Markets alert – Page 2

July 13
2018

Asian Stocks Firmer, Lack Of Trade Spat Escalation Cheers Investors

Talking Points: Most Asian stocks rose on Friday Even those indexes that fell didn’t do so by very much Hopes that trade spats need not escalate into trade war seem to be helping The DailyFX Third-Quarter Fundamental and Technical Forecasts are out now, May Asian bourses were firmer Friday although as their strength came reportedly […]

July 13
2018

Asia AM Digest: GBP Down as Trump Eyes UK for Next Trade Spat

We recently released our 3Q forecasts for the British Pound in the DailyFX Trading Guides page US Session Developments – Stocks Recover, JPY Falls. Powell Speaks Anti-risk currencies like the Japanese Yen and Swiss Franc underperformed on Thursday amidst a broad recovery in stocks around the world. Just a day ago, the opposite was true […]

July 12
2018

GBPUSD Price Analysis – Brexit White Paper Will Direct Sterling

GBPUSD Price, News and Analysis White Paper will outline the UK’s future relationship with the EU UK PM May likely to come under further pressure from Tory rebel MPs. Sterling may come under further pressure unless BOE expectations harden. IG Client Sentimentshows retail have been long of GBPUSD since April 20 when the pair traded […]

July 12
2018

US Crude Oil Price Rallies After Slump

Crude oil price, news and analysis: The US crude oil price is more stable Thursday after news of a huge draw in US oil inventories. That suggests Wednesday’s tumble on news that Libya is reopening four oil export terminals was overdone. Our trading forecasts for Q3 have just been published; you can find the oil […]

July 12
2018

FTSE 100 Analysis: Eyes on Defensive Stocks as Trump Slams NATO

FTSE 100 Analysis and News FTSE 100 recovers as Q2 earnings optimism offsets trade war concerns Eyes on defensive stocks as Trump demands NATO allies up defense spending FTSE 100 Bounces Back Much like the rest of European bourses, the FTSE 100 is bouncing back from yesterday’s losses, as concerns over a fresh round of […]

July 12
2018

Litecoin (LTC) Price Update – Sellers Remain in Control

Litecoin (LTC) Price, Analysis and Chart Litecoin’s recent mini-rally has faded quickly. June low in sight and may dictate short-term price action. Tether release of $250 million of USDT unable to shore up cryptocurrency market. IG Client Sentimentshows retail have remained net-long of LTC since late-December when the token was trading around $253, nearly $180 […]

July 12
2018

US AM Digest: JPY Tumbles as Stocks Recover, GBP up on White Paper

Check out the brand new DailyFX trading forecasts for Q3 MARKET DEVELOPMENTS – JPY TUMBLES AS GLOBAL STOCKS RECOVER No news over trade wars is seemingly good news for equity markets, which have recovered from the declines seen yesterday (DJIA, 0.7%, NASDAQ 100 0.4%, S&P 500 0.5%). Investors have now turned their focus on the […]

July 12
2018

Asian Stocks Rise on Trade War Pause, AUD/USD Eyes US CPI Next

Asian Stocks Talking Points: Asian stocks rise on US/China trade war pause, negotiations next? The anti-risk Japanese Yen declines, sentiment-linked AUD gains USD may rise on local CPI, sending AUD/USD to 2017 support Find out what retail traders’ Australian Dollar and equities buy and sell decisions say about the coming price trends! Asian benchmark indexes […]

July 12
2018

Asia AM Digest: USD Up, Crude Oil Prices Fall. Stocks Vulnerable

We recently released our 3Q forecasts for equities in the DailyFX Trading Guides page Current Market Developments – USD Gains, Crude Oil Falls. Global Stocks Tumble Volatility has been reawakened as escalation in US/China trade war tensions impacted global stock markets. US President Donald Trump released a list containing $200b worth of levies against China […]

July 12
2018

Australian Dollar Ticks Lower As Inflation Expectations Do Too

Australian Dollar, Inflation Expectations, Talking Points: Australian consumer inflation expectations slid in July Persistently low consumer price acceleration is among the Reserve Bank of Australia’s biggest headaches The Australian Dollar remains pressures See what the retail foreign exchange community makes of the Australian Dollar’s chances right now at the DailyFX Sentiment Page The Australian Dollar […]