The Euro reached a value of 0.6% than its all time low in 2010 of $1,20. The currency has been trading lower against its main peers, after Sunday's interview of Angela Merkel. She announced that none of the austerity measures of the five states in need of economic help will be softened.
Oil prices fell again after a slight recovery last week. Futures declined by 0.6% in New York on Monday morning, July 16. August-delivery oil dropped by USD 0.51 to USD 86.58 a barrel. Oil refining slid by 3.4% from May in the US. This led to a record low topping level of 8.79 million barrels a day. Gasoline prices declined by 6.77% to USD
Germany's shares surged on Friday amid hopes for easing in China after Chinese GDP growth tumbled to the lowest level in the last three years. German blue chip index soared 1.07% to trade at 6,474.30. Telecommunications sector was the top-performer, skyrocketing 3.88%. Deutsche Telecom rose 3.3% after Credit Suisse Group upgraded rating of the firm's shares from underperform to neutral.
UK stocks advanced, mirroring gains of Asian stocks amid speculation about further monetary easing in China after weak GDP data in Q2. FTSE 100 Index added 0.55% to trade at 5,631.80 at the time of writing. Miners provided support for the UK commodity-heavy index. Rio Tinto, Xtrata and BHP Billiton moved higher 1.33%, 0.89% and 1.31%, respectively. China's easing hopes
Hong Kong shares were mostly higher on Friday as slowdown in China's growth was not much worse than forecast. China's GDP expanded by 7.6% in Q2, the slowest pace since 2009. Hang Seng Index climbed 0.5% to trade at 19,102.38. Financial institutions bounced off previous lows after late Thursday's data indicated that lending approached three-month high in June. China Construction
Energy commodities edged up on Thursday despite persistent demand concerns amid faltering global economy. At the same time, positive US labour market data and dip buying supported the commodity group. Crude oil continued to draw strength from larger than expected drop in US inventories last week. Meanwhile, market players were cautious ahead of China's quarterly GDP data due on Friday. Brent oil
Japanese equities erased some of the previous losses on speculation that China will ease its monetary policy further after its GDP growth sowed to three-year low in Q2. Nikkei 225 added 0.5% to end the week at 8,724.12, being notably supported by property developers. Komatsu and Hitachi Construction rose 1.38% and 1.43%. Meanwhile, Dentsu, Japan's largest marketing company, weakened by
Rural commodities were mixed on Thursday, balancing between global demand concerns and supply uncertainty. Currently, traders turned from Wednesday's USDA report to weather related issues. Wheat futures prolonged the rally as price-boosting effect of the recent USDA report persisted. On Wednesday, USDA slashed global wheat production forecast, citing large harvest yields fall in Russia and Kazakhstan. Corn recovered some of
US blue chips index dropped on Tuesday despite positive US labour market data; unemployment claims dropped much more than expected last week. Meanwhile, oil and gas companies followed bearish trend after crude oil price tumbled over 1% in the US morning trade. Exxon sank 0.31% while Chevron managed to cover early losses and close 0.17% higher. On the upside, Merck
Precious metals apart from silver tumbled on Thursday as stronger US Dollar and continuous Eurozone woes added pressure on the commodity group. Better than expected US labour market data coupled with recent Fed decision also weighted down on precious metals. Gold retreated as larger than expected fall in the US unemployment claims lifted the greenback. Moreover, BoJ decision not to ease
Industry metals except for copper declined on Thursday ahead of China's GDP data release due on Friday. At the same time, unexpected increase in the Eurozone's industrial production in May provided slight support for base metals. Aluminum plunged despite potential industrial demand increase after Alcoa signed a deal worth USD1.4 billion with Airbus. Copper managed to end the day on the positive
US stocks prolonged Wednesday's slump, falling for sixth consecutive day on Thursday. Spreading worries that slowing US economy and Eurozone debt woes have hurt corporate earnings of the US businesses weighted down on the US equities. S&P 500 declined 0.5% to close at 1,334.76. Mariot International lost 6.44% after the hotel operator announced that revenues missed expectations in Q2. Progressive
