July 24, 2014 – Indices News Asian markets have moved upward for the most part, with the Japanese market being the exception. The main factor moving markets has been better than expected Chinese manufacturing PMI data – which revived investor optimism in the world’s second largest economy and dealt a blow to doomsday predictions that […]
July 24, 2014 – Daily Market News Today’s Hot Asset: USD U.S. stocks were mixed following gains in health care and technology shares. The S&P 500 closed at a record of 1,987.01, 0.18% higher after Apple shares increased and climbed to the highest since 2012. However, the Dow jones declined 0.16% after Boeing fell 2.3% […]
The S&P 500 reached a new intraday record on Wednesday, peaking at 1,987 and inching ever-closer to that elusive 2000 level. 7 months into 2014, this is the S&P’s 26th record close of the year. Meanwhile, China reported positive manufacturing figures, with the HSBC ‘flash’ manufacturing PMI’s rising to an 18-month high of 52.0. Both […]
July 24, 2014 – Stock Market News Today’s Hot Asset – Amazon Stocks in Asia traded higher during this mornings trading session. Investors in Asia were given a big boost of confidence following the positive earnings figures that were released during yesterday’s U.S. session. The positive results kept flowing into the Asia session as Chinese […]
European markets have opened mostly in negative territory today, as investors took a breather after two days of gains, amid lingering geopolitical tensions in Gaza and Ukraine. Closer home, market participants keenly await UK retail sales data which is expected to show a rebound on a monthly basis in June. Additionally, traders will track Markit […]
European markets have opened mostly in negative territory today, as investors took a breather after two days of gains, amid lingering geopolitical tensions in Gaza and Ukraine. Closer home, market participants keenly await UK retail sales data which is expected to show a rebound on a monthly basis in June. Additionally, traders will track Markit […]
Asian Stocks Stocks in Asia were seen trading mostly higher on Wednesday, rising for a third day, boosted by the gains seen overnight on Wall Street. In Australia, traders digest the inflation data for the second quarter. The Japanese benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.1%, closing at 15,328.56 points, while Tokyo’s Topix gauge slid 0.07% […]
July 23, 2014 – Daily Market News Today’s Hot Asset: GBP U.S stocks closed higher yesterday following positive data and earnings reports. Rising for a third month, Existing Homes sales increased in June to the highest annual rate since October. The lower CPI data also fueled expectation that interest rates in the U.S. may remain low. […]
July 23, 2014 – Forex News Hot asset for today: GBP/USD The EUR/USD pair reacted yesterday on the U.S. CPI data even though most of analysts see this event just as a catalyst for selling the Euro. We saw that the pair was recently testing the lower boundary of the 1.35-1.37 channel which was kept […]
European equity markets continue to rise as tensions with Russia, whilst not much improved, have not escalated further. At the time of writing, the FTSE is up 0.14%, the CAC is up 0.36% and the DAX is up by 0.4% Russia continues to deny involvement in the attack, with Lyudmila Vorobyeva, Russia’s ambassador to Malaysia, […]
July 23, 2014 – Stock Market News Today’s Hot Asset – Facebook Stocks in Asia started to trade higher during the early trading session this morning. Investors stayed away from currency markets due to the amount of volatility created by the current geopolitical events. This made stocks much more appealing to investors and as a […]
European markets have opened lower today, reversing some of their gains posted in the previous session, amid ongoing geopolitical concerns in Ukraine and the Middle East. Later today, the minutes of the Bank of England’s latest monetary policy meeting and UK mortgage approvals data for June will be on investors’ radar. Additionally, traders will closely […]
European markets have opened lower today, reversing some of their gains posted in the previous session, amid ongoing geopolitical concerns in Ukraine and the Middle East. Later today, the minutes of the Bank of England’s latest monetary policy meeting and UK mortgage approvals data for June will be on investors’ radar. Additionally, traders will closely […]
