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German Bunds Rally After ECB Qe Boost Kicks In The German 10-year bund prices rallied for 4 consecutive weeks on Monday after the European Central Bank’s expanded bond buying programme kicked in on Friday...
Russian Bonds Slump on Tracking Weak Oil Prices The Russian bonds declined, pushing the yield on 10-year bonds up 3 bps to 9.19 pct, tracking weak crude oil prices on Monday. Moreover, Brent crude oil, a global benchmark for Russia's main export, was down 0.34 pct at $38.55 a barrel...
Poor Australia Retail Sales Data Fuels Rba Rate Cut Bets Australian retail sales data disappointed for the third consecutive month and momentum has clearly slowed in the past three months. Data released earlier today showed Australia's Feb retail sales came at 0.0% m/m missing expectations for 0...
Euro Zone Bond Rally Continues With ECB in the Market From last Friday onwards, European Central Bank (ECB) is in the bond market with additional firepower and on average, from now on it will be purchasing almost €4 billion worth of bonds, every trading day...
GBP/USD Off Highs, Around 1.4225, US Data Eyed The GBP/USD pair faded a spike to 1.4240 levels and reverted to the familiar range around 1.4225 region as markets continue to digest the UK construction PMI report. GBP/USD capped below 10-DMA The GBP/USD pair trades modestly flat at 1...
FXWIREPRO: EUR/SEK Fails to Break Key Resistance at 9.2676, Good to Sell on Rallies EUR/SEK is currently trading around 9.2570 levels. It made intraday high at 9.2651 and low at 9.2321 levels. Pair fails to break key resistance at 9.2676 and supported below 9.2600 marks...
UK CFOs see Brexit as the Greatest Short-term Risk for Businesses - Deloitte According to the latest Deloitte CFO survey published on Monday, UK large firms see Brexit risks as the biggest hurdle to investments, while a majority of the CFOs believes Britain should hold EU’s membership...
It Seems Oil Has Bottomed Out in the Mid-$20.00s – Rabobank According to Strategist at Rabobank Christian Lawrence, the barrel of crude oil could have bottomed in recent lows in the mid-$20.00s...
USD/CHF Regains 0.9600 and Above The greenback is recovering ground lost today, now pushing USD/CHF back above the 0.9600 handle. USD/CHF rebounds from 0.9550 Spot has found some traction after Friday’s multi-month troughs in the 0.9550 area, advancing to daily highs above the key 0...