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This week two main factors influenced gold prices: soft U.S. housing data supported the metal by driving uncertainties as to when the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates. News about the U.S. and Europe imposing fresh sanctions on Russia also supported the yellow metal...

On Tuesday the dollar held steady near a six-month peak against a basket of major currencies at Australian and Singapore markets, as investors kept to the sidelines ahead of a policy review by the Federal Reserve...

This Monday bitcoin fell further below the $600-level, as a wave of technical selling kicked in after prices fell below key support levels. According to the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index, which averages prices from the major exchanges, prices of the crypto-currency dropped 1.76% to trade at $580...

On Monday the Japanese yen gained in early Asian trade with the events in Eastern Europe and Middle East on investors minds and safe haven assets sought. USD/JPY traded at 101.79, down 0.04%, while AUD/USD held at 0.9399, up 0.04%, and the US dollar index fell 0.05% to 81.11...

On Friday Brent oil futures crawled up to a one-week high on, as investors continued to assess the geopolitical situation in Eastern Europe and in the Middle East. On the ICE Futures Exchange in London, Brent oil for September delivery rose to a daily high of $108...

If examine closely, it turns out that there is much in common between those who earn money in the Forex market and those who spend their working days at poker tables online...

In order to attract more international investment and help reduce its dependence on oil revenue, Saudi Arabia is planning to open its $530 billion stock market to foreigners...

Geo-political issues, which attracted the most attention at the end of this week, lifted the dollar and the yen up. US housing and inflation data, British GDP are among the main events on the forex calendar this week...

On Monday the Japanese yen was slightly weaker, as the Bank of Japan kicked off its latest two-day monetary policy meeting with the board expected to stand pat...

While concerns over Portugal's banking sector, as well as Thursday's economic reports from EEA countries continued to weigh, the euro was almost unchanged against the U.S. dollar on Friday...

American regulators imposed a substantial penalty upon France's largest bank BNP Paribas for doing business with Cuba, Iran and Sudan. The present case showed that crippling a European bank could harm the world’s financial system, as well as a region struggling for growth...