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Fourth Quarter Opens with Japanese Tankan Survey and a Slew of Manufacturing PMI Surveys
October 1, 2018
China will be closed all week, commemorating the communist revolution of 1949. Hong Kong’s market was similarly shut, and so was Australia’s due to Labour Day and the Queen’s Birthday observance there. A three-country Nafta remake including Canada as well as Mexico was fashioned at the last minute. Changes from the original deal were less […] More
Volatile Market Session on Final Business Day of the Quarter and Amid Many Data Reports
June 29, 2018
Share prices climbed 2.8% in Hong Kong, 2.3% in Indonesia, 2.2% in China, 1.7% in Taiwan, but just 0.2% in Japan. In Europe, equities have risen 1.3% in Germany and France, 1.6% in Switzerland, 1.0% in Italy and 0.6% in the U.K.. The DOW shows a gain of slightly over 1.0% so far today. Another […] More
Continuing Parade of March Purchasing Managers Surveys
April 3, 2018
While many markets had remained shut for Easter Monday, U.S. equities plunged yesterday, led by technology issues. Today in earlier trading, markets have paused comparatively speaking. Stocks closed down only 0.8% in China, 0.6% in Taiwan, and 0.5% in Japan and Singapore, and the Hang Seng rose 0.8%. Likewise, stocks in Europe have fallen 0.9% […] More
Between the State of the Union and Yellen’s Final FOMC Meeting
January 31, 2018
Reaction to President Trump’s first State of the Union address last night has been typically partisan. For good or bad, citizens have already solidified their impressions of him for however much longer he is their president. The next big event will be the FOMC’s released statement at 14:00 EST (19:00 GMT). No press conference follows, and […] More
Flood of Data on Final Business Day of April
April 28, 2017
The dollar is mixed, with declines of 0.6% against the euro, 0.3% relative to the peso and Swiss franc and 0.2% vis-a-vis sterling but gains of 0.3% versus the yen, 0.2% against the kiwi and 0.1% relative to the loonie. The Aussie dollar and Chinese yuan are unchanged. Stocks are generally lower. The German bund […] More
Softer Stocks, Oil, and Yen on Halloween
October 31, 2016
Share prices fell 0.6% in South Korea, 0.2% in Taiwan, and 0.1% in Japan and Singapore. Sharper equities in Europe show markets already down 0.8% in France and Italy, 0.6% in Spain and Switzerland, 0.5% in Greece, and 0.4% in the U.K. and Germany. OPEC minister failed over the weekend to secure any agreement on […] More
Bank Share Price Woes Escalate as Quarter Draws to a Close
September 30, 2016
There’s been the usual cornucopia of data releases on the final business day of the calendar quarter, but the big story of the day involves Deutsche Bank, whose share price is down nearly 10%. Deutsche’s woes are dragging down other stocks in the global financial sector despite supposed safeguards built into the system in the […] More
End of August
August 31, 2016
Investors are less worried about European growth and more confident the Fed will lift rates soon at the end of the month than they were at the start of August. A lot of data was released on this final trading session of the month. The dollar is down 0.4% against sterling. Britain’s Nationwide house price […] More
Typical Deluge of Data as Another Month Ends
May 31, 2016
Market Highlights: The U.S. dollar dropped 1.1% and 0.9% against the Australian and New Zealand dollars on encouraging economic statistics released today. Against other major currencies, the U. S. dollar is narrowly mixed but poised to record a very strong monthly advance. The Shanghai Composite index of Chinese share prices leaped 3.3%. The cause was […] More
Yen Climbs Further Even as Japanese Golden Week Holidays Begin
April 29, 2016
The yen touched an 18-month high of 106.9 per dollar and is up 0.9% on balance from Thursday’s close. The trade-weighted dollar is close to a one-year low. Japanese markets were closed for Showa Day. Next week’s continuing Golden Week holidays are Constitution Day (May 3), Greenery Day (May 4) and Children’s Day (May 5). […] More
