FTSE flat in late-morning trade (AFP) »

FTSE flat in late-morning trade 
    (AFP)

LONDON (AFP) –
The FTSE 100 was flat in late morning trade, tracking earlier losses in Asia and overnight on
, amid fresh doubts about the pace of global economic recovery, dealers said.
The benchmark index gained 0.07 percent to 5,319.04 points. It had gained 0.15 percent in opening trade.
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Bernanke is expected to shed [...]

FTSE rises 0.18% in late morning trade (AFP) »

FTSE rises 0.18% in late morning trade 
    (AFP)

LONDON (AFP) –
Shares in London rose slightly in late morning trade on Wednesday, rising 0.18 percent to 5,292.36.
continued on the front foot with indices rallying in early trade, led by the miners and banking stocks,” said Joshua Raymond, analyst at financial spread-betting firm City Index.
“With the US markets continuing to rally into the [...]

Trade ministers downbeat on WTO prospects »

Trade ministers downbeat on WTO prospects

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Trade ministers were skeptical on Saturday about the prospects of concluding stalled global trade liberalization talks this year, with some blaming the United States for foot-dragging.
Ministers from about 20 major economies held informal talks on the sidelines of the annual World Economic Forum meeting in the Swiss ski resort of [...]

Sterling firmed after data shows UK trade deficit narrowing »

Sterling firmed after data shows UK trade deficit narrowing

Daily U.S. Forex Summary
Wed, Jan 13 2010, 06:20 GMT
U.S. dollar
continued its weakening trend this morning except against commodity based currencies despite comments from China International Corp official, Peng Junming, that the dollar had hit bottom and had limited further room to fall, while the yen would keep [...]

The Dollar continued to trade lower following Fridays disappointing non-farm payroll figures »

The Dollar continued to trade lower following Fridays disappointing non-farm payroll figures

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Trade gap balloons »

Trade gap balloons

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. trade deficit widened more than expected in November, as stronger consumer and manufacturer demand pushed imports to the highest level in nearly a year.
The monthly trade gap grew 9.7 percent to $36.4 billion, from an upwardly revised estimate of $33.2 billion in October, a Commerce Department report showed on [...]

Koruna fails to firm on positive foreign trade data and hawkish comments »

Koruna fails to firm on positive foreign trade data and hawkish comments

Thu, Jan 7 2010, 10:06 GMT
The Czech koruna moved sideways on Wednesday lacking strong stimuli to moveeither way. Hence, the EUR/CZK pair remained in tight range just below the 26.30level.
Today, the CSO has released the November foreign trade balance, which posted ahealthy surplus of CZK 14.5bn. This could be taken as [...]

Today’s Live Show: Will USD vs. JPY be the “Defining Trade” of 2010? »

Today’s Live Show: Will USD vs. JPY be the “Defining Trade” of 2010?

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Quiet trade ahead of New Year »

Quiet trade ahead of New Year

Thu, Dec 31 2009, 20:19 GMT
Unfortunately, the markets have been lacking in excitement as of late. I do my best not to bore readers with irrelevant information and I hate that this newsletter has been so repetitive in recent weeks but I don’t control the news or the markets, I just call [...]

New York hits GBPUSD in early trade as the market focuses back on the dollar buying – for now. »

New York hits GBPUSD in early trade as the market focuses back on the dollar buying – for now.

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