Month: December 2017

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  Forexlive Asia-Pacific news wrap: Dollar off to a good start to the trading week on tax reform

  Forex news for Asian Pacific traders on December 4, 2017. A snapshot of other markets is showing: - Spot gold down -$5.89 or -0.45% at[...]
  2017-12-04 08:47:07

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  Economic data coming up in the European session

  What's coming up on the economic calendar front today Good day, everyone! How was your weekend? To kick off the week, we'll have Spanish November[...]
  2017-12-04 08:47:07

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  Nikkei 225 closes down -0.49% at 22,707.16

  Tokyo's main index closes lower on the day This comes despite the market having a little bit of a recovery on sentiment following last Friday's[...]
  2017-12-04 08:47:07

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  Quick snapshot of the day's top performer thus far

  No surprises, the dollar is king among the major bloc today With the Senate passing the bill on tax reforms and news that there is[...]
  2017-12-04 08:47:07

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  BOF's Villeroy confident that Basel III agreement will be reached this week

  Reuters quoting the BOF governor and ECB gov council member 4 Dec - unilateral deregulation would pave way for next financial crisis More from the[...]
  2017-12-04 08:47:07

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  Eurostoxx 50 futures up 0.1% in early European trading

  European equities in positive mode as we wait on official openings 4 Dec - DAX futures +0.1% - CAC40 +0.1% - FTSE   +0.8% German bund futures open -50 at[...]
  2017-12-04 08:47:07

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  Saudi Arabia's Al-Falih says OPEC not planning to flood the oil market

  Saudi Arabian oil minister on the wires 4 Dec - doesn't think OPEC will alter course in H2 2018 - oil producers have plenty of crude[...]
  2017-12-04 08:47:07

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  Passing of US tax bill isn't just giving a boost to US yields

  It's also helping to drive yields up in Europe as well US treasuries may have gotten a boost from the Senate passing the bill on[...]
  2017-12-04 08:47:07

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  USD continues to push higher on the day

  Dollar is starting to make headway again as European markets begin their day USD/JPY has broken through the 113.00 level - tested highs of 113.07.[...]
  2017-12-04 08:47:07

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  Spain November unemployment change 7.3k vs 54.3k expected

  Latest data from the Spanish Ministry of Employment 4 December 2017 A positive note as unemployment rose less during the month. A very big difference[...]
  2017-12-04 08:47:07

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