The FTSE is up by around 0,2% this morning, as some of Scotland’s biggest companies publicised their plans to move South in the event of a Yes vote in next week’s independence referendum. Companies such as RBS, Lloyds, Clydesdale, Aegon and TSB have announced their intention to move operations to England should Scotland vote to […]
September 12, 2014 – Forex News EUR/USD The EUR/USD has been ranging today in anticipation of major US and European data coming out alter today. At 09:00 GMT, European industrial production data will be released. At 12:30 GMT, US retail sales data will be published along with export and import price indices. Thus, there […]
European markets have opened broadly flat today, as traders remain on the sidelines ahead of the Scottish independence referendum in the next week and as the US and the European Union agreed to impose additional economic sanctions on Russia. Closer home, traders await the Conference Board’s leading economic index and construction output data for further […]
European markets have opened broadly flat today, as traders remain on the sidelines ahead of the Scottish independence referendum in the next week and as the US and the European Union agreed to impose additional economic sanctions on Russia. Closer home, traders await the Conference Board’s leading economic index and construction output data for further […]
September 11, 2014 – Daily News The US markets had a decent start earlier today, but reports of renewed unemployment have weighed down on US stocks. The S&P 500 is down 0.10% with the Nasdaq following at 0.14%, while the Dow Jones is currently down 0.24%. The impending vote over Scottish cessation from the United […]
September 11, 2014 – Stock Market Asian stocks closed mixed as Chinese indexes extended biggest drop in the last six months with Lenovo dropping 4.19% on worries that Apple Inc new product line will take over some of their growth in the smartphones business. In Japan, Softbank advanced 2.89%. Gazprom (-1.49%), the largest extractor of […]
September 11, 2014 – Indices News Asian markets have mostly fallen on bad Chinese inflation data. many investors felt that the drop in prices was a sign of weakening Chinese demand. Australian markets also under-performed as weaker Chinese demand often means a reduction in raw materials exports. Japanese equities, however, have continued their rally as […]
RBS and Lloyds have made it clear that they will be moving their holding companies to England in the event of Scottish independence, with both firms seeing their shares surge this morning; RBS is currently up by around 1.7% and Lloyds by around 1%. The FTSE is currently down by around 0.2%, while the DAX […]
September 11, 2014 – Forex News EUR/USD The EUR/USD is ranging right now amid German CPI data that met expectations. This lack of activity is likely to continue in the hours leading up to the European Central Bank Monthly Report at at 08:00 GMT. At this time, we may get a better idea of […]
European markets have opened mostly in positive territory today, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street. Amid a lack of domestic economic releases today, traders will focus on the European Central Bank’s monthly report and ECB President Mario Draghi’s speech for further cues. Across the Atlantic, the US monthly budget statement and weekly jobless claims data […]
European markets have opened mostly in positive territory today, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street. Amid a lack of domestic economic releases today, traders will focus on the European Central Bank’s monthly report and ECB President Mario Draghi’s speech for further cues. Across the Atlantic, the US monthly budget statement and weekly jobless claims data […]
September 10, 2014 – Stock Market News U.S stocks advanced today as the hype surrounding the Apple conference yesterday drove tech-stocks to push the NASDAQ up 0.53%. Apple Inc. is up 2.42% and is currently stable above the $100.3 level. Both Visa Inc.(+1.41%) and Mastercard (+0.91%) advanced, following Apple Inc’s bullish trend after agreeing to […]
September 10, 2014 – Indices News Asian markets have generally fallen today on concern that the Federal Reserve may raise the interest rate sooner than expected. Such as move would make other assets such as bonds more appealing – hurting demand for equities collectively. In addition, the recent bearish performance of the real estate market […]
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September 10, 2014 – Daily Market News On the Forex market we should keep an eye on the Australian Dollar which depreciated against all the major peers. The Australian dollar fell about 0.8% against most of the peers as the Westpac Consumer Sentiment came out -4.6% instead of 3.8% increase. The AUD/USD pair fell almost […]
