Monthly Archives: October 2013

Gold traded near the highest price in almost a week in London as investors weighed a U.S. political stalemate that extended a government shutdown. Nonessential U.S. government services have been closed for a week as politicians try to pass a budget. U.S. President Barack Obama reiterated he won’t negotiate with Republicans over the borrowing limit, as Treasury...

SYDNEY--Australian business confidence rose to its highest level in three-and-a-half years following the election of a conservative government, widely seen as more capable of managing a slowing economy as a long mining boom fades.

National Australia Bank's monthly business confidence index rose to +12 in September, from +4 in August. Still, a separate measure...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The U.S. dollar fell to its lowest level against the Japanese yen in nearly two months on Monday, as Democrats and Republicans stood their ground on opposite sides of the budget debate and the government shutdown stretched into its second week.

Trading on Monday was marked by “outperformance of safe-haven...