Finance Rumors of explosions in Iran, Syria and Iraq lead to a jump in WTI and Brent 1 reading Oil prices recorded an increase of more than 3% on fears in the Middle East after unconfirmed rumors of an explosion in Iran, Syria and Iraq, fueling new fears about the crisis in the Middle East: … Read more
Finance “Hard landing in the USA: choosing corporate bonds and mortgage backed securities” Negative opening for Hong Kong and Chinese stock markets 1′ reading The Tokyo Stock Exchange began the first session of the week with a plus sign, following the bullish trend of US stock indices and the encouraging numbers from overseas job market. … Read more
Finance Of Laura Bonadies e Chiara Di Cristofaro Investors are looking to the speech that the Fed president will give to the US Congress in the afternoon, while attention remains high in view of the ECB meeting. Piazza Affari supported by banks and energy companies, differential between BTp and Bund at 138 basis points. Bitcoin … Read more
2′ reading (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) – Le European stock exchanges started off on the right foot in the first session of March, in the wake of the records set on Thursday by Wall Street and the new highs in Tokyo. US stock markets gained ground after “core” PCE inflation fell to 2.8% in … Read more
2′ reading (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) – They travel positively the European stock exchanges in the last session of February. All eyes are on the US PCE inflation figure, expected to rise by 0.3% after +0.2% in January, useful for understanding the Fed’s next moves in the area of monetary policy. In France, meanwhile, … Read more
Finance Of Stefania Arcudi e Giorgia Colucci From a central bank perspective, data on US inflation will be published on February 29th and European inflation on March 1st. The Euro remains above 1.08 dollars. Oil drops 2′ reading (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) – Le European stock exchanges they are moving in the name of … Read more
Finance by Stefania Blasioli and Paolo Paronetto Tokyo closes negative. China’s central bank cut the 5-year prime lending rate (LPR) by 25 basis points 3′ reading (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) – The handbrake is on European stock exchanges at the start, the day after a session already characterized by caution which saw the absence … Read more
Finance Of Chiara Di Michele e Martina Soligo After the cold shower of higher-than-expected US inflation, concern about rates continues to keep stock markets in check. Oil rises slightly, gas drops 2′ reading (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) – They travel cautiously European stock exchanges, with concerns about interest rates, after the cold shower of … Read more
Finance Chinese stock markets closed for Lunar New Year. Eyes turned to US inflation 2′ reading (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) – Start just below parity for the European indices, with Milan starting again from the highest levels since spring 2008 on the day when all eyes will be on the key figure of American … Read more
Finance Mixed Asia: Hong Kong up, mainland China down 1′ reading The Tokyo stock market starts the first session of the week on the rise, settling at its highest level in 34 years, following the consolidation of US stock indices and the encouraging signals coming from technology. At the opening, the Nikkei reference list advanced … Read more