SYDNEY, April 20 Reuters The Australian dollar hit its highest level in nearly five weeks on Tuesday after the central bank sounded upbeat on the countrys economic recovery, while higher commodity prices also underpinned the currency. The Aussie gained 0.54 to 0.7796 its highest since March 18 after minutes from the Reserve Bank of Australias […]

TOKYO, April 20 Reuters Yields on longerdated Japanese government bonds fell on Tuesday, after an auction of 20year notes drew reasonably strong demand, easing concerns about investor appetite for new debt coming to market. The lowest price accepted at the finance ministrys auction of 20year bonds was higher than traders expectations, which is an indication […]

April 20 Reuters Gold prices inched higher on Tuesday, hovering below a sevenweek peak hit in the previous session, bolstered by a pullback in U.S. Treasury yields and a weaker dollar. Spot gold was up 0.1 to 1,770.40 per ounce at 1215 GMT, after hitting 1,789.77 on Monday, its highest since Feb. 25. U.S. gold […]

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Growing concerns over natural gas’ role in climate change and its place in the energy transition are pushing LNG suppliers to compete not just on price, but on their ‘low-carbon’ branding.

Copper will be 2021’s best-performing metal, according to the majority of our survey respondents, with the metal’s demand likely to surge from stimulus spending and supply-growth concerns.

HANOI, April 19 Reuters Copper prices advanced on Monday as rampedup vaccine rollouts and more countries easing lockdowns boosted hopes of a steady global economic recovery and higher demand for metals. Threemonth copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 1.9 at 9,384 a tonne by 0729 GMT, while the mosttraded June copper contract on […]

Coinbase insiders and early investors sold about 5 billion in shares in total during the leading cryptocurrency exchanges first day of trading on the Nasdaq earlier this week, according to series of filings made Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission SEC. CEO Brian Armstrong sold 749,999 shares in three batches at prices ranging […]

Rates as of 0500 GMT Market Recap GBP bounced back on Friday. GBPs movements once again seem to be the counterpart to EUR that is, people buying or selling EUR are doing it vs GBP rather than USD. You can see how closely GBPUSD and EURGBP moved on Friday and today. As for why people […]

European stocks inched higher on Monday, extending their recordsetting rally, as optimism about a solid start to the earnings season offset a worrying resurgence in COVID19 cases globally. The panEuropean STOXX 600 index rose 0.1 after marking its seventh straight week of gains on Friday, while an index of euro zone shares rose 0.1 to […]