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The Korean won's recent strengthening may be flagging a dramatic turn in investor sentiment. The Asian country's currency “has been the most preferred expression of deterioration in trade...

The first trading day of the month was positive thanks to a strong non-farm payrolls update on Friday. European plus US equity markets finished higher as there was a renewed sense of optimism due to...

US equities reached fresh all-time highs following an inspiring jobs report on Friday. The US economy added 128’000 new nonfarm jobs in October, comfortably beating the 85’000 expected by...

FX Brief: Volumes were lighter due to the public holiday in Japan today.NZD is the strongest major on the announcement that New Zealand has concluded its negotiations to upgrade their free...

EuropeStocks are driving higher this afternoon thanks to the largely positive jobs report from the US. The nonfarm payrolls figure showed that 128,000 jobs were added last month, which comfortably...

For the month of October a widely followed gauge of activity on UK manufacturing has once more signalled weakness in the sector. Having said that, the manufacturing PMI reading of 49.6 was higher than...

Equity markets in Europe, as well as the US, lost ground yesterday as traders were concerned about the state of the US-China trading relationship. Chile’s decision to cancel the APEC summit that...

US equities reversed gains from all-time highs amid Chinese officials voiced their concerns about the feasibility of a long-term comprehensive deal with the US and about the volatile nature of US...

EuropeEquity markets in Europe are in the red as worries about the US-China trade situation has prompted traders to drop stocks. Beijing have expressed concerns about agreeing terms of a trade deal...

Suffering a mid-morning scare, the markets ended up sinking into the red as Thursday progressed, unaided by Donald Trump’s latest attack on the Fed’s Jerome Powell.After a calm start,...

U.S. futures, European shares give up early gains as China questions longer-term trade deal with the U.S. Facebook's stock surges 10% in premarket after social media giant beats...

Fed watchers review each statement from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) with a fine-tooth comb in order to suss out even the most miniscule changes. This time the policy fluctuations were...

The FOMC committee decided to lower the target range for the federal funds rate to 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 percent.Following the third rate cut in 2019, the Federal Reserve issued this short FOMC...

The European trading session was uneventful yesterday, with the exception of a few corporate stories, as traders spent much of the session awaiting the Federal Reserve meeting. As expected, the US...