Category: wrap
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 13 May: Oh No Roaring Kitty returns and dominates chatter
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As the New York session came to a close to start the new trading week, the markets were highlighted by the first tweets in 3 years from meme king Roaring Kitty. His tweets sent Gamestop shares soaring 74.40% to $30.45 (from $17.46 at Friday’s close). AMC shares also rose sharply…
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Asian Stocks Rise on Reports of Chinese Bond Sale: Markets Wrap
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(Bloomberg) — Asian stocks pared earlier losses as reports of a planned long-term Chinese bond sale fueled optimism that the money raised will boost the economy. Most read from Bloomberg Hong Kong’s stock index rose to its highest level since August following the news, while mainland-listed stocks trimmed declines. China’s…
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 10 May: Markets react to lower sentiment/higher inflation
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The US session was further influenced by preliminary consumer confidence data released by the University of Michigan which showed a sharp drop in the confidence index to 67.4 from 76.0. Expectations also fell sharply to 66.5 from 75.0, and current conditions also fell to 68.8 from 79.0. The data was…
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ForexLive Asia-Pacific FX news wrap: USD higher across the major FX board
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 7 May: The USD is the strongest of the major currencies.
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The American session was devoid of any American data today. The only economic report was the Ivey PMI from Canada, which came in stronger than expected. Despite the gains, the Canadian dollar weakened and was one of the weakest major currencies. Today the US dollar was the strongest among the…
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 6 May: US stocks extend gains from last week. USD mixed.
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It was a quiet day on the economic events front with only April ’employment trends’ on the economic calendar. This index fell to its lowest level since May 2021, but the market largely ignored it. There were two Fed officials speaking. President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Barkin…
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 3 May: US jobs report weaker than expectations this month.
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US March employment data came in below expectations at 175K versus estimates of 243K. The prior month was revised higher to 315K from the previously reported 303K. The unemployment rate rose to 3.9% from 3.8%, while average hourly earnings reached 3.9% year over year, the lowest level since 2021. The…
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ForexLive European FX news wrap: Dollar lags in run up to US jobs report
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US Stock Futures Gain as Rates Relief Sets In: Markets Wrap
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(Bloomberg) — U.S. stock futures rose as traders took comfort from the Federal Reserve’s signal there is no plan to raise interest rates and looked forward to Apple Inc.’s upcoming earnings. Most read from Bloomberg S&P 500 futures rose 0.7%, with Apple and Amazon.com Inc. Nvidia Corp. gains small in…
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ForexLive Asia-Pacific FX news wrap: Massive swings for USD/JPY – intervention then bounce
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USD/JPY as it happened: last: The USD/JPY pair was holding near 157.50 after the US market closed on Wednesday afternoon before interventionary selling hit it hard. It fell from 157.50 dramatically after a large number in very liquid trading over the course of about 20 minutes before finally bouncing from…
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S&P 500 Falls 1% at End of Worst Month in 2024: Markets Wrap
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(Bloomberg) — The stock market got hit after the latest batch of economic data showed a plunge in consumer confidence and persistent wage pressures in the run-up to the Federal Reserve decision. Most Read from Bloomberg Equities remained on pace for their worst month since September on speculation the Fed…