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...Still, if anyone skilled at due diligence can identify these chaps in the website’s gallery section do please let us know. 14:00 update: thanks to people on Twitter for a potential ID....
...Polo Tang of UBS remains a seller: [V]isibility on the bigger picture issues remains limited....
...Leslie Hook in London 42....
...Six weeks ago, this measure of forward starting inflation expectations was at 1.42 per cent....
...(0.00%) at 5,474 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 13,198 Currencies €/$ 1.24 (1.24) $/¥ 108.66 (108.76) £/$ 1.42 (1.41) €/£ 0.8765 (0.8764) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.24 at 68.78 Light Crude...
...In 2016, 42,200 Americans died from an overdose, more than from either car accidents or gun violence....
...The Cboe Global Markets Vix volatility index dipped below its 200-day moving average — a key technical level — for the first time in four months as it fell towards 13....
...(0.00%) at 5,529 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 13,340 Currencies €/$ 1.24 (1.24) $/¥ 108.97 (108.70) £/$ 1.41 (1.42) €/£ 0.8789 (0.877) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.23 at 70.29 Light Crude...
...unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 13,464 Currencies €/$ 1.22 (1.23) $/¥ 111.04 (110.91) £/$ 1.40 (1.40) €/£ 0.8768 (0.8764) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.40 at 69.43 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.37 at...
...Hong Kong’s Hang Seng and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 were flat....
...08.00: Denmark Q2 GDP 08.55: Germany unemployment 09.30: UK Q2 GDP 10.00: Italy CPI 10.00: eurozone CPI The markets at 07:50 Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -6.83 (-0.03%) at 20,356 Topix down -1.42 (-0.08%...
...(+0.51%) at 6,875 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -0.10 (-0.01%) at 1,531 FTSE100 up +59.52 (+0.80%) at 7,453 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 5,387 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 13,124 Currencies...
...Copper (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 2.90 10-year government bond yields (%) US 2.24% Germany 0.42% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe at 19.9bp Markit iTraxx Europe -0.46bps at 58.32bp...
...0.00 (0.00%) at 12,014 Currencies €/$ 1.18 (1.18) $/¥ 109.55 (109.15) £/$ 1.30 (1.30) €/£ 0.9083 (0.9083) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.17 at 51.93 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.11 at 48.71...
...(+0.66%) at 6,496 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +6.73 (+0.44%) at 1,525 FTSE100 up +49.94 (+0.68%) at 7,373 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 5,330 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 12,829 Currencies €...
...(0.00%) at 5,384 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 13,043 Currencies €/$ 1.18 (1.18) $/¥ 113.10 (112.92) £/$ 1.32 (1.32) €/£ 0.8938 (0.8925) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.05 at 58.20 Light Crude...
...(0.00%) at 5,104 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 12,102 Currencies €/$ 1.19 (1.19) $/¥ 109.37 (109.72) £/$ 1.29 (1.29) €/£ 0.9204 (0.9198) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.06 at 52.28 Light Crude...
...Other bourses in the region were struggling, however, with Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 index down 0.4 per cent....
...Fixed income The retreat from riskier assets sees a rally in the 10-year German Bund, with yields dropping 2 basis points to a 0.42 per cent....
...(+1.05%) at 6,368 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +10.35 (+0.71%) at 1,459 FTSE100 up +27.83 (+0.38%) at 7,365 CAC 40 up +24.42 (+0.49%) at 5,056 Dax up +56.59 (+0.47%) at 12,002 Currencies €/$ 1.19...
...The economic calendar is light (London time). 11.00: Ireland Q2 GDP The markets at 07:50 Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +102.06 (+0.52%) at 19,910 Topix up +6.81 (+0.42%) at 1,639 Hang Seng down -7.41 (-...
...(0.00%) at 5,281 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 12,592 Currencies €/$ 1.19 (1.20) $/¥ 112.23 (111.97) £/$ 1.36 (1.35) €/£ 0.8789 (0.8857) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.05 at 56.81 Light Crude...
...Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 dipped 0.1 per cent. North Korea’s foreign minister rattled markets with his comments on Monday accusing Donald Trump of declaring war on the country....
...Hong Kong’s Hang Seng and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 were both up 0.3 per cent. South Korea’s Kospi was up 0.5 per cent. The main bourse in Shenzhen was flat, while Shanghai fell 0.2 per cent....
...The economic calendar for Friday is as follows (all times London). 08.00: France purchasing managers’ index 08.00: Switzerland ZEW survey 08.30: Germany purchasing managers’ index 09.00: Eurozone purchasing...
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