On Wednesday European stocks traded higher, backed by growing expectations for additional easing measures by the European Central Bank. Investors awaited the release of euro zone inflation data due later in the trading session...
On Wednesday gold traded below a three-week high after sinking oil prices and equities spurred the longest run of daily gains since October as investors were expecting minutes of the Federal Reserve’s last meeting for guidance on U.S. monetary policy...
Today U.S. equity-index futures gained after five days of losses, and the dollar touched a 10-year high before minutes from December’s Federal Reserve policy meeting. Oil hit five-year lows in New York and London, while German bonds slid with Treasuries, as Bloomberg reports...
The Dollar and Euro gold price charts above show that gold was a rather stable asset class which is the baseline going into 2015. Ronald Stoeferle’s outlook for gold in 2015 is based on a continuation of that trend. It would not be realistic to expect a major move higher in the first half of 2015...
On Tuesday West Texas Intermediate oil futures declined below the $49-a-barrel level, while Brent also hit a fresh five-and-a-half year low, as investors piled on to their short positions in anticipation of lower prices amid lingering concerns over a growing supply glut, according to Investing...
Gold has started 2015 with a bang, now up for a third consecutive day. It is defying the dollar strength which has meanwhile risen to its highest level since 2006 against a basket of foreign currencies...
On Tuesday Britain's top share index dipped to a three-week low, since a further decline in crude oil prices kept hurting energy shares...
As investors rush to short the euro, some analysts are saying the trade has become overcrowded, which could lead to extreme volatility in the euro-dollar pair...
After Brent oil fell below $55 a barrel for the first time since May 2009, every major stock market in the Gulf region slipped, with Dubai shares retreating the most in the world...
On Tuesday gold futures reached the highest level in almost three weeks due to uncertainty over Greece’s future in the euro zone if left-wing anti-austerity party Syriza win elections due to be held later this month...
Following overseas bourses lower on a fall in oil prices, the Australian market has lost around $25 billion in value today. The price of West Texas crude oil declined to near-six-year lows below $US50 a barrel, before settling just above that mark. Singapore's Tapis crude also fell to $US54...
There is a growing speculation that the central bank of Western Europe's biggest oil producer will have to cut rates again, as oil dips below $55 a barrel...
What will gold do in 2015 is a question that is top of mind of many gold investors, particularly during this period of the year...
The demand for oil in 2015 will drop to its lowest level since 2002 because of an oversupply of crude and stagnant economies in China and Europe, according to OPEC's latest forecast. And that's just one of several sour estimates...
Greece’s political crisis and a decline in equities spurred demand for gold as an alternative asset, pushing it up for the second straight session...
On Monday the euro dipped against the dollar after data showing German inflation fell to a five year low in December added to pressure on the European Central Bank to implement quantitative easing measures...
"Forecasters and market participants disagree about the likelihood of a significant rebound in oil prices during the next 12 months," Goldman Sachs' David Kostin wrote. "Many clients share the view priced into the futures market that Brent will remain below $70 by year-end 2015...
On Monday U.S. stock index futures fell as volume returned to markets after the New Year holiday, with energy shares sliding again as crude prices fell to fresh 5-1/2 year lows, as Reuters reports...
Falling oil prices and investors' concern over Greece’s membership of the single-currency union outweighed speculation of increased European Central Bank incentive pushing European stocks down on Monday...
"The market was divided over when the ECB (European Central Bank) would undertake QE (quantitative easing)," David Forrester, a foreign-exchange strategist at Macquarie, said...
