The European stock markets opened the trading day with gains due to the weakening Euro following the US interest rate rise yesterday.
However the trading on the Asian stock markets took place with fall in prices.
Month: December 2016
Market News Briefing – December 15th 2016 07:15 (GMT+1)
The oil prices retreated yesterday from a peak of 16 months and declined for the first time five days, after the US dollar strengthened following the rate rise in the US, which weighed on oil prices.
Market News Briefing – December 15th 2016 07:00 (GMT+1)
The Fed raised yesterday interest rates by 0.25%.
In a statement issued by the central bank, he expected a further strengthening of the labor market next year and because he’s not expected an inflationary pressures, and it is possible to increase the pace of interest rate increases up to 3 increases a year.
Market News Briefing – December 14th 2016 14:30 (GMT+1)
New York stock exchanges open the trading day with stability.
The indices Dow Jones, Nasdaq and S&P 500 traded near the opening level.
Market News Briefing – December 14th 2016 13:30 (GMT+1)
USA economic data news:
The US producer price index jumped 0.4% in November.
U.S. Retail Sales Growth Slows in November and it was smallest gain in 3 months.
Retail sales increased a seasonally adjusted 0.1% in November, below the 0.3% forecast of economists.
Market News Briefing – December 14th 2016 13:00 (GMT+1)
The future contracts on the stock exchange indices of Wall Street indicate stability.
Market News Briefing – December 14th 2016 09:45 (GMT+1)
UK unemployment falls again.
UK unemployment fell by 16,000 to 1.62 million in the three months to October.
The average weekly earnings excluding bonuses rose by 2.6% in the year to October, slightly higher than the previous month.
Market News Briefing – December 14th 2016 09:30 (GMT+1)
The European stock markets opened this morning (Wednesday) with declines, and the trading on Asian stock markets ended with a mixed trend, accordance with the trend in futures contracts on Wall Street indexes.
Market News Briefing – December 14th 2016 07:30 (GMT+1)
The oil prices traded this morning with declines of more than 1%, after the release of the data of the American Petroleum Association which pointed to an increase in inventories.
Market News Briefing – December 14th 2016 07:00 (GMT+1)
Yesterday, Wall Street stock markets returned to break records and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 20,000 points threshold, in light of the opening of the two-day sitting of the Federal Reserve after which the central bank is expected to announce the increase in interest rates the world’s largest economy.
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