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...The probability of a BoC rate rise in July increased to 69 per cent from 39 per cent on Tuesday, according to Bloomberg data....
...The dollar index was down one-quarter of 1 per cent at 101.69....
...(0.00%) at 4,790 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 10,945 Currencies €/$ 1.11 (1.11) $/¥ 122.74 (122.49) £/$ 1.57 (1.57) €/£ 0.7086 (0.7086) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.81 at 62.78 Light Crude...
...The nine-month low coincides with a slowdown in China’s property sector, where prices fell in 69 of the 70 cities surveyed in September....
...at 1,295 Copper (Comex) at 3.08 10-year government bond yields (%) US 2.69% UK 2.69% Germany 1.50% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe +0.02bps at 36.4bp Markit iTraxx Europe -0.81bps...
...) at 1,352 FTSE100 up +10.12 (+0.15%) at 6,780 CAC 40 down -10.29 (-0.23%) at 4,487 Dax up +19.11 (+0.20%) at 9,603 Currencies €/$ 1.39 (1.39) $/¥ 102.29 (102.24) £/$ 1.69 (1.69) €/£ 0.8216 (0.8216) Commodities...
...(Financial Times) “FedEx was indicted on Thursday for shipping packages from illegal online pharmacies despite repeated warnings from U.S. drug enforcement officials, according to a court filing....
...Monday 21:00 BST....
...(Financial Times) It’s quiet out there: “Trading volume on the major U.S. exchanges last month tumbled to its lowest level for May since the financial crisis....
...(Financial Times) (WSJ) “U.S. securities regulators are seeking more than $1 million in fines and other payments from Fabrice Tourre, the former Goldman Sachs trader found liable for defrauding investors...
...at 1,310 Copper (Comex) up +0.03% at 3.08 10-year government bond yields (%) US 2.59% UK 2.66% Germany 1.46% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe 35.42bp Markit iTraxx Europe 69.83bp...
...“Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and U.S. banking regulators intend to announce a total of more than $2 billion in fines this week, these people said....
...(Financial Times) “Bank of America said it does not owe the U.S. government the $2.1 billion it is seeking in penalties after a jury found the bank liable for fraud over defective mortgages sold by its...
...at 3.29 10-year government bond yields (%) US 2.62% UK 2.66% Germany 1.69% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe -2.28bps at 69.72bp Markit iTraxx Europe +1.19bps at 84.54bp Markit iTraxx...
...Morgan to pay over $2bn to U.S. in penalties in Madoff case for alleged failures to warn of massive fraud, said people familiar with the negotiations....
...The move comes as U.S. authorities expand their investigation into whether banks’ hiring of politically connected Chinese employees may have breached U.S. bribery laws.” (Reuters) “The U.S....
...Prices rose from a year earlier in 69 of 70 cities tracked by the government last month, it showed.”...
...Markets: “The U.S. dollar sagged to eight-month lows on Thursday as the U.S. government shutdown dragged on with no end in sight, though share markets found comfort in expectations major central banks might...
...(WSJ) “The U.S. government said on Thursday it expected to sell its remaining shares of General Motors by the end of the year, a plan that may leave taxpayers saddled with a total shortfall of about $10...
...Hang Seng up +39.04 (+0.16%) at 23,920 US markets S&P 500 down -1.42 (-0.08%) at 1,806 DJIA down -10.92 (-0.07%) at 16,086 Nasdaq up +15.14 (+0.37%) at 4,060 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +0.05 (0.00%...
...1.35) $/¥ 98.30 (98.56) £/$ 1.60 (1.60) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.08 at 111.20 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.18 at 101.84 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +5.90 at 1,274 Copper (Comex) unchanged 0.00...
...(WSJ) “Some banks in the U.K. are talking with regulators and drawing up internal plans on how they would cope if the U.S. fails to increase its borrowing limit [with some saying] they have been stockpiling...
...Charter approached Comcast on Wednesday to discuss carving up the second-largest U.S. cable company’s systems and subscribers, the people said, asking not to be named because they were not authorized to...
...(WaPo) Tesla grapples with impact of battery fire in U.S....
...(Financial Times) “U.S....
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