PREVIOUS TRADING DAY EVENTS 28 December 2023 In very thin trading European stock markets closed largely lower with the France CAC 0.48 the worst and the UK FTSE 100 0.03 the best. The USD recovered a tad which pushed EURUSD south of 1.1100 to close at 1.1060. Cable closed back at 1.2730 and the US […]

HANOI, Dec 29 Reuters Vietnam39;s economic growth slowed to 5.05 this year from an expansion of 8.02 last year, official data showed on Friday, weighed by weak global demand while public investment stalled amid an intensified antigraft crackdown. This year39;s gross domestic product GDP growth was below a government target of 6.5 and lower than […]

Cocoa rose 72 in 2023 to 46year high on supply disruptions Iron ore gains driven by Chinese purchases, stimulus hopes El Nino dry weather reduced global rice supplies, lifting prices Power fuels set to end 2023 in deep red amid rising supplies SINGAPORE, Dec 29 Reuters Cocoa and iron ore prices surged in 2023, while […]

SEOUL, Dec 29 Reuters South Korea39;s annual consumer inflation eased for a second month in December and came in below market expectations, backing policymakers39; outlook that price pressure will gradually ease through 2024. The December consumer price index CPI gained 3.2 from a year earlier, compared with a rise of 3.3 in November, and was […]

ANKARA, Dec 29 Reuters Turkey39;s central bank said on Friday it would maintain a reserve buildup strategy in 2024 in order continue an uptrend in its international foreign currency reserves, adding that a floating exchange rate regime would continue. In its annual monetary policy report, the central bank said it was maintaining its longheld mediumterm […]

Dec 29 Reuters Activity in Russia39;s manufacturing sector expanded at its fastest pace in almost seven years in December, a business survey showed on Friday, though new export orders contracted for the second month running. The SP Global Purchasing Managers39; Index PMI for manufacturing rose to 54.6 in December from 53.8 in November, moving further […]

LONDON, Dec 29 Reuters British house prices fell by 1.8 in the 12 months to December, recording the biggest decline over the course of a year since 2008 during the global financial crisis, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Friday. A Reuters poll of economists had pointed to a drop of 1.4. In monthonmonth terms, prices […]