March 15 Reuters Emerging market stocks started what promises to be an actionpacked week on the back foot on Monday, while currencies were helped by narrowing gains in the dollar, with rising oil prices lifting the Russian rouble and Mexicos peso. After posting their best week in a month on Friday, MSCIs index of EM […]

  Global stock markets took a small step up at the opening of markets on Monday. However, overall we can speak of a very mixed sentiment. The complex market picture we have seen in previous weeks is still in place after the start of the US economic aid package. Longerterm US government bond yields continued […]

March 15 Reuters Betting against the dollar was one of investors favorite trades at the start of 2021, but the U.S. currency is now recovering and technical analysis patterns from recent years suggest it could recoup a third or, potentially, all of last years 13 drop. Charts show the 2020 fall in the dollar index […]

Rates as of 0500 GMT Market Recap CAD is in focus this morning as USDCAD hits a threeyear low lowest since February 2018 highest for CAD. The move started on Friday when Canadian employment data turned out to be much better than expected. There were 259k new jobs in February, much more than the 75k […]

SYDNEY, March 15 Reuters Australian threeyear bond futures dipped to a oneweek low on Monday, implying yields of nearly 0.3, as investors feared a stellar economic recovery would rekindle inflation and spur interest rate hikes. A global bonds selloff gathered momentum last month on worries massive U.S. fiscal stimulus and pentup consumer demand would flare […]

TOKYO, March 15 Reuters Japanese shares rose on Monday as optimism around the passage of a massive U.S. stimulus package boosted cyclical shares, although declines in tech stocks weighed on the benchmark. The Nikkei share average edged up 0.3 to 29,806.41 by 0219 GMT, while the broader Topix rose 0.66 to 1,963.81 Todays market in […]

China’s demand for domestic metal could slow during its 14th Five-Year plan ending 2025, as it focuses on improving product quality, rather than lifting output.

Asia’s emergence as global natural gas trading superpower will increasingly dictate market rates in Europe for a once-localized commodity that was simply linked to the price of oil.

Asia’s richest families and individuals are jumping on the SPAC wagon.

Betting on Dubai to deliver uninterrupted success as a tourism and entertainment hub is turning into a costly business for some stock investors.