The Russian Ruble appreciated by 0.4% against the US Dollar on Friday, July 13, in Moscow. The trading rate currently is RUB 32.64 per USD. 3 billion US Dollars of Russian Eurobonds due 2042 increased in value, therefore the yield declined by 0.06% to 4.867%. The appreciation of the Ruble was also caused by the high oil price, above USD 100 a barrel on
The Euro depreciated to USD 1.2190 and got closer to two-year low of USD 1.2166 on Friday, July 13, just after Italy's credit rating was cut by Moody's. In total, the Euro has lost 5.7% so far in 2012, which is more than the previous year. The depreciation of the European currency was accelerated last week by the ECB's interest rate cuts. Experts believe
Despite extra working day UK's construction output declined by 6.3% in May, showed the Office for National Statistics. Caused by Queen's Diamond Jubilee one public holiday was transferred from the end of May to June, though company's did not use this chance effectively. Fall of 7.4% in construction occurred also between March and May of compared with the same period in 2011. The major drag for
Spanish regional governments are missing their budget-deficit targets for 2012 (1.5% of GDP) and were given one week to make corrections for the plans. Last year regions showed the highest overspending, running 3.3% deficit. Cristobal Montoro, Spain's Budget Minister, also rejected finance chiefs pleas of relaxing their deficit targets. Currently Spain's budget deficit target for 2012 is 6.3%, 4.5% per 2013 and 2.8% for 2014.
The debt rating of Italy was reduced by Moody's from A3 to Baa2 as there was expected soar in the borrowing costs. 7.5 billion euros were collected in one year bonds at relatively smaller yield than earlier, by this recommending elaborated investor confidence.
The last research of the Office for National Statistics in the UK has shown that 64% of UK citizens do not have private savings for pension. The result is quite worrying as the basic state pension is GBP 107.45, which is not enough to live off. Though experts have also found that households became richer by GBP 45 000. Moreover the gap between poor and
During the last three years China has faced the record slow growth of the economy because of the declined investments and lower export demand from the US and European consumers. Compared to the same time interval in 2011 from April to June the GDP of China grew by 7.6%, which is 8.1% smaller than in the first quarter. As China
On Friday morning in London the Yen was trading at JPY 96.73 per EUR which is fairly close to its record high JPY 96.43 recorded on June 1 2012. This week Japanese national currency gained 1.2% against its European counterpart. Though the Yen also rose against the US Dollar by 0.5% this week . In the morning the conversion rate was JPY 79.31 per USD.
DAX Index dropped on Thursday by 1.14% to 6,380.50. Fading easing hopes after FOMC minutes pushed down the Germany's blue chip index. Consumer goods sector dropped by 1.12%. Henkel, Adidas and Beiersdorf fell by 0.02%, 1.85% and 0.17%, respectively. Meanwhile, financial institutions plunged, with shares of Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank decreasing by 1.45% and 0.95%. Utility companies declined as well.
UK stocks fell on the Fed decision not to implement additional easing measures at the moment. Commodity-heavy UK index lost 1.31 % to trade at 5,590.30 at the time of writing. Mining companies led the decline, with Rio Tinto dropping after the company announced that its CEO, Guy Elliot, will retire next year. Other commodity producers also slumped. BHP Billiton
European leaders' decision on lowering borrowing costs allowed Italy to sell EUR 7.5 billion of Treasury bills. The previous rate, on June 13 2012, for 361-day bill was 3.972% while now it is 2.697%. Italian ten-year government bond yield declined by 0.04% to 5.7% on Thursday, July 12, in Rome. On Friday Italian government is going to sell EUR 5.25 billion of long-term debt, which
Hong Kong shares faced the worst day in a month on Thursday, being weighted down by sharp fall in banking and consumer sectors. Hang Seng Index dropped by 2% to trade at 19,025.1. China's banks extended previous losses as worries over exposure to bad loans added pressure on the Hang Seng Index. China Construction Bank and Industrial & Commercial Bank