SINGAPORE, July 5 Reuters The U.S. dollar was on the defensive near threeweek lows on Friday ahead of payroll data that will likely influence the outlook for rates, while the pound was firm as the Labour party was poised to win a massive majority in the UK general election. Sterling was last at 1.27705, trading in a tight range during […]

Silver set for best week since May 17 U.S. nonfarm payrolls report due at 1230 GMT Palladium on track for third straight weekly gain July 5 Reuters Gold prices firmed on Friday and were set for a second straight weekly gain, while traders awaited U.S. employment data to gauge the trajectory of the Federal Reserve39;s […]

July 4 Reuters Foreign purchases boosted Japanese stocks last week amid a weakening yen and global enthusiasm for artificial intelligencelinked companies, which tempered concerns about the Bank of Japan39;s policy outlook. According to exchange data, crossborder investors snapped up Japanese stocks worth a net 604.93 billion yen in the week ending June 28, marking their […]

July 4 Reuters Most major stock markets in the Gulf rose in early trade on Thursday following soft U.S. labour market data that buoyed investor expectations of interest rate cuts later this year. Data on Wednesday showed signs of a weakening U.S. labour market, with unemployment claims increasing to 238,000, suggesting that the Fed could start cutting […]