October 13, 2017
Morning all.. Wall St closed marginally lower as many wait for today’s important retail sales and inflation data but the Nikkei had a strong session closing up over 1% even with weaker US stocks and USDJPY spending most of the session at recent lows at 112.00. Stocks across Asia showed solid gains as Chinese data impressed… View Article
October 12, 2017
In European Equity Markets Spanish stocks closed fractionally lower Thursday, catching their breath after the prior day’s rally that was sparked by worries abating over Catalonia’s independence push, while Europe’s main equity benchmark also struggled for direction. Spain’s IBEX 35 index fell less than 0.1 percent to finish at 10,275.90. The pan-European Stoxx Europe 600 index closed less than… View Article
October 12, 2017
In Asian Equity Markets Japan’s Nikkei index scaled its loftiest peak in more than two decades on Thursday, hosted by records on Wall Street that offset weakness in oil-related shares. The Nikkei was up 0.5 percent at 20,978.56 at the end of morning trade, after earlier rising as high as 20,980.92, its highest since December, 1996. MSCI’s… View Article
October 12, 2017
Morning all.. Another positive and record close on Wall St which saw the S&P rise 0.18% in a relatively calm session as we wait for the busy part of the week to unfold. It was quiet in Asia as well but again the Nikkei finished in the green; up 0.37% and FX markets saw a… View Article
October 11, 2017
In European Equity Markets Spanish stocks rebounded sharply in a flat European market on Wednesday on hopes that a big political crisis in the euro zone’s fourth largest economy could de-escalate after Catalonia stopped short of declaring formal independence from Madrid. While Spain’s benchmark IBEX rose 1.3 percent, the pan-European STOXX 600 index ended flat and the euro… View Article
October 11, 2017
In Asian Equity Markets Japan’s Nikkei index rose on Wednesday in choppy trade, edging closer to a 21-year high supported by buying in defensive stocks, while Kobe Steel extended its losses after confirming a media report that it fabricated data in iron power products. The Nikkei rose 0.3 percent to 20,878.07 in midmorning trade after opening a… View Article
