TOKYO, April 19 Reuters Japanese stocks edged higher on Monday as some investors hoped to benefit from an expected increase in semiconductor production, but worries about rising coronavirus infections capped gains. The Nikkei 225 Index rose 0.16 to 29,731.15 by 0201 GMT, while the broader Topix rose 0.04 to 1,961.58. Stocks opened lower but gradually […]

The dollar was pinned near a onemonth low to major peers on Monday, with Treasury yields hovering near the lowest in five weeks, after the U.S. Federal Reserve reiterated its view that any spike in inflation was likely to be temporary. The safehaven greenback was also held down by improved risk sentiment amid a rally […]

The former chief executive of BP Plc. said that the area of sustainable investing has been damaged by the “vast amount of greenwashing that has gone on”, and by companies “relabeling” their investments.

President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan is geared to benefit construction firms, chipmakers, machinery providers and specialty contractors the most, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analysis.

MOSCOW, April 16 Reuters The rouble strengthened past 76 versus the dollar on Friday, clawing back losses sustained in the previous session when the United States announced fresh sanctions against Moscow, including curbs to Russias sovereign debt. By 1147 GMT, the rouble was 0.5 stronger against the dollar at 75.93, earlier gaining over 1 to […]

Gold futures headed higher Friday morning for a second straight day, putting bullion on track for the sharpest weekly rise in about a month. The precious metal was benefiting from benchmark bond yields receding, weakness in the U.S. dollar, and a pullback in bitcoin, one of the assets seen competing against safe haven gold. June gold was trading […]

LONDON, April 16 Reuters Copper was on track for its biggest weekly rise in two months on Friday after solid U.S. and Chinese economic data pushed global stock markets to near record highs and several investment banks predicted higher prices for the metal. However the numbers from China, the biggest consumer of metals, were a […]

Rates as of 0500 GMT Market Recap Not much worth writing about in the FX market today! Very small movements except in AUD and NZD. It seems that the blowout US data yesterday has improved the riskon sentiment. US retail sales were up 9.8 mom vs 5.8 forecast, jobless claims fell an enormous 168k vs […]

A growing number of fixed income traders are turning to portfolio trades when they want to buy or sell a large number of bonds quickly.

AMSTERDAM, April 16 Reuters Euro zone bond yields rose on Friday, following an overnight jump in U.S. Treasury yields after a hefty rally a day earlier. U.S. Treasury yields dived to onemonth lows on Thursday as a possible safehaven bid related to increased U.S.Russia tensions, along with Japanese buying and technical factors, helped overshadow betterthanexpected […]