Market Overview

Markets less worried about France, as Macron is clear favourite against Le Pen.Don't get overexcited about Trumponomics. With markets less worried about political uncertainty in Europe, focus may soon...

US futures are pointing to a slightly higher open on Friday as we await economic data and earnings for the first quarter. It’s already been a lively start to trading in Europe where we got some...

Equity markets are stalling into the end of the month. MSCI Asia-Pacific Index is snapping a six-day advance, and the week's gain was sufficient to extend the advancing streak for the fourth...

Emmanuel Macron now seems set for a comfortable win in the French election run-off.The UK snap election stirs renewed uncertainty. The GBP could strengthen slightly as the UK election...

Yesterday concluded one of the largest ICOs to date. An ICO is like an IPO for a new digital coin. Similar to an IPO on Wall Street, the ICO drums up new investment money but instead of offering...

The UK’s GDP growth fell to 0.3% quarter-on-quarter from 0.7%. The downturn in services growth has been a major focus, reviving concerns that the deterioration in the living standards has just...

Notably, EUR/USD has started to close the valuation gap, which our G10 MEVA model has pointed to some time, but upside potential in the cross remains intact.GBP remains substantially undervalued...

Both Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Inc and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) released strong results after market, with beats on both EPS (Earnings-per-share) and Revenue. Alphabet jumped 3% from $891 to $933 per...

FTSE +7 points at 7244DAX -5 points at 12438 CAC +4 points at 5275 Euro Stoxx -3 points at 3560 The UK and the European stocks are set for a mixed and mainly flat open. Investors could refrain from...

Whatever the GDP report shows Friday morning, it’s likely to be on the high side by 0.2 percentage points.Of course, GDP is already one of the most revised stats, but this quarter estimate may...

EUR/JPYToday’s support: - 120.60 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 120.47, where correction also may be. Then follows 120.21. Break of the latter would result 119.98. If a...

The financial markets are rather steady as the week is heading for close. Euro remains the strongest major currency for the week even though it's losing some upside momentum. In particular, there is...

Today brings US GDP figures for Q1. The Fed Atlanta GDP nowcast shows growth in Q1 of 0.5% q/q AR, soft data indicates growth in the region of 1.5-2.0%. We expect to land somewhere in between and...

On 30 April, Italy's ruling Democratic Party (PD) will hold its leadership contest, which Matteo Renzi should win comfortably with around 70%, according to opinion polls. Although some political...