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...consumer price index 10.00: European business and economic sentiment The markets at 07:55 Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +96.06 (+0.47%) at 20,363 Topix up +11.74 (+0.71%) at 1,676 Hang Seng down -56.93...
...Currencies were stabilising after a drop in the US dollar....
...The economic calendar leans heavily towards the state of Europe’s manufacturing and services sectors (all times London): 08.00: France manufacturing, services purchasing managers’ index 08.00: European...
...0.00 (0.00%) at 10,431 Currencies €/$ 1.12 (1.12) $/¥ 102.04 (102.09) £/$ 1.32 (1.32) €/£ 0.8496 (0.8492) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.39 at 46.20 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.33 at 43.58 100...
...European markets Eurofirst 300 down -1.98 (-0.15%) at 1,336 FTSE100 up +14.77 (+0.22%) at 6,669 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 4,373 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 10,067 Currencies €/$ 1.11 (1.10) $...
...The dollar index, which measures the buck against a basket of its peers, is down 0.1 per ent to 96.00 as the Japanese yen continues to attract “haven” flows from traders....
...Akzo Nobel has warned of a “challenging” market environment as the Dutch paints and chemicals company said revenues were down 4 per cent to €3.43bn in the first quarter, because of “adverse currency effects...
...(+0.94%) at 17,829 Nasdaq up +73.40 (+1.45%) at 5,127 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +3.96 (+0.27%) at 1,488 FTSE100 up +0.71 (+0.01%) at 6,362 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 4,916 Dax unchanged 0.00...
...-92.26 (-0.52%) at 17,664 Nasdaq down -20.53 (-0.40%) at 5,054 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +0.18 (+0.01%) at 1,484 FTSE100 down -34.71 (-0.54%) at 6,361 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 4,898 Dax...
...0.00 (0.00%) at 10,230 Currencies €/$ 1.14 (1.14) $/¥ 119.73 (120.03) £/$ 1.56 (1.56) €/£ 0.7311 (0.7332) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.23 at 48.85 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.50 at 46.40...
...(+0.21%) at 1,438 FTSE100 down -25.71 (-0.40%) at 6,352 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 4,704 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 10,164 Currencies €/$ 1.13 (1.13) $/¥ 119.42 (119.48) £/$ 1.55 (1.55) €/£ 0.7324...
...up +9.33 (+0.18%) at 5,068 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -13.69 (-0.88%) at 1,544 FTSE100 down -54.64 (-0.80%) at 6,805 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 4,921 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 11,197...
...Janet Yellen could give a telling speech later today on the state of the US economy and the likelihood of interest rate rises this year....
...(FT) It’s a big day for US-Russia relations Secretary of state John Kerry visits Moscow tosit down with Vladimir Putin for the first time since the beginning of the Ukraine crisis....
...€/$ 1.35 (1.35) $/¥ 101.30 (101.15) £/$ 1.71 (1.71) €/£ 0.7913 (0.7909) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.43 at 108.32 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.50 at 103.69 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +6.00 at 1,323...
...Michael Chaney said the vote was likely to be determined by votes that were mailed in ahead of the meeting, which showed only 71.3 percent support for the buyback....
...(Financial Times) “U.S. prosecutors are seeking more than $13 billion from Bank of America to resolve federal and state investigations of the lender’s sale of bonds backed by home loans in the run-up to...
...will test investor hopes for a pick-up in the U.S. and global economies… Bulls are hoping to see evidence of an economic rebound in the United States in this week’s busy calendar of data that includes the...
...The promise of new measures to curb the virtual currency was made after Russia leapfrogged China to become the second-fastest growing territory for Bitcoin software downloads, behind the US....
...He joins Kenneth Feinberg, a lawyer who specializes in compensation claims for victims of disasters, and Anton R. Valukas, a former United States attorney who is conducting an internal investigation.”...
...4,030 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +15.63 (+1.26%) at 1,258 FTSE100 up +82.24 (+1.28%) at 6,522 CAC 40 up +60.17 (+1.48%) at 4,120 Dax up +157.10 (+1.74%) at 9,164 Currencies €/$ 1.38 (1.38) $/¥...
...Ting Lu, China economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, said the bank was cutting its first quarter GDP growth forecast to 7.3 per cent from 8 per cent and the full year forecast to 7.2 per cent from...
...(Financial Times) “Business bankruptcy filings in the United States dropped 24 percent in 2013 to their lowest level since at least 2006, according to a report on Monday....
...at 14,426 Topix up +0.12% at 1,187 Hang Seng down -0.17% at 23,212 Shanghai Composite down -0.71% at 2,215 MSCI Asia ex-Japan down -0.37% at 539.31 CNX Nifty unchanged 0.00% at 5,841 Currencies €/$ 1.33...
...FTSE100 down -71.45 (-1.11%) at 6,366 CAC 40 down -32.05 (-0.77%) at 4,134 Dax down -35.69 (-0.42%) at 8,556 Currencies €/$ 1.36 (1.36) $/¥ 97.32 (96.86) £/$ 1.61 (1.61) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE...
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