June 02, 2017 BY FxPro

NFP: the Final Confirmation for a June Rate Hike ?

The crucial US labour market data for May will be released today, June 2nd at 13:30 BST. It includes non-farm payrolls, unemployment rate and average hourly earnings. Please note that the release of US labour market data will likely cause volatility for USD, USD crosses and commodities. Non-farm payroll in April was 211K, beating the…

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Natural gas prices have declined by 34.83%
June 02, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Dukascopy adds CFDs on Natural Gas and Copper

Switzerland based retail forex broker Dukascopy has announced that it has added some new commodity CFDs for trading. New CFD commodities launched for live trading on Dukascopy include Natural Gas to US Dollar (GAS.CMD/USD) and High Grade Copper to US Dollar (COPPER.CMD/USD), for regular LIVE self trading accounts. Maximum leverage on GAS.CMD/USD and COPPER.CMD/USD is set…

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June 02, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FXSpotStream forex volumes up 2% in May to $17.5 billion ADV

Continuing the string of fairly flat to slightly up trading volumes at leading eFX platforms we've seen for the month of May, multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has reported that volumes on its system were up 2% MoM in April. Average daily volume at FXSpotStream came in at $17.5 billion in April, versus $17.1 billion in…

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June 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

DTCC names Clarient Global CEO Matthew Stauffer as head of Institutional Trade Processing

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced the appointment of Matthew Stauffer as Managing Director and head of Institutional Trade Processing, effective June 30, 2017. In this role, Mr. Stauffer will be responsible for integrating DTCC’s middle office trade processing solutions, including…

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June 01, 2017 BY FIBO Group

Pound to tumble on election results

Published on 01.06.2017 17:55 The British pound is under pressure again today against the Euro as more polls released before election day show the opposition labor party closing the gap on Theresa May’s conservatives. At 3.26pm (GMT) the British currency was trading at 87.04 against its European counterpart, down from 87.32 in yesterday’s close A…

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June 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: GBE Brokers hires Jaymes Marsh as Global Head of Marketing

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that CySEC regulated retail forex and CFD broker GBE Brokers has hired FX industry veteran Jaymes Payten-Marsh to a newly created position of Global Head of Marketing. Mr. Marsh joins GBE Brokers in Cyprus. He was previosuly Marketing Director at FxNet, and Head of Marketing and Communications at FXTM. GBE Brokers, whose management…

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June 01, 2017 BY FxPro

USD/JPY Bulls Break Downtrend Line Resistance

US Pending home sales (YoY) released yesterday saw a 3.3% drop in April, from a 0.8% growth in March, marking the biggest drop since June 2014. After the release of the data USD weakened across the board. USD/JPY hit a 2-week low of 110.47. On Thursday, June 1st, in early European trading session, the USD/JPY…

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JFD Brokers bitcoin trading
June 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

JFD Brokers adds BTCEUR and BTCUSD leveraged Bitcoin trading

CySEC regulated retail forex and CFDs broker JFD Brokers has announced the launch of leveraged Bitcoin trading for its clients. Becoming one of the first brokers in the industry to be granted by CySEC the license to offer the pairs BTC/EUR and BTC/USD for trading, DMA/STP broker JFD will also allow partial trading on these symbols,…

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