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Global Sentiment Boosted Despite UK Political DisarrayA pause in trade war rhetoric at the start of the week gave traders the opportunity to focus back on fundamentals and more specifically on the...

Overnight, China’s CPI on an annual basis came in at 1.9% for June, while economists were expecting 1.9%, and the previous report was 1.8%. The PPI report was 4.7%, while the consensus estimate...

EuropeThe FTSE 100 has been helped by Boris Johnson’s resignation as foreign secretary, as the drop in the pound lifted the British equity benchmark. The departure of Mr Johnson from the cabinet...

SummaryThe biggest one-day rise by Chinese shares for two years and an increasingly market-friendly look to Brexit developments keeps risk appetite on track. What trade war? European shares take their...

Global stocks extend Friday’s US rally China stocks jump on rare official market call re:buying opportunity Dollar weakness boosts emerging market equities and commodities Pound rises after UK...

FTSE holds ground as UK ministers resignSpeculation over whether the UK government will survive in its current shape were rife over the last week and finally the other shoe dropped late Sunday as the...

Over the last few weeks, financial markets have been mainly driven by escalating trade tensions between the US and China. Last Friday, the White House took a first stab as Donald Trump imposed new...

New monthly GDP for the UK Eurozone industrial output data eyed for rebound Inflation numbers updated for the US and China Malaysia's new central bank head chairs first policy meeting Some of...

Markets Sanguine Reaction To TariffsMarkets across the board kicked the week off on the front foot, following a positive end to Friday’s session on Wall Street; a rally which was not necessarily...

Since March 2018 every social, economic and political institution around the world has been under threat by the US protectionist approach. America has imposed $34 Billion worth of tariffs on steel and...

The world of finance and investment, as always, faces many uncertainties. The US economy is booming, say some, and others warn that money supply growth has slowed, raising fears of impending...

EuropeTrade tensions and a mixed US non-farm payrolls report has put pressure on stocks. The stand-off between the US and China has ratcheted up a level, and President Trump has made it clear he could...

A post-non-farm shuffle in the forex markets helped tip the European indices into the red on Friday, while the Dow Jones just about nudged its nose into the green. The actual headline non-farm number...

The US economy continues to produce jobs at a decent clip, 213k for June, better than the 195k expected. Digging a bit deeper into the data, the unemployment rate actually jumped to 4% from 3.8%,...