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Commodity currencies giving back earlier gains

Tuesday, 25 February 2014, 09:24 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

US equities turned positive at yesterday’s close, shrugging off earlier losses. Sentiment was buoyed despite some recent softer data, with market players hopeful that this is only temporary and due to...

Weak manufacturing data in China weighs on the market

Thursday, 20 February 2014, 09:19 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Global slowdown concerns are back. Not only US equity markets closed in negative territory yesterday but the Asian markets dropped after the HSBC China PMI data hit a seven-month low at 48.3. For...

EUR/USD posted new 7-week high at 1.3773

Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 09:32 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Overnight, both US and Asian equity markets pulled back following disappointing macro reports from the US showing the recovery might be more fragile than expected. Yesterday, not only the New York...

Brighter outlook for euro zone, euro nudges higher

Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 17:19 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The dollar was under pressure to start off the week, picking up where it had left off the previous week. Economic data published in recent weeks from the world’s largest economy has been somewhat...

JPY slips as BoJ boosts lending

Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 09:26 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In the US, equity indices were closed yesterday in lieu of President’s day. Earlier into today’s session the Bank of Japan concluded its 2-day policy meeting. The BoJ retained its monetary easing...

Sluggish US data weighing on Greenback

Monday, 17 February 2014, 08:55 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Disappointing economic data from the United States continued to weigh on the dollar as it hovered near a six-week low against its major rivals....

Gold is back on track!

Friday, 14 February 2014, 09:16 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

For a change, US equity markets closed in the green while Asian stocks followed, to the exception of the Nikkei which closed in the red with a performance of -1.53 percent due to a strengthening JPY....

Aussie slips as unemployment rate ticks higher

Thursday, 13 February 2014, 09:27 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

We had a mixed close for equities from the US, sentiment soured as the Asian counterparts were mostly in the red this morning. Equities paused after the recent rises seen in the last few days,...

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