US equities’ performance was mixed at close last Friday with market volumes reportedly below-average. Asia equities mirrored their US counterparts this morning as investors cautioned after Chinese...

US equities just made it into positive yesterday at close on reportedly lower volumes due to the vacation season. Overall the geo political picture remains an issue, but things look somewhat stable at...

Preliminary Q2 GDP was flat at 0.0% for France, while in Germany the economy contracted by -0.2% for the same period - data released this morning showed. In both cases figures reported were worse than...

Japanese 2Q Q/Q reading showed the Japanese economy contracted by 1.7% in the second quarter, slipping to from the +1.5% registered for the first quarter. The annualized figure for the same period was...

Major US equity indices just barely make into positive territory yesterday; despite the gains registered performances were marginal. Asian equities appeared mixed this morning. In the absence of...

The major US equity indices made into positive territory at close last Friday, and the Asian counterparts seem to have followed suite this morning. Bourses seem to have cheered the limited American...

Risk sentiment tumbled on Friday after US President Barack Obama authorized air strikes in Iraq. Investors sought safe-haven assets on fears that escalating tensions in the Middle East and Ukraine...

Risk sentiment soured overnight as investors fled to safe-haven assets such as bonds and gold. Concerns among market participants rose after Russia announced counter measures to a series of sanctions...

The dollar held steady near an eleven-month high versus a basket of its major rivals, supported by upbeat US data and escalating tensions over Ukraine which boosted demand for American assets....

An industry gauge showed services activity in China stalled for the first time on record, coming in below expectations and put pressure on sentiment during Asian trading....