Japanese stocks fell, paring the best weekly advance in six years, after the yen strengthened against the dollar, denting the earnings outlook for exporters. The Topix index dropped 1.4 percent to 1,292.79 as of 9:22 a.m. in Tokyo. The measure is heading for a 8.1 percent gain since Feb...
BOJ's Kuroda: Negative rates will help boost Japan's economy 19 Februari 2016 2:11 AM Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kuroda is speaking in parliament today, noting that negative rates will help boost Japan's economy. Headlines via Bloomberg Neg rates will put downward pressure on bond yields...
AUD/USD cracks 0.7100 on RBA’s Edwards 19 Februari 2016 2:09 AM Risk-off market profile combined with RBA’s Edwards comments knocked-off the AUD/USD pair below the key support hourly 200-SMA support, now breaking through 0.71 handle. AUD/USD breaches hourly 200-SMA at 0...
A less chilled RBA RBA Governor Stevens said before Christmas we all had to ‘chill’ over the Christmas and new-year period and see what the data said thereafter. So far, the data has held up OK, but the latest employment data overnight has fallen to the soft side, the rate rising to 6.0% (from 5...
Oil prices reversed again during the day after Iran has given little hope that they will join the agreement between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Russia, Qatar and Venezuela to freeze oil production at January levels...
NZD/USD bulls in charge, extends beyond 0.6650 18 Februari 2016 2:53 AM The NZD/USD pair remains on the bids for the second straight session this Thursday, completely ignoring the Aus jobs-led weakness in its OZ neighbour...
Gold: Fed minutes offer support, holds above 1hr 200-SMA 18 Februari 2016 3:32 AM Gold futures on Comex extend the recovery mode for the second straight session during the Asian hours, as the latest Fed minutes reinforced bets of no March Fed rate hike...