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After starting the day in the red, the FTSE briefly moved into positive territory before moving lower once again. Whilst a weaker pound offered support to the UK index, miners dragged. Oil majors...

Stock market snapshot as of [2/5/2019 2:22 PM]Patches of green are appearing among U.S. stock index futures as the over-reaction to the Federal Reserve’s more balanced commentary on the rates...

U.S. futures shrug off Fed disappointment European shares lag behind S&P 500 drops the most in 6 weeks Oil slips after inventories jump to multi-year highs Key EventsFutures on the S&P 500,...

At a time when central banks around the world are moving away from pursuing tightening policies and instead adopting a more patient approach, the Bank of England may go against the trend which makes...

The Federal Reserve left its target rate unchanged after yesterday’s FOMC meeting, as was to be expected.During Chairman Jerome Powell’s press conference, however, markets started to move...

Another mixed start to trading in Europe on Thursday, while US futures are pushing little higher, partially offsetting Wall Street’s decline on Wednesday.Clearly investors did not take too...

Journalists were visibly frustrated with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over his stubborn insistence that inflation—despite all the evidence to the contrary—would soon reach the...

Most of the major stock markets were closed yesterday as it was May Day, and therefore the ones that were open experienced low volatility. The FTSE 100 lost ground as a sell-off in energy stocks led...

EuropeThe FTSE 100 is in the red heading into the close as a broad based sell-off has hurt the British equity benchmark. Energy, consumer and health care stocks are among the biggest fallers in...

With the month’s Federal Reserve meeting looming, the Dow Jones added around 40 points, half of what was promised by the futures. It appears that, if the Dow is to reach last October’s...

Speculation rises that Apple earnings, guidance signal rebound for big tech Thin trade in Asia, Europe because of May Day holidays Fed on tap as markets wait to hear if there will be another round of...

The FTSE 100 lost ground yesterday, on the back of disappointing manufacturing reports from China. When the Chinese economy grew by more-than-expected in the first-quarter, there was a belief in some...

Market OverviewThe two big drivers of market moves of recent months are in focus toady. The US/China trade talks continue in Beijing and there is the latest FOMC meeting that should give us further...

Daily FX Market Roundup April 30, 2019Kathy Lien, Managing Director Of FX Strategy For BK Asset ManagementThe US dollar saw strong gains in the month of April and while the greenback dipped against...