Morning Update – 17/10/16 – by Arjun Lakhanpal

October 17, 2016 Morning all..  Wall St finally closed marginally higher on Friday after a choppy session as parts of the Retail sales data disappointed. Oil was also sliding into the close and helped undermine earlier gains in equities. Asia had a soft session but the Nikkei managed to rally into the close and finished up 0.3%. The Dollar… View Article

Morning Update – 14/10/16 – by Arjun Lakhanpal

October 14, 2016 Morning all.. Wall St closed down 0.3% but had been lower before the last hour of trading, as wobbles in the EM space were seen. Asia has bounced back marginally after some better China data and this is calming nerves. The Nikkei closed up 0.52% and USDJPY rebounded back above 104.00.. The fact that China… View Article

Morning Update – 13/10/16 – by Arjun Lakhanpal

October 13, 2016 Morning all. Wall St closed marginally higher after we got little new from the FOMC minutes and that was to be expected as we had a press conference after the last meeting when most issues were covered but the committee is moving closer to agreeing a hike it seems. A reasonable argument for hiking in… View Article

Morning Update – 12/10/16 – by Arjun Lakhanpal

October 12, 2016 Morning all.. Wall St stumbled and closed down 1.25% as risk tone turned negative with falling oil and a collapsing Pound. Asia has also seen some weakness with the Nikkei down just over 1% but USDJPY has held up very well and possibly on the back of firmer US yields with the US 10yr at… View Article