UK stocks flat after lockdown guideline confusion Both large cap and mid cap London-listed stocks posted a near flat day on Monday, after a confusing day in which the Prime Minister was forced to put out a substantial clarification about the advice he provided on the lifting of lockdown measures over the weekend. His statement…
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Key data points Bold indicates the most important releases for this symbol. Tuesday 12 May, 1.30 GMT: Chinese annual inflation (April) - consensus 3.7%, previous 4.3% Tuesday 12 May, 12.30 GMT: American annual core inflation (April) - consensus 1.7%, previous 2.1% Tuesday 12 May, 12.30 GMT: American annual inflation (April) - consensus 0.4%, previous 1.5%…
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Before joining CLS, Barkhuf served as a Chief Technology Officer of the Finance and Insurance Group at the IT and business consulting services firm CGI. There he was head of the global software engineering team and overseeing the company’s finance and insurance products. Barkhuf has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry.…
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CSCM has supported the Group’s products under the brand of XBT Provider and the firm’s actively managed family of funds, while also setting up proprietary trading strategies. CSCM clients trade alongside the firm and benefit from best-price execution. Jean-Marie Mognetti, CoinShares CEO and head of CoinShares Capital Markets commented: With their deep expertise in trading,…
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EUROPEAN SHARES Despite a mixed trading session in Asia, EU share markets ticked higher on Monday as investors digested reassuring virus updates from Italy, France and the UK. Investors who were already betting on the recovery were pleased to see these three European countries registering their lowest death rates since March, ahead of lockdown easing…
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The average daily volume OTC trading dropped by 51% MoM with $8.6 billion, compared to March when it was 17.7%. Futures contracts amounted to 567,189 in April, a 19.2% MoM drop compared to 701,820 last month. The retail FX brand of Gain Capital Holdings Inc, Forex.com's Japanese business reported that on 14 April 2020 its…
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FTSE climbs despite Bank of England warning UK markets were closed on Friday for a public holiday, but the FTSE 100 gained more than 3% between Monday and Thursday, while the FTSE 250 had a positive but more pedestrian week. The shortened week ended on a high, with the FTSE 100 gaining 1.4% on Thursday…
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XAUUSD fell to 4th position from its number one traded instrument in March, due to disruption of the supply chain of the physical commodity. Trading volume in Spot Gold dropped more than 60% MoM to $88.74 billion. EURUSD amounted to 17.92% of all volume in April and major US indices picked up in volumes due…
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The Commission also found that on 8 February 2018, Khorrami placed simultaneous buy and sell orders in six different CME futures contracts. After being unable to fill the orders, Khorrami repeatedly modified them until the bid and offer price matched, resulting in a series of pre-arranged cross trades in contracts for crude oil, British Pound,…
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EUROPEAN SHARES European equities edged higher on Friday, extending the significant advance registered yesterday amid rising investor appetite for riskier assets. Market sentiment has been given a fresh boost by a reportedly “constructive” phone call between the US and China yesterday and investors were relieved to hear the two blocs were moving on with the…
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