European elections results published on Sunday are most likely to cause torments on the marketplace while market holidays in the US and the UK on Monday should have an impact on liquidity. The recent bounce in GBP/USD from 1...

Ensuring its seat as South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa is facing challenges looking forward...

The European Parliament's elections started today in the Netherlands and the UK. Results will not be broadcast until Sunday evening when all EU counties had time to vote. In the UK, conservatives are expected to drop further with the biggest winner being the Brexit party...

The moment of truth is approaching for Modi's National Democratic Alliance as federal election results are released on Thursday...

The relief in AUD following the surprising reelection of PM Scottt Morrison conservative coalition for another four years was short-lived, as convictions of investors that the Reserve Bank of Australia will be cutting its Cash rate by 0...

Escalated tensions between the US and China remain the dominant driver in financial markets. Risk aversion overnight was reduced as the US Commerce Department stated it would provide temporary licenses for U.S exports to Huawei...

A lull on the front of negative trade war headlines are giving markets a little pause. JPY extends decline for a third session, pushing USD/JPY back above the 110 level (USD/JPY: +0.37% year-to-date...

Despite rising frictions with Iran or an escalation of trade dispute with China, it seems that the kiwi is trading the opposite way. Although a risk-off sentiment dominates the marketplace, with safe-haven in demand, the New Zealand dollar remains in gain territory...

Worries over U.S economic sanctions on Huawei and spillover effect on trade negotiations. China has communicated to retaliate against Thursdays Trump moves forward with an executive order to ban Huawei equipment from U.S networks. Breakdown in US-China communication hurt Chinese indices...

The Australian dollar slid to the lowest since January 21st 2016 - if we discard the flash crash from January 2nd this year – amid disappointing job figures. The Australian dollar fell as low as 0.6893 against the greenback after the unemployment rate rose to 5...

After reaching its highest range in early May amid hopes of a swift arrangement between both leading parties Conservatives and Labor, it appears that the British pound loses sight...

Market participants are looking closely for signs of a recovery in economic growth in the euro area, as 1Q 2019 GDP figures are released this morning. Although considering yesterday release of ZEW sentiment indicator for May pointing to -1.6 (prior: 4...

Things have not taken the turn expected by investors. The rise of US trade duties on Chinese products pushed Chinese authorities to take a similar step and impose additional tariffs ranging from 5% to 25% on a total of $60 billion-worth US products such as natural gas, vegetables or cosmetics...

Investors almost forgot about crypto-currencies as the crypto-winter kept prices low. At the end of the month of March, Bitcoin price were stalling below the $4,000 threshold as the outlook for this emerging asset class remained clouded...

Global equities fell across on the board on Monday as investors await the details of US tariffs on $300 billion worth of Chinese imports. European shares followed Asia’s lead with the German DAX sliding 0.80% to a fresh monthly low...

WTI is now building a base above the $60 handle. Looking forward we anticipated that crude oil will continue to firm over the summer. Our expectation for tighter market conditions is based on demand from US summers driving season and low gasoline inventories...

Investors needed nerves of steel throughout the week as Donald Trump’s tweet sent financial markets up and down in rocky trading sessions. The VIX index, which is broadly viewed as a fear measure, spiked as high as 23.4 compared to 13 last Friday as global equities collapsed to multi-month lows...

Threat of a trade war escalation is increasing, and manufacturers would most certainly pay the price...

Equity futures erased yesterday gains after President Trump did toughen its language on China, saying that China “broke the deal” the two countries have been working on for months...

Following the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s decision to cut the Official Cash Rate to record low 1.50%, the Kiwi tumbled to a fresh multi-month low during the Asian session with NZD/USD hitting 0.6527, down 1.18% on the day...