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Caution is the watchword of global markets ahead of this weeks key events. Equities were on the back foot yesterday, following on from gains for the main US Indices of almost 5% so far in July, with the S&P closing down 0.4% and the Dow 0.25% lower. This followed...
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Markets ended the week on a quiet note with the DOW finishing flat, having recovered from being down 150 points at one stage, whilst the S&P ended up just 0.1%. On the currency markets, following the 3% drop in the Nikkei, the USD/JPY was the only G10 currency...
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Negative headlines about China’s growth prospects weighed on Asian markets yesterday morning which spilled over into substantial declines in European Markets after I posted. Plenty of negative corporate news out of Europe, from the likes of Unilever, Orange and...
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At last we had better news out of Europe yesterday with the release of the stronger than expected Euro-Zone PMIs. The German PMI came in at much stronger than expected, 52.5 versus 50.7, whilst the German Manufacturing PMI rose to 50.3 from 48.8 last month. For the...
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The European session, having started on a firm note yesterday morning, could not hold onto its gains after disappointing data out of the US which followed on from negative news from corporates in the UK and Europe. In the US, the earnings season continued with a...
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The US Equity markets have managed to eek out another gain with the S&P gaining 0.2% despite a pre-open earnings and revenue miss from McDonalds, who also warned of challenging global market conditions ahead. Economic data also came in shy of expectations,...
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