PREVIOUS TRADING DAY EVENTS 21 Sep 2023 The Swiss National Bank SNB surprised markets by pausing its current cycle of increases.The SNB held its policy interest rate unchanged at 1.75 highlighting the fact that inflation is now lower, currently at 1.6 in August and within its target level. It was described as a hawkish pause […]

MUMBAI, Sept 22 Reuters The Indian rupee is expected to climb at the open on Friday as India39;s inclusion in JPMorgan39;s widely followed emerging market bond index is expected to lead to inflows of billions of dollars. Nondeliverable forwards indicate the rupee will open at around 82.8082.82 to the U.S. dollar, compared with 83.09 in the previous […]

SINGAPORE, Sept 22 Reuters The yen fell on Friday after the Bank of Japan BOJ stuck to its ultraeasy policy stance just days after the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled a hawkish pause, piling pressure on the Japanese currency and raising the risk of an intervention. At the conclusion of its twoday policy meeting, the BOJ kept […]

BENGALURU, Sept 22 Reuters A fall in information technology and pharma stocks dragged India39;s benchmark indexes lower on Friday, setting them up for their worst week in seven months as investors feared the U.S. Fed39;s hawkish note might hold foreign investors back. The Nifty 50 was down 0.1 at 19,734 points as of 1035 a.m. IST, […]

MUMBAI, Sept 22 Reuters JPMorgan39;s decision to include local Indian bonds in its widely tracked emerging market debt index could boost demand for debt and push India39;s benchmark 10year bond yield to sub7 levels in the coming months, Citi said in a note on Friday. The 10year benchmark 7.18 2033 bond yield dropped seven basis […]

STOXX 600 off 0.3, down 1.9 so far this week France39;s services sector contracts sharply in Sept flash PMI AstraZeneca rises as breast cancer drug meets goal in study Shrinking German business activity points to Q3 contractionPMI Sept 22 Reuters European shares slipped on Friday and were on track to close a week, packed with […]

AztraZeneca, miners push FTSE 100 higher UK39;s August retail sales partially recovers FTSE 100 up 0.3, FTSE 250 off 0.1 Sept 22 Reuters UK39;s FTSE 100 reversed course to edge higher on Friday boosted by gains in miners and shares of AstraZeneca, while investors fretted over indications of higherforlonger interest rates from major central banks. […]