September 10, Forex News Hot asset for today: GBP/USD On Tuesday, the EUR/USD pair moved sideways within 1.2860 and 1.2950. The pair first tend to test the support, however with U.S. release of JOLT Job Openings the pair climbed up. The data showed slightly lower number than expected (4.67M instead of 4.72) which took some […]
The FTSE has been fluctuating this morning, with recent polls suggesting that an independent Scotland is now a real possibility. With the nationalist and unionist campaigns neck and neck ahead of next week’s referendum, financial questions are being raised which are proving hard for the markets to side-step; what, for example, will happen to UK […]
European markets have opened mostly in the red today, amid lingering concerns over the US Federal Reserve’s policy outlook and the possible outcome of the Scottish independence referendum. Closer home, the Bank of England’s inflation hearings will be keenly tracked for further cues. With a light European and US economic calendar today, investors will keep […]
European markets have opened mostly in the red today, amid lingering concerns over the US Federal Reserve’s policy outlook and the possible outcome of the Scottish independence referendum. Closer home, the Bank of England’s inflation hearings will be keenly tracked for further cues. With a light European and US economic calendar today, investors will keep […]
September 9, 2014 – Indices News Asian markets were quite mixed as consumer goods companies took hits. Companies like Calbee Inc. and Newcrest Mining posted losses as markets began to consolidate after recent rallies. However, there is hope for more bullish activity in the future as the yen’s weak position promises to increase the value […]
September 9, 2014 – Stock Market News US stocks closed mixed yesterday as the Dow-Jones closed 0.15% lower. The NASDAQ was pulled up by tech companies, adding 0.20% while the S&P 500 lost 0.31%. Yahoo! Inc. which owns 24% of Alibaba, added almost 5% in the last few days ahead of the former’s IPO on […]
September 9, 2014 – Stock Market News US stocks closed mix yesterday as the Dow-Jones closed 0.15% lower, the NASDAQ was pulled up by tech companies, adding 0.20% and S&P 500 lost 0.31%. Yahoo who owns 24% of Alibaba added almost 5% in the last few days ahead of the Alibaba IPO on the 18th. […]
September 9, 2014 – Daily Market News Today’s main event on stock market will be conference of Apple. At 5.00PM GMT the company is about to release new iPhone 6 and iWatch. U.S stocks closed mixed yesterday with the S&P 500 declining 0.31% closing a single point above the 2k line. The Dow-Jones is down 0.15%. […]
The FTSE is currently down by around 0.2% this morning, as fears continue over the possibility of Scotland voting Yes in next week’s independence referendum. Should Scotland vote to separate itself from the UK, a series of financial issues will have to be faced, including whether Scotland would be allowed to keep the pound and […]
European markets have opened mostly in negative territory today, as uncertainty over a ceasefire in Ukraine dampened risk appetite among traders. Closer home, UK trade balance, industrial and manufacturing production data will be on investors’ radar for further cues. Additionally, traders will track a speech by the Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, to get […]
European markets have opened mostly in negative territory today, as uncertainty over a ceasefire in Ukraine dampened risk appetite among traders. Closer home, UK trade balance, industrial and manufacturing production data will be on investors’ radar for further cues. Additionally, traders will track a speech by the Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, to get […]
September 8, 2014 – Stock Market News Today’s Hot Asset – Apple Stocks in the U.S. traded higher during the final session last week. Investors in the U.S. took advantage of the attractive opportunities that were created within the stock market following the release of a disappointing non farm payroll report (NFP). The disappointing data […]
September 8, 2014 – Weekly News WEEKLY REPORT 08/09-12/09 EUR/USD Last week the EUR/USD pair rapidly decrease and dip to new 1-year lows. The pair declined as low as 1.2920 due to surprising act from European Central Bank. As we wrote previously most of the analyst expected Mario Draghi to increase monetary stimulus to prevent […]
September 8, 2014 – Daily Market News On the Forex market the main movement today we can see on the GBP which suffers losses as market weighing the impact of possible splitting of Scotland. So far we can see that the GBP/USD fell to 1.6100. Asian stocks closed mostly higher as Chinese exports report was […]
September 8, 2014 – Forex News Hot asset for today: GBP/USD On Friday, the EUR/USD pair slightly reversed the previous fall and on the back of very low Non-Farm payrolls data, the price moved up towards 1.3000. However, the divergence between EU and U.S. monetary policy kept the price low and the pair reversed. In […]
