Category: Market News

May 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CLS report: French Election effect on FX markets

On 07 May 2017, Emmanuel Macron won the French presidential election by 66% of the vote, more than polls had predicted. In this report CLS assess whether the two rounds of the French presidential elections had a significant impact on the foreign exchange (FX) spot market, using data published by CLS on Quandl, an on-line…

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forex industry news update
April 30, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: FX Broker gets CySEC license, XTB revenues plummet, FXCM debt to Leucadia, and lots more…

It was a week dominated by regulatory issues and financial results in Forex Industry News, with the key stories once again appearing first or exclusively at LeapRate. Our most popular guest posts this past week included: CySEC changes to Investor Compensation Fund: what does it mean for Forex brokers and traders? from MAP S.Platis General…

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Crude oil prices could bounce as Coronavirus panic settles
April 24, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Oil recovers lost ground, market still under pressure

Oil prices recovered ground on Monday following last week's big losses, driven by expectations that OPEC will extend a pledge to cut output to cover all of 2017, although a relentless rise in U.S. drilling capped gains, Reuters reported earlier today. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures CLc1 added 26 cents, or 0.5%,…

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