Market Overview

I read the following excerpt in the morning edition of NightWatch for April 4. An important reason [the threat of actual war] remains low is that spring planting has begun in North Korea. As a nation...

The Czech koruna surged almost 1.5 percent to its highest level against the euro since November 2013 on Thursday, after the country’s central bank scrapped the cap on the currency it had in...

Here is the opening statement from the Department of Labor: In the week ending April 1, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 234,000, a decrease of 25,000 from the previous...

Falling stock markets on Wednesday set the tone for the Canadian dollar, which suffered its third straight day in negative territory and below 74.5 cents. This trend could continue if comments from...

In the FOMC minutes released yesterday, it said that 'a change to the Committee's reinvestment policy would likely be appropriate later this year', provided that the economy continued to perform about...

Thursday April 6: Five things the markets are talking aboutThe FOMC minutes yesterday made it clear that shrinking the +$4.5T balance sheet will be a priority for U.S. policy makers in the coming...

US companies added more workers than expected in March, boosting confidence that the labor market’s strength will keep economic growth humming. Private payrolls increased 263,000 last month vs....

The minutes of the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting revealed that there will likely be a further tightening of monetary policy. In a two-part plan, the Fed will begin by raising the Federal...

GBP/CADToday’s support: - 1.6729, 1.6710, 1.6672 and 1.6653 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.6628, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.6605. Break of the latter...

Quiet but data ahead The dollar is weaker overnight with the yen and Swiss franc benefiting from a heap of nervous sentiment following the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting minutes and...

The tones in the financial markets remain unchanged for the week. US equities attempted for a rally overnight. DJIA surged initially on strong US ADP employment and reached as high as 20887.50. But...

FTSE -60 points at 7271DAX -62 points at 12155 CAC -26 points at 5065 Euro Stoxx -17 points at 3455 The Federal Reserve (Fed) minutes revealed the FOMC members’ will to start shrinking the $4.47...

Market Movers today The ECB minutes from the March meeting will be scrutinised for any hints and discussions within the Governing Council of the ECB contemplating hiking rates before a termination of...

Another grand centre-left-right coalition between CDU/CSU and SPD currently still seems to be the most likely outcome after the election, although centrist coalitions of Greens, FDP and either SPD or...