Asia shares camp on high ground, oil jumps on Libya shutdown
By Ritu, Capital Sands Asian shares neared a 20-month top on Monday as Wall Street extended its run of record peaks on solid U.S. economic data and lashes of liquidity...
European shares at record high as cross-Atlantic trade tensions abate
By Ritu, Capital Sands European shares touched a record high on Friday after EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan struck a positive tone on talks with Washington, soothing some concerns over...
GBP/USD: Probes five-week-old falling trendline near 1.3080
By Ritu, Capital Sands GBP/USD stays positive around a one-week high while taking the bids to 1.3080 during the Asian session on Friday. The pair confronts a short-term key...
Gold Prices Slips on U.S.-China Deal
By Ritu, Capital Sands Gold prices slipped on Thursday in Asia after the U.S. and China signed a historic trade deal. Gold Futures slipped 0.1% to $1,552.15 by 1:30 AM ET...
Asian Stocks Rise as U.S.-China Signs Phase One Trade Deal
By Ritu, Capital Sands Asian stock markets traded mostly higher on Thursday in Asia as investors cheered the signing of the phase one U.S.-China trade deal. China’s Shenzhen Composite rose 0.2%, while...
Oil drops on concerns that U.S.-China trade deal may not stoke demand
By Ritu, Capital Sands Oil prices slipped on Wednesday on concerns that the pending Phase 1 trade deal between the United States and China, the world's biggest oil users, may...
Michael Patra appointed deputy governor of RBI for a three-year term
By Ritu, Capital Sands Michael Debabrata Patra, 59, has been appointed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor for three years. The post fell vacant after Viral Acharya resigned...
Pound on Longest Losing Streak Since May on BOE Easing Talk
By Ritu, Capital Sands The pound extended its decline to the longest run in eight months as speculation of an imminent Bank of England interest-rate cut increased. Sterling fell as...
Asian Markets Rise as U.S. Drops China’s Currency Manipulator Label
By Ritu, Capital Sands Asian stocks rose in morning trade on Tuesday after the U.S. dropped China’s currency manipulator label, saying that it has made “enforceable commitments” not to devalue...
Sterling Slips vs Dollar, Euro as Vlieghe Fuels Rate Hopes
By Ritu, Capital Sands The dollar opened the week stronger against the pound sterling and the Japanese yen, but weaker against the euro, with markets still unsettled by the weak labor market report...