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28.10.2022 11:19 © ActivTrades Europe S.A. | 2022
Bullish sentiment remains fragile for equity markets
EUROPEAN SHARES  Share markets drifted slightly lower, from Chinese and Japanese stocks to US futures on the S&P500, for the last trading session of the week as investors digest mixed macro news. This decreased appetite for risk comes after investors witnessed disappointing earnings fro...
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28.10.2022 07:48 © CMC Markets (UK) | 2022
Europe to open lower as Apple and Amazon underwhelm
European markets underwent a mixed session yesterday with strong gains in the energy sector helping to push the FTSE100 to its highest level in over a month, while the CAC40 lagged.It was a similar story for US markets which saw the Nasdaq 100 and S&P500 close lower, while the Dow gained, as disappo...
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27.10.2022 11:34 © ActivTrades Europe S.A. | 2022
The wait-and-see trading stance prevails so far on European benchmarks
FOREX The euro is trading flat as the European session gets underway, holding on to the gains accrued over the last couple of sessions and remaining above parity with the US dollar. The single currency gathered strength in the run-up to the ECB’s rate decision due to be announced later today. It...
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27.10.2022 06:50 © CMC Markets (UK) | 2022
ECB set to hike by another 75bps, Meta misses
European markets got a late pick me up yesterday, closing at 5-week highs, after the Bank of Canada surprised the market by hiking rates by a less than expected 50bps, with Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem going on to admit that the central bank was placing a lot more emphasis on the effects of...
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26.10.2022 11:41 © ActivTrades Europe S.A. | 2022
The US dollar is losing ground to other major currencies during early Wednesday trading
FOREX The US dollar is losing ground to other major currencies during early Wednesday trading. A string of negative economic data released since the beginning of the week, including PMI numbers, house prices, and consumer confidence, showed that the Fed’s tightening drive is startin...
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26.10.2022 07:30 © CMC Markets (UK) | 2022
Microsoft and Alphabet see shares fall after hours Bank of Canada in focus
The quarterly earnings reports are coming thick and fast, and they’ve been very much a mixed bag.Yesterday the FTSE100 underperformed due to HSBC reporting a much bigger than expected revision on non-performing loans of $1.1bn, while profits were weaker than expected. Today the focus shifts to Bar...
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25.10.2022 10:52 © ActivTrades Europe S.A. | 2022
European shares registered a modest advance on Tuesday
EUROPEAN SHARES  European shares registered a modest advance on Tuesday, despite Asian stocks closing on a mixed tone, while US Futures fluctuate. Most EU benchmarks are holding their gains on Tuesday, trading above new support levels with tech shares offsetting losses in the banking sector. An in...
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25.10.2022 07:45 © CMC Markets (UK) | 2022
Falling yields take the edge off UK borrowing costs
The rebound seen over the course of the last couple of days appears to be being driven by a sharp fall in bond yields, at least in European markets with the sharp drop in UK gilt yields marking the unwind in premium that we saw in the aftermath of the market turmoil post the UK mini budget.Markets a...
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24.10.2022 11:46 © ActivTrades Europe S.A. | 2022
The pound opened above the closing price of Friday
FOREX As early Monday trading got underway, the pound opened above the closing price of Friday, following the announcement late on Sunday that Boris Johnson would not be in the running to replace Liz Truss as prime minister. With Johnson out of the race, Rishi Sunak is now the favourite to become t...
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24.10.2022 08:28 © CMC Markets (UK) | 2022
All eyes on UK gilt yields as Johnson steps away, BoJ steps in again
Even though European markets closed broadly lower on Friday, we still managed to see the third positive weekly gain in a row in the face of rising yields on both sides of the Atlantic.US markets also saw a strong end to the week, recording their best weekly gains since June despite yields which have...
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