Global Markets: Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei up 1.02%, Shanghai Composite up 1.11%, Hang Seng up 2.45%, ASX up 0.91% Commodities: Gold at $1502.55 (+0.11%), Silver at $17.62 (+0.07%), Brent Oil at $60.22 (+1.90%), WTI Oil at $54.47 (+1.72%) Rates : US 10-year yield at 1.665, UK 10-year yield at 0.563, Germany 10-year yield at … Continue reading Friday 11th October: Asian markets gain amid optimism over U.S.-China trade talks on day two
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Friday 11th October: Safe-haven demand weakens as markets respond to US/China trade developments.
Europe’s shared currency, a beneficiary of dollar softness, clocked a weekly peak at 1.1033 Thursday before mildly paring gains into the close. The dollar index, or DXY, also overthrew 99.00 to the downside in recent movement, having shrugged off mixed US data in the form of CPI and weekly initial claims.
Thursday 10th October: Asian markets dive and rebound; jittery ahead of trade talks
Global Markets: Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei up 0.33%, Shanghai Composite up 0.52%, Hang Seng up 0.42%, ASX up 0.01% Commodities: Gold at $1511.75 (-0.07%), Silver at $17.79 (-0.12%), Brent Oil at $58.31 (-0.02%), WTI Oil at $52.56 (-0.06%) Rates : US 10-year yield at 1.579, UK 10-year yield at 0.462, Germany 10-year yield at … Continue reading Thursday 10th October: Asian markets dive and rebound; jittery ahead of trade talks
Thursday 10th October: US and Chinese officials square off today with higher tariffs looming if negotiators fail to break a five-month deadlock.
A spike in sterling to a session high of 1.2291 materialised amid London hours Wednesday, on the back of a time limited backstop rumour. The headline, however, was later denied by EU officials, also considered non-viable by DUP representatives.
Wednesday 9th October: Asian markets retreat amid growing pessimism over trade talks
Global Markets: Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei down 0.69%, Shanghai Composite up 0.20%, Hang Seng down 0.46%, ASX down 0.71% Commodities: Gold at $1511.55 (+0.51%), Silver at $17.82 (+0.65%), Brent Oil at $58.19 (-0.09%), WTI Oil at $52.58 (-0.10%) Rates : US 10-year yield at 1.536, UK 10-year yield at 0.407, Germany 10-year yield at … Continue reading Wednesday 9th October: Asian markets retreat amid growing pessimism over trade talks