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Wall Street opens 2018 with fresh recordsWall Street opened up 2018 with record highs, boosted by energy, tech and consumer discretionary sectors. S&P 500 and Nasdaq indices hit record intraday...

US stock markets finished higher last night as the bullish sentiment continues to run through Wall Street. The first trading day of 2018 was similar to what we saw at the end 2017, whereby the Dow...

Europe The FTSE 100 has had a rough star to the New Year. Mining stocks like Rio Tinto (LON:RIO), BHP Billiton (LON:BLT) and Glencore (LON:GLEN) have all lost ground today even though China posted...

The Philippines manufacturing economy finished the year on a solid footing, ending its best quarter of 2017, according to the PMI data. Furthermore, other survey indicators suggest the sector will see...

The Dow Jones bucked the miserly trend set by the European indices this Tuesday afternoon to indulge in some early 2018 gains.Benefiting from the continued buzz surrounding Donald Trump’s recent...

The US dollar is the story for the first trading day of 2018 with as EURUSD trades towards the key 1.2090-1.2100 levels. Across the major currencies the dollar is down against all of them, with Nok,...

The New Year kicks off in familiar fashion, as investors look back at how the UK manufacturing sector closed out 2017.After briefly crossing 7700 in the pre-market the FTSE slipped slightly after the...

Chinese manufacturing sets a positive toneChina set the tone for a day of manufacturing data with a positive reading on the Caixin manufacturing PMI. The data came in ahead of expectations at 51.7,...

This is part two of our annual outlook post for the coming year. In part one, published earlier this week we covered the impact of Brexit going forward, the outperforming stock market, and an overview...

Another Quiet Holiday Session Lined UpUS equity markets are poised to open a little higher on Thursday after making marginal gains a day earlier in light trade. It’s likely to be another...

Markets Flat in Thin TradeIt’s been a relatively flat start to trading on Wednesday, broadly speaking, and US futures suggest more of the same is to come. This period between Christmas and New...

2017: A risk-on record breaking yearIt was a record-breaking year for stocks, with some U.S. stock markets making breaking records a daily occurrence. The UK market joined in the record breaking year,...

As the final week of 2017 arrives, analysts will assess updated Japanese and German inflation data for clues on future policy moves. Other key data releases are US housing statistics and wholesale...

Though risk rose in 2017—via North Korea’s ongoing saber rattling in the form of ballistic missile tests; the re-emergence of global populism which this past year included Donald...