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IG Markets - Afternoon Thoughts
Monday, 29 October 2012, 6:40 pm | IG Markets
Asian markets are mixed on the back of some mixed leads from US trade on Friday. Most of the equities in the region enjoyed a fairly positive start to the week after having been sharply sold off into the close of Friday’s Asian session. However, ... More >>
IG Markets - Morning Prices October 29
Monday, 29 October 2012, 11:17 am | IG Markets
It was a mixed session for risk assets on Friday as a growing number of factors kept market participants at bay. With US elections fast approaching and Hurricane Sandy headed for the US east coast, it’s not too surprising to see US equities ... More >>
IG Markets - Afternoon Thoughts
Friday, 26 October 2012, 7:14 pm | IG Markets
Asian markets are mostly lower as sentiment remains subdued ahead of the weekend. Today’s weakness came despite US data continuing to print a positive surprise with durable goods growing 9.9% in September, while the weekly claims came out bang in-line ... More >>
IG Markets - Morning Prices October 26
Friday, 26 October 2012, 11:19 am | IG Markets
Good morning Overnight, US markets edged higher in what was a volatile session that featured a mixed bag of earning reports, some better-than-expected economic data and rumours of a Fitch downgrade to the US credit rating. US equities opened higher ... More >>
IG Markets - Afternoon Thoughts
Thursday, 25 October 2012, 6:16 pm | IG Markets
Asian markets have recovered and are now mostly in positive territory. We had seen a subdued start to trading after US equities fell into the close. Trade was choppy through the US session as the indecision among market participants remained evident. ... More >>
IG Markets - Morning Thoughts
Thursday, 25 October 2012, 11:17 am | IG Markets
It was a mixed session for risk assets with some choppy trading, as markets failed to establish a set risk theme. In the European session, disappointing economic readings set a negative tone for most risk assets. European, German and French flash manufacturing ... More >>
IG Markets - Afternoon Thoughts
Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 6:39 pm | IG Markets
Asian markets are mixed and mostly off their lows helped by data showing that China’s manufacturing may contract at a slower pace. Equities got off to a poor start after picking up some negative leads from US and European trade. Risk assets declined in ... More >>
IG Markets - Morning Thoughts
Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 11:14 am | IG Markets
Risk assets declined in US trade, with limited data releases to encourage participants to keep driving markets higher. Corporate earnings continued to dictate the negative tone as equities were sold off through European and US trade. Facebook was one of ... More >>
IG Markets - Morning Thoughts
Tuesday, 23 October 2012, 11:14 am | IG Markets
IG Markets - Morning Thoughts Risk assets struggled through European and most of US trade only to experience a big turnaround into the close of the US session. Once again, corporate earnings were in focus in US trade and set the negative tone through ... More >>
IG Markets - Afternoon thoughts Oct 22
Monday, 22 October 2012, 8:26 pm | IG Markets
FTSE 5873 -23 DAX 7345 -36 CAC 3582 -23 IBEX 7838 -75 DOW 13327 -17 NAS 2678 0 S&P 1430 -3 Oil 91.75 Gold 1724 Asian markets are off to a subdued start to the week on the back of some soft leads from Friday’s US trade. Risk assets finished the ... More >>
IG Markets - Morning Prices October 22
Monday, 22 October 2012, 1:17 pm | IG Markets
Risk assets finished the week on a sour note as equities fell in European and US trade. Friday’s moves were mainly earnings driven, as reporting companies such as GE and McDonalds disappointed. Out of the 117 companies that have reported so ... More >>
IG Markets - Morning thoughts and opening prices
Friday, 19 October 2012, 11:15 am | IG Markets
Good morning, Risk sentiment turned sour in US trade as the corporate earnings season finally showed some cracks. US equities lost ground on the back of a sell-off in Google shares following its disappointing results. Confusion surrounding the early ... More >>
IG Markets - Afternoon Thoughts
Thursday, 18 October 2012, 5:21 pm | IG Markets
Asian markets have rallied as this week’s positive momentum rolls on. Markets maintained their positive run with another round of impressive US economic data helping sentiment. Housing starts jumped about 15% to a four-year high of 0.87 million, beating consensus ... More >>
IG Markets - Morning thoughts and opening prices
Thursday, 18 October 2012, 11:15 am | IG Markets
Good morning, Markets maintained their positive run with another round of impressive US economic data helping sentiment. Housing starts jumped about 15% to a four-year high of 0.87 million, beating consensus of 0.77 million. Building permits also exceeded ... More >>
IG Markets - Afternoon Thoughts
Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 5:31 pm | IG Markets
Asian markets have rallied as investors respond to the growing risk appetite seen in European and US markets. There had been a number of obstacles keeping some market participants at bay including concerns about the US corporate earnings, Spain & Greece ... More >>
IG Markets - Morning Thoughts
Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 11:12 am | IG Markets
IG Markets - Morning Thoughts Markets were broadly risk-on through European and US trade on the back of some encouraging economic data and optimism about Spain requesting a bailout. The German ZEW economic sentiment index rose to -11.5 (from -18.2), beating ... More >>
IG Markets - Afternoon thoughts
Tuesday, 16 October 2012, 7:44 pm | IG Markets
Asian markets are firmer after picking up some positive leads from US trade. Risk assets were fairly well bid in US trade with an initial boost coming from better-than-anticipated retail sales data. They rose 1.1%, beating expectations of a 0.7% gain. On the earnings ... More >>
IG Markets - Morning Thoughts
Tuesday, 16 October 2012, 11:08 am | IG Markets
Markets recovered yesterday as the risk tone improved in European and US trade. It was a fairly quiet European session but event risk ramped up in US trade with plenty of releases on the calendar. Retail sales rose 1.1%, beating expectations ... More >>
IG Markets - October 15
Monday, 15 October 2012, 11:13 am | IG Markets
Markets were generally risk off on Friday as equities lost ground in US and European trade. Risk currencies also had a fairly tough session as AUD/USD slid from around 1.0289 to 1.0217 while EUR/USD dropped from 1.3 to 1.294. There was nothing specific ... More >>
IG Markets - Afternoon Thoughts
Friday, 12 October 2012, 5:35 pm | IG Markets
Asian markets are mixed after picking up some subdued leads from US trade. Risk assets were well bid in the European session as the positive momentum from Asian trade continued to support. Optimism that the S&P downgrade will push Spain closer to requesting ... More >>