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July 22, 2014 – Stock Market News Today’s Hot Asset – Apple Stocks in Asia traded higher during the early trading session today. Stocks started the day moving sharply higher as investors capitalized on many overbought assets. Once most of the obvious trading opportunities had been exhausted investors did start to slow the pace down. […]
Ron William, founder and chief strategist at RWA Market Advisory, says that the seasonal volatility (VIX) risk is overdue. He anticipates a key level at 22% and explains the supporting evidence which points to an equity market down trend in the latter part of 2014. Here Ron explains the likely effect of this and how […]
Asian Stocks Asian stocks were seen trading higher on Tuesday as investors raise concerns over geopolitical tensions. Meanwhile the Japanese market resumed after an extended weekend. The Japanese benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.84% higher to close 15,343.28 points, while Tokyo’s Topix index gained 0.85%, trading at 1,274.06 points. In Japan, the metal product manufacturer […]
July 22, 2014 – Daily Market News Today’s Hot Asset: USD U.S. stocks closed lower due to lingering geopolitical concerns that the war in Gaza could escalate and tougher sanctions could be placed on Russia. At the close of the session, the S&P 500 was 0.23% lower and the Dow Jones was 0.28% lower. Asian […]
July 22, 2014 – Forex News Hot asset for today: GBP/USD Yesterday, the EUR/USD pair ranged in narrow channel between 1.3510 and 1.3550. The pair did not experience higher volatility as we expected due to the fact that there were no economic data to be released. Today the situation should be different because the U.S. […]
July 22, 2014 – Indices News Asian stocks advanced on speculations that the downing of the jetliner over Ukraine will not affect global economy. The Chinese Shanghai Composite is up 1.02% and the Henge-Seng increased by 1.47%. This has been the strongest upwards trend in the past four months which is associated with the Chinese […]
European stock markets added mild gains on Tuesday following an upbeat session in Asia amid signs that tension over Ukraine’s crisis is easing, although geopolitical tensions in the Middle East remain a source of angst for market participants. EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels today to discuss possible further sanctions against Russia, as rebels in […]
European markets have opened in the green today, as tensions in Ukraine eased after rebels handed over black boxes of the crashed airplane to investigators. Additionally, investors took heart from the visit of US Secretary of State and United Nations Chief in Cairo aimed at establishing a ceasefire between Israel and Palestine. Closer home, traders […]
European markets have opened in the green today, as tensions in Ukraine eased after rebels handed over black boxes of the crashed airplane to investigators. Additionally, investors took heart from the visit of US Secretary of State and United Nations Chief in Cairo aimed at establishing a ceasefire between Israel and Palestine. Closer home, traders […]
July 21, 2014 – Stock Market News Today’s Hot Asset – Netflix Stocks in the U.S. have taken a rather sharp decline at the start of the opening session of the week. Investors in the U.S. are extremely cautious, as they continue to survey the current situations in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip. This caution […]
Sash Tusa, aerospace and defence analyst at Edison, says that while Boeing fell short of the number of orders received by Airbus at the Farnborough Airshow, UK defence contractors are the real losers from the event. Mr Tusa said that so long as there is little political will, in the UK, to raise defence spending […]
July 21, 2014 – Daily Market News U.S. stocks ended the week higher with increases in technology stocks. Google added 3% to $600/share, following its report that revenue grew 22% in one year. Gains were also seen from Apple, Amazon and Microsoft. At session close the S&P 500 was 1.03% higher and the Dow Jones […]
July 21, 2014 – Forex News Hot Asset For Today: EUR/USD EUR/USD The pairing saw a swift and sharp drop to the detriment of the euro. One of the reasons for such a fall was mainly due to the fact that traders and investors at that particular point in time had an appetite for safe […]
July 21, 2014 – Weekly News WEEKLY REPORT 21/07-25/07 EUR/USD Last week the EUR/USD pair fell down by 100 pips when and moved to its lower part of the channel. As we wrote 2 months ago the price tends to range between 1.35-1.37 levels. Once we see the price on the boarder of the […]
