Day: January 4, 2018

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  No holding back the equities train today

  European stocks surge ahead as investors continue to pile into the equities market Here's a rundown of European equities so far today: Despite the positive[...]
  2018-01-04 20:47:12

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  USD/JPY defying the odds in spite of dollar weakness

  The Japanese yen is the weakest performing major currency on the day even in the wake of a weakening US dollar Japanese traders returned to[...]
  2018-01-04 20:47:12

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  Trump says talks between North Korea and South Korea wouldn't happen but for his doing

  US president Donald Trump on Twitter (yup, he's at it again) This time he's claiming credit for border talks between North Korea and South Korea[...]
  2018-01-04 20:47:12

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  Germany's CSU head Seehofer says he is optimistic that SPD coalition is possible

  CSU party leader Horst Seehofer commenting in Bavaria Exploratory talks with the SPD is expected to begin in mid-January as reported last month . The[...]
  2018-01-04 20:47:12

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  EUR/USD looking poised to try and test 2017 highs again

  The pair found support at 1.2000 following yesterday's Dec FOMC minutes release, and is heading higher as the dollar weakens EUR/USD has pared losses from[...]
  2018-01-04 20:47:12

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  ForexLive European FX news wrap: Dollar slides further on the day as equities surge forward

  Forex news from the European trading session - 4 January 2018 Economic data: Central banks/Government: Others: Markets: There were plenty of data points on the[...]
  2018-01-04 20:47:06

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  US December Challenger job cuts y/y -3.6% vs +30.1% prior

  Latest data released by Challenger, Gray, & Christmas, Inc. - 4 January 2018 US jobs cuts in 2017 were the lowest since 1990. The total[...]
  2018-01-04 20:47:06

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  Ripple continues its ascendancy as Bitcoin's throne is at its most vulnerable

  The price of XRP surges another 39% on the day, up to $3.80 - according to CoinMarketCap Is the "flippening" already in the works? Ripple's[...]
  2018-01-04 20:47:06

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  ADP December US employment 250K vs 190K expected

  Jobs data from ADP - was 190K (revised to 185K) - Best reading since March - Goods-producing jobs +28K vs +36K prior - Service sector[...]
  2018-01-04 20:47:06

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  Canada November industrial product price 1.4% vs +1.0% expected

  PPI data from Canada - Prior was +1.0% m/m (revised to 1.1% m/m) - Industrial prices +2.7% y/y - Raw materials price index 5.5% vs[...]
  2018-01-04 20:47:06

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