Month: January 2018

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  Nikkei 225 closes down 0.26% at 23,788.20

  Tokyo's main stock index closes lower on the day The first lower close of the year by Nikkei since it breached the 23,000 level last[...]
  2018-01-10 08:47:14

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  A familiar theme is developing as we await European markets to open

  The Japanese yen leads the way as the US dollar holds firm In case you've forgotten what the start of European trading looked like yesterday,[...]
  2018-01-10 08:47:14

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  Bitcoin's kimchi premium is no free lunch

  A 43% arbitrage trade in Bitcoin is not as easy as it looks Bitcoin prices in South Korean exchanges trade at over 43% higher than[...]
  2018-01-10 08:47:14

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  US 10-year yields climbs further as bond market signal gets stronger

  US 10-year yields is up almost 2 bps to 2.57% Yesterday, the bond market for US 10-year yields in European trading and then later on[...]
  2018-01-10 08:47:14

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  Eurostoxx future -0.1% in early European trading

  European equity futures mostly flat in early trading It's a slow start in the futures market, as market participants are probably still deciding on the[...]
  2018-01-10 08:47:14

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  Trading ideas for the European session

  Daily thread to exchange ideas and to share your thoughts - 8 January 2018 Good day, everyone! There's quite a bit of action in the market right[...]
  2018-01-10 08:47:14

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  USD/JPY extends decline below 112.00, what next?

  The pair hit a session low of 111.76 as it takes out support levels at 112.00 Sellers remain firmly in control of the pair as[...]
  2018-01-10 08:47:14

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  France November industrial production m/m -0.5% vs -0.5% expected

  Latest data released by INSEE - 10 January 2018 A mixed bag of numbers but generally within expectations as both industrial and manufacturing production y/y[...]
  2018-01-10 08:47:14

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  European equities mostly lower at the start of trading

  A nervous start for European stocks today A little bit of jitters in European equities as some uncertainty hit Asian stocks which resulted in a[...]
  2018-01-10 08:47:14

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  Putting the SNB's 2017 expected profit into perspective

  The expected CHF 54 billion exceeds that of even Apple Yesterday, the SNB that they expect a record profit of CHF 54 billion (or USD[...]
  2018-01-10 08:47:14

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