventory report...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 08:09
Asian Markets Rally on the Back of Positive Global Sentiments, Gold Around $1250 and Silver Rises Nearly 3 Pct All the Asian markets are trading on a higher note on Thursday. Japanese markets continue to trade higher while China’s stock market opened mix and there after turns positive...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 07:51
NZD: ANZ New Zealand Job Ads Back on the Job – ANZ Sharon Zollner, Senior Economist at ANZ, notes that the NZ’s jobs ads rose strongly in March, and have now more than made up the ground lost in January, restoring the upward trend. Key Quotes “Job ads lifted 2...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 07:22