MADRID (MarketWatch) -- European stocks fell sharply across the board on Monday after a downgrade of Greek's debt ratings by Fitch on Friday and a weekend downgrade of the outlook for Italy's rating ...
USD bears feel confident that the Fed gave the green light for continued benign neglectEconomic Data(FI) Finland Q1 House Prices Q/Q: 1.0% v 0.2%e(FI) Finland Mar Preliminary Retail Sales Volume Y/Y: ...
Euro Zone Flash CPI reading all but cements an April ECB rate hikeEconomic Data(GE) Germany Feb Retail Sales M/M: -0.3% v +0.4%e; Y/Y: 1.1% v 1.5%e(FI) Finland Jan Final Trade Balance: -€95.0M v ...
Massive Japanese earthquake adds to growing risk aversion concernsEconomic Data(PH) Philippines M3 Money Supply Y/Y9.6% v 10.6% prior(PH) Philippines Jan Bank Lending Y/Y: 12.4% v 8.9% prior; Bank ...
EquitiesAsian stocks sold off, with the Nikkei falling 1.6% and the Kospi down 1.7%. Australia’s ASX 200 closed down .6%, and the Hang Seng ended down .5%. Bucking the trend, China’s ...
EquitiesAsian markets mostly rose. Australia’s ASX 200 rallied 1.5%, as fears over a regional flood appear to have been overdone. The Nikkei closed 77 points higher at 10590, the Hang Senf...
EquitiesAsian markets ended mostly higher, buoyed by gains in commodities. Once again, the Hang Seng led the way, rising 1.5%, followed by the Shanghai Composite which gained .6%. The ASX ...
The greenback turned out to be the best investment instrument in November – the Dollar Index added last month 5.2% surpassing stocks, bonds and commodities. As a result, the forecasts of those ...
The index is trading an ascending channel since mid year which represents the medium term bullish trend. Yet, since rebounding from the channel’s support on August 25, the index did not surpass ...
• Euro Suffers from Lax Inflation, Confidence Figures and Discord Over Expansionary Policy• Canadian Dollar Starts its Rally with GDP, Looks to Extend the Move with a BoC Rate Hike• ...