Asian equities closed higher boosted by Wall Street closing on record highs and upbeat Chinese factory data. Nikkei gained 1.99%....

The Japanese yen rose across the board on Friday after touching multi-month highs the previous days after a report showed inflation grew at its fastest pace in over twenty years in April....

The EUR/USD went a thud lower to 1.3588, lows last seen in February this year. The euro nurses its wounds as it rises from yesterday’s lows this morning, but this intraday support won’t likely last...

Strong economic data from the US boosted risk appetite pushing Wall Street shares and Asian stocks higher. Gold on the other hand came under intense pressure and fell to a three and a half month low....

As a preliminary gauge of sentiment, we see that major equity indices were mixed this morning. Yesterday markets were relatively quiet with the UK and the US both closed for market holidays. Meanwhile...

Data for the sale of new US homes in April was positive, rising 6.4% and erasing two previous months of declines. Optimism lifted US equities that closed in positive territory last Friday. The S&P 500...

US equities eked out some modest gains yesterday at close, continuing to add on the previous day’s gains. Yesterday data out of the US showed that weekly jobless claims disappointed expectations and...

US equities eked out some modest gains yesterday at close, continuing to add on the previous day’s gains. Yesterday data out of the US showed that weekly jobless claims disappointed expectations and...

Asian equity markets were boosted not only by the strong US session but also by encouraging manufacturing figures from China and Japan. Yesterday the US equity market closed in the green sending the...

US equities reacted negatively yesterday and closed into the red after Fed’s Plosser floated comments that indicated that rate hikes may come sooner. Plosser suggested the current pace of taper may...