FTSE 100 Edges Higher while Dax and S&P 500 Struggle

Article by IG Chief Market Analyst Chris Beauchamp FTSE 100, DAX 40, S&P 500 – Analysis and Charts ​​​FTSE 100 clings on above 7330 ​An attempt to continue Monday’s bounce hit some selling yesterday, helped along by the poor reaction to BP’s results. ​A close above 7350 would be needed to indicate that the buyers

Hong Kong SAR Retail Sales dipped from previous 13.7% to 13% in September

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Euro Looks Vulnerable as All Eyes Shift to FOMC

EUR/USD ANALYSIS FOMC announcement under the spotlight today. EUR/USD rising wedge breakout could see euro collapse further. Elevate your trading skills and gain a competitive edge. Get your hands on the Euro Q4 outlook today for exclusive insights into key market catalysts that should be on every trader’s radar. Recommended by Warren Venketas Get Your

Plenty of big events still to come on the week

Even today, while most market players might be focused on the FOMC meeting, I would say that the main event on the day is the Treasury refunding announcement. I detailed more on that yesterday here. As for the rest of the week, there is still the BOE monetary policy decision tomorrow and then the US

Currency market shifts as Japanese officials hint at intervention By Investing.com

In the latest development in the currency market, the experienced a dip from 151.70 to under 151.20 following hinted intervention by Japanese officials. Officials Kanda, Suzuki, and Matsuno expressed their concern against “one-sided,” “speculative,” and “disorderly” movements, which led to this shift. Following this, the AUD and NZD rebounded after initial depreciation against the USD.

Bank of Japan to conduct unscheduled bond buying operation tomorrow

That didn’t take long as the Japanese central bank announces that they will buy ¥100 billion of bonds with maturities of 3 years to 5 years and ¥300 billion of bonds with maturities of 5 years to 10 years on Thursday. 10-year JGB yields are now seen at 0.965% on the day. This article was