On the currency front, the pound continued to trade at around $1.27 on Friday morning. Meanwhile, the FTSE held a steady position, the DAX in Frankfurt exhibited a 0.5% increase, and the CAC in Paris rose by 0.3%. Additionally, the flash UK PMI Composite Output Index for the private sector reached a six-month high at…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for July 16, 2019. See details below: FOREX The Pound is down, almost 0.4% against the U.S. dollar. Sterling weakness is justified by the increasing likelihood of a no deal Brexit. Both candidates to be the next UK Prime Minister voiced their…
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Bats Europe, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) company, today announced the launch of new benchmark indices for ten additional European markets. Bats now offers real-time, high-quality and low-cost alternatives to those provided by the incumbent index providers across all major European markets. The new Bats Indices covering ten markets include: Bats Austria 20 Bats…
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU agency responsible for the rules that govern EU securities regulation and the conduct of EU public markets, announced that starting in 2020, public companies that prepare consolidated IFRS financial statements will provide them in Inline XBRL. ESMA has not yet released the detailed technical rules that…
Read moreAsian shares dropped on Monday, while the dollar index added 0.4% to 94.879, pulling away from its last week’s lowest mark since June 24. Global central bankers will join the annual mountain retreat opening on Thursday. Fed Chair Janet Yellen will also be taking part with a Friday speech. European markets opened quite lower on…
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