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...We should also note this guy, who’s doing his thing: A reminder that Donald Trump, who despite everything remains The Actual President of the United States, tweeted on April 2 that a deal to end the oil...
...Canada has agreed to join a US deal with Mexico to revamp the pact, ending months of uncertainty over trade in North America that had been hanging over the economies of all three countries...
...(-0.74%) at 1,508 FTSE100 down -26.18 (-0.36%) at 7,300 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 5,317 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 12,861 Currencies €/$ 1.18 (1.19) $/¥ 113.01 (112.10) £/$ 1.34 (1.35) €/£ 0.8818...
...up +27.77 (+0.38%) at 7,314 CAC 40 up +13.20 (+0.25%) at 5,282 Dax up +52.21 (+0.41%) at 12,657 Currencies €/$ 1.17 (1.17) $/¥ 113.05 (112.81) £/$ 1.34 (1.34) €/£ 0.8769 (0.8772) Commodities ($) Brent...
...unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 13,126 Currencies €/$ 1.18 (1.18) $/¥ 112.75 (112.53) £/$ 1.34 (1.34) €/£ 0.8804 (0.881) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.44 at 62.88 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.22 at 56.82...
...Currencies were stabilising after a drop in the US dollar....
...The economic calendar for Friday is as follows (all London times): 07.00: Finland Q2 gross domestic product 07.00: Czech Republic Q2 GDP (preliminary) 08.00: Poland August purchasing managers’ index 08.15...
...The dollar index, which measures the currency against a basket of peers, was flat in Asia trading. Oil prices were lower after the impact of Hurricane Irma was downgraded....
...The economic calendar leans heavily towards the state of Europe’s manufacturing and services sectors (all times London): 08.00: France manufacturing, services purchasing managers’ index 08.00: European...
...Accordingly, we expect the MPC to raise Bank Rate to 1.00 per cent in May and then to 1.25 per cent in November....
...(0.00%) at 4,373 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 10,431 Currencies €/$ 1.12 (1.12) $/¥ 102.04 (102.09) £/$ 1.32 (1.32) €/£ 0.8496 (0.8492) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.39 at 46.20 Light Crude...
...The dollar index, a measure of the US currency against a basket of global peers, was flat at 95.88....
...(0.00%) at 4,491 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 10,573 Currencies €/$ 1.12 (1.12) $/¥ 102.52 (102.65) £/$ 1.33 (1.33) €/£ 0.8471 (0.8462) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.86 at 47.15 Light Crude...
...Stocks are “trading nervously ahead of the event risk”, Citi added. “Turnover is low and currencies trade in narrow ranges”....
...We do not expect the Fed to hike before December this year, and they could wait longer,” said analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, who forecast two 25 basis point rate rises in both 2017 and 2018....
...(0.00%) at 4,476 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 10,288 Currencies €/$ 1.14 (1.14) $/¥ 107.13 (107.33) £/$ 1.45 (1.45) €/£ 0.7813 (0.7807) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.01 at 51.45 Light Crude...
...(0.00%) at 3,985 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 9,269 Currencies €/$ 1.11 (1.10) $/¥ 101.87 (101.99) £/$ 1.33 (1.32) €/£ 0.8314 (0.833) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.59 at 47.75 Light Crude (...
...Akzo Nobel has warned of a “challenging” market environment as the Dutch paints and chemicals company said revenues were down 4 per cent to €3.43bn in the first quarter, because of “adverse currency effects...
...Operating income rose by 25 per cent from a year ago to €429m, well ahead of estimates at €317.5m....
...(0.00%) at 10,065 Currencies €/$ 1.14 (1.14) $/¥ 119.00 (118.85) £/$ 1.55 (1.55) €/£ 0.7356 (0.7361) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.52 at 50.25 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.65 at 47.03 100 Oz Gold...
...(0.00%) at 5,071 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +29.31 (+2.08%) at 1,441 FTSE100 up +129.76 (+2.16%) at 6,148 CAC 40 up +99.31 (+2.15%) at 4,724 Dax up +220.53 (+2.11%) at 10,690 Currencies €/$ 1.09...
...-24.00 (-0.47%) at 5,083 Dax down -84.13 (-0.72%) at 11,521 Currencies €/$ 1.09 (1.09) $/¥ 124.00 (124.06) £/$ 1.56 (1.56) €/£ 0.7003 (0.7002) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.02 at 56.11 Light...
...(+0.21%) at 1,438 FTSE100 down -25.71 (-0.40%) at 6,352 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 4,704 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 10,164 Currencies €/$ 1.13 (1.13) $/¥ 119.42 (119.48) £/$ 1.55 (1.55) €/£ 0.7324...
...-12.00 (-0.57%) at 2,102.15 DJIA down -119.12 (-0.67%) at 17,732 Nasdaq down -25.36 (-0.49%) at 5,146 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -7.81 (-0.49%) at 1,579 FTSE100 down -12.33 (-0.18%) at 6,655 CAC...
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