Fundamental News
Today’s highlights:
• Halifax House Price Index (MoM) (GB: 08:00 GMT)
• Services PMI (GB: 09:28 GMT)
• Spanish 10-Year Obligacion Auction (Spa: 09:50 GMT)
• Retail Sales (MoM) (EU: 10:00 GMT)
• Initial Jobless Claims (U.S: 13:30 GMT)
• ISM Non-Manufacturing Index (U.S: 15:00 GMT)
• FOMC Member Fisher Speaks (U.S: 17:30 GMT)
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren, a consistent backer of record stimulus who...
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Gold bounces higher as US shutdown continues
Gold is regaining some of its safe-harbor appeal as a partial shutdown of the U.S. government carried over to a second day.
The price of the actively traded December contract for gold jumped $34.60, or 2.7 percent, to settle at $1,320.70 an ounce Wednesday.
Silver also rose sharply. The December contract rose 72.2 cents, or 3.4 percent,...
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Global stocks, dollar slip on second day of U.S. shutdown
(Reuters) - Global equity markets and the dollar fell on Wednesday as the U.S. government shutdown entered its second day and as data showed U.S. private employers added fewer jobs than expected last month.
Although equities rose on Tuesday on hopes the first partial shutdown of the U.S. government in 17 years would be short-lived, one...
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Daily Market Review- 2nd October 2013
Fundamental News
Today’s highlights:
• Spanish Unemployment Change (Spa: 08:00 GMT)
• Construction PMI (GB: 09:30 GMT)
• Interest Rate Decision (EU: 12:45 GMT)
• ADP Nonfarm Employment Change (U.S: 13:15 GMT)
• ECB Press Conference (EU: 13:30 GMT)
• FOMC Member Rosengren Speaks (U.S: 17:00 GMT)
• Fed Chairman Bernanke Speaks (U.S: 20:30 GMT)
The U.S. has begun using the final extraordinary measures to avoid breaching the nation’s debt limit,...
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