Sep 01, 2015 15:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Equities are again trading in red today. Performance this week at a glance in chart table. SP 500 SP future is down as risk aversion hits market hard over slowdown in China. Todays range 1970-1916. ISM...
Sep 01, 2015 15:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Commentary
Energy pack is mixed today, while oil is down gas is up. Weekly performance at a glance in chart table. Oil (WTI) WTI is down today after three consecutive days of short covering. Todays range $48.9-45.7 Buy...
Currency snapshot (commodity pairs)
Sep 01, 2015 15:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Dollar index trading at 95.72 (-0.20%) Strength meter (today so far) - Aussie -1%, Kiwi -0.15%, Loonie -0.39%. Strength meter (since last week) - Aussie -0.63%, Kiwi +1.46%, Loonie +0.02%. AUD/USD Trading at...
Currency snapshot (major pairs)
Sep 01, 2015 15:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Dollar index trading at 95.62 (-0.35%). Strength meter (today so far) - Euro +0.22%, Franc +0.26%, Yen +0.95%, GBP -0.34% Strength meter (since last week) - Euro +0.63%, Franc -0.07%, Yen +1.45%, GBP...
Slowdown report from North America
Sep 01, 2015 14:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Economic releases from North America encouraged the pessimists of global growth today as dockets pointed to further slowdown in activity. Canadas gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by -0.5%, putting the country...
India – not living up to the dream
Sep 01, 2015 14:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Latest economic reports shows that hard economic data is not living up to the expectations of economists as soft data such as sentiment pointed to. The new government at the center brought new hopes over Indian economy as...
Sep 01, 2015 13:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Bonds are again darling of investors as selloffs that battered global markets last Monday, seem to have resumed. Investors are running to the safety of fixed income dumping stocks. US US 2 year yield after...
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