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The British pound has posted slight gains in the Thursday session. In North American trade, GBP/USD is trading at 1.3432, up 0.15% on the day. On the release front, British Halifax HPI recorded a strong gain of 1.5%, beating the estimate of 1.1%. In the U.S, unemployment claims ticked up to 222 thousand, just below…
EUR Adds to Gains as ECB Mulls Over QE Exit It’s been a relatively quiet start to trading on Thursday, with much of the focus falling on the UK as it prepares for more Brexit talks with the European Union. Stock markets are trading relatively mixed while US futures are pointing to a similar open…
US equity markets defy gravity. Equity Markets US equity markets continue to defy gravity and extending the recent winning streak to four straight sessions. It was all about the financials as a series of coordinated hawkish comments from ECB members, that the end of QE will be top of the to-do list with some suggesting…
The British pound has posted slight gains on Wednesday, continuing the upward trend which marked the Tuesday session. In North American trade, GBP/USD is trading at 1.3409, up 0.11% on the day. On the release front, there are no major events out of the U.S or Britain. On Thursday, the U.K releases Halifax HPI and…
The British pound has moved higher in the Tuesday session. In North American trade, GBP/USD is trading at 1.3376, up 0.46% on the day. On the release front, British Services PMI improved to 54.0, marking a 3-month high. This beat the estimate of 52.9 points. On the release front, U.S manufacturing and employment reports were…
In this week’s webinar, Senior Market Analyst Craig Erlam discussed the major events moving financial markets right now including political chaos in Italy and Spain and Trump’s tariffs on the EU, Canada and Mexico. He also previewed the week ahead. Craig also gives his live analysis on EURUSD (13:31), GBPUSD (17:04), EURGBP (18:39), AUDUSD (19:24),…
Investors Buoyed By Easing Political Threat From Europe US equity markets are poised to open a little higher again on Tuesday, buoyed again by an apparent easing of political stress in Europe which was weighing on sentiment last week. Ahead of the G7 meeting, there is plenty to be wary about for investors, most notably…
The British pound has moved upwards at the start of the week. In Monday’s North American session, GBP/USD is trading at 1.3384, up 0.25% on the day. On the release front, British Construction PMI remained unchanged at 52.5 in April, above the estimate of 52.0 points. There is just one event on the calendar, with US…
The British pound is almost unchanged in the Thursday trade. In the North American session, GBP/USD is trading at 1.3300, up 0.013% on the day. On the release front, British GfK Consumer Confidence remains weak, pointing to a glum British consumer. The indicator came in at -7, just above the estimate of -8 points. In the…
The British pound has posted gains in Wednesday trade, erasing the losses seen on Tuesday. In the North American session, GBP/USD is trading at 1.3287, up 0.26% on the day. On the release front, U.S numbers were mixed. U.S Preliminary GDP came in at 2.2%, just shy of 2.3%. However, ADP nonfarm payrolls dropped sharply to…