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...The dovish tone of US policymakers this week briefly pushed the dollar index to a three-month low, in turn helping China’s renminbi to reach its highest point against the US currency since July, despite...
...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...
...(0.00%) 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 (0.8818) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.30 at 63.43 Light Crude...
...(+0.20%) at 6,876 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -4.66 (-0.30%) at 1,538 FTSE100 down -3.90 (-0.05%) at 7,497 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 5,399 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 13,126 Currencies...
...€/$ 1.19 (1.19) $/¥ 108.77 (108.80) £/$ 1.30 (1.30) €/£ 0.9144 (0.9138) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.16 at 53.22 Light Crude (Nymex) unchanged 0.00 at 48.66 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +1.10 at...
...The dollar index, which measures the currency against a basket of peers, was flat in Asia trading. Oil prices were lower after the impact of Hurricane Irma was downgraded....
...It dropped 0.8 per cent as investors awaited the outcome of a key gubernatorial election for the state of Mexico, but then reversed course to show a of rise 0.6 per cent to 18.5685 per dollar as officials...
...The economic calendar leans heavily towards the state of Europe’s manufacturing and services sectors (all times London): 08.00: France manufacturing, services purchasing managers’ index 08.00: European...
...The dollar index, which measures the buck against a basket of its peers, is down 0.1 per ent to 96.00 as the Japanese yen continues to attract “haven” flows from traders....
...Akzo Nobel has warned of a “challenging” market environment as the Dutch paints and chemicals company said revenues were down 4 per cent to €3.43bn in the first quarter, because of “adverse currency effects...
...The board of the Asia-focused bank has to choose between a nation with a penchant for penal taxation of banks, a single party state prone to accusing bears of market-wrecking and a country where financial...
...(0.00%) at 10,951 Currencies €/$ 1.10 (1.10) $/¥ 120.63 (120.75) £/$ 1.54 (1.54) €/£ 0.7139 (0.7144) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.18 at 48.61 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.07 at 46.21 100 Oz...
...Diageo and United Utilities have both released trading updates. The drinks group warns that currencies will reduce operating profits in the current financial year by £150m....
...(0.00%) at 4,655 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 10,230 Currencies €/$ 1.14 (1.14) $/¥ 119.73 (120.03) £/$ 1.56 (1.56) €/£ 0.7311 (0.7332) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.23 at 48.85 Light Crude...
...-0.54 at 48.06 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.54 at 45.16 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,146 CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe -0.24bps at 20.75bp Markit iTraxx Europe -1.21bps...
...(+0.21%) at 1,438 FTSE100 down -25.71 (-0.40%) at 6,352 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 4,704 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 10,164 Currencies €/$ 1.13 (1.13) $/¥ 119.42 (119.48) £/$ 1.55 (1.55) €/£ 0.7324...
...(FT) Naive, fleeced and bamboozled All words used to greet US secretary of state John Kerry when he tried to persuade a sceptical Congress to get behind the Iran nuclear deal....
...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....
...€/$ 1.06 (1.06) $/¥ 121.36 (121.32) £/$ 1.48 (1.48) €/£ 0.7123 (0.7124) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.06 at 54.00 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.22 at 43.66 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +0.30 at 1,154...
...(Aeon) In drug abuse, women at greater risk As opiate abuse swells in the United States, women are particularly at risk....
...the future of America in the 21st century....
...€/$ 1.08 (1.08) $/¥ 119.78 (120.24) £/$ 1.48 (1.48) €/£ 0.7308 (0.7302) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.80 at 58.30 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.98 at 53.00 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +0.80 at 1,211...
...(FT) Video of the day Martin Wolf on Grexit The Greek state is running out of cash and there may be no rescue this time. Martin Wolf talks about what happens in the case of a default....
...(1.12) $/¥ 117.58 (117.81) £/$ 1.50 (1.50) €/£ 0.7448 (0.745) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.48 at 48.31 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.56 at 45.03 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,293 Copper...
...Shares of 58.com were choppy in New York trading, falling as much as 4 per cent to $48.59 before rebounding to $54.90 by close....
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