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IG Markets - Morning Thoughts
Tuesday, 19 June 2012, 11:07 am | IG Markets
IG Markets - Morning Thoughts Risk sentiment slumped through US trade, as the euphoria from the Greek election results waned quite swiftly. Focus is now back on debt concerns as Spanish and Italian yields remain at elevated levels. Spanish 10-year yields traded ... More >>
IG Markets - Morning Thoughts
Monday, 18 June 2012, 11:07 am | IG Markets
IG Markets - Morning Thoughts Risk currencies have gapped higher this morning as projections showed Greece’s two largest pro-bailout parties winning enough seats to forge a parliamentary majority. Anti-bailout party Syriza received 26.6% and 71 ... More >>
IG Markets - Afternoon Thoughts
Friday, 15 June 2012, 4:42 pm | IG Markets
Across Asia, markets are mostly higher in cautious trade ahead of this weekend’s Greek elections. Risk assets rallied in US trade after the latest round of economic data fuelled talk of Fed easing even further. A bigger-than-expected result for unemployment ... More >>
IG Market - Morning Thoughts
Friday, 15 June 2012, 11:06 am | IG Markets
IG Market - Morning Thoughts Risk assets rallied in US trade after the latest round of economic data fuelled talk of Fed easing even further. A bigger-than-expected result for unemployment claims and a benign inflation reading saw investors speculate ... More >>
IG Markets - Afternoon Thoughts
Thursday, 14 June 2012, 5:27 pm | IG Markets
Across Asia, markets are mostly weaker after a drop in US retail sales and higher borrowing costs in Italy and Germany fuelled concern about the global economy. The stalling in underlying retail sales growth in May suggests that the recent easing ... More >>
IG Markets - Morning Thoughts
Thursday, 14 June 2012, 11:13 am | IG Markets
IG Markets - Morning Thoughts This week was always going to be a volatile one and thus far it’s playing out perfectly to script. Overnight we saw another seesawing performance for equities, with investors seemingly unsure how to position themselves ... More >>
IG Markets - Afternoon thoughts
Wednesday, 13 June 2012, 5:39 pm | IG Markets
Across Asia, markets are mixed as investors continue to trade cautiously ahead of a key week for Europe. Today’s subdued performance has come despite a solid rally for US markets. In US trade, we saw investors shrug off higher Spanish and Italian ... More >>
IG Markets forex thoughts
Wednesday, 13 June 2012, 12:57 pm | IG Markets
IG Markets forex thoughts. EUR/USD Sovereign yields continued to be the bane of the euro bulls’ lives, as Fitch came out in European trade and suggested what everyone already knew - that Spain will miss its deficit targets by some way. Comments from ... More >>
IG Markets - Morning Thoughts
Wednesday, 13 June 2012, 11:04 am | IG Markets
IG Markets - Morning Thoughts Risk assets rallied late in the European session and the momentum continued through US trade. Investors shrugged off higher Spanish and Italian yields, and decided to focus on the prospect of further easing instead. Extremely ... More >>
IG Markets Afternoon thoughts
Tuesday, 12 June 2012, 5:32 pm | IG Markets
Across Asia, markets are mostly weaker after the rally on the back of Spain’s bailout lost steam. Risk assets showed initial support to the Spanish bailout yesterday with equity markets starting the week off on a strong note. More >>
IG Markets - Morning Thoughts
Tuesday, 12 June 2012, 11:11 am | IG Markets
Risk assets showed initial support to the Spanish bailout yesterday with equity markets starting the week off on a strong note. The sharp move higher lost steam in the European session however and risk assets pared some of their gains. It is reassuring that ... More >>
IG Markets - Afternoon thoughts 8/6/12
Friday, 8 June 2012, 5:15 pm | IG Markets
Across Asia, markets are weaker as investors continue to show disappointment in Fed chief Ben Bernanke’s comments. The Fed chief highlighted the potential headwinds ahead that have prevented it from taking any options off the table yet, warning that ... More >>
IG Markets - Morning Thoughts
Friday, 8 June 2012, 11:29 am | IG Markets
IG Markets - Morning Thoughts Those hoping to cement their QE expectations were left disappointed by Fed Chairman Bernanke's testimony, which flagged the risks and kept all policy options open, yet failed to offer any real hints of impending action at ... More >>
IG Markets - Afternoon thoughts
Thursday, 7 June 2012, 5:36 pm | IG Markets
Across Asia, markets are rallying on hopes of a Spanish bailout and optimism that global central banks will take further action to bolster slowing global growth. Some traders simply attributed the move to short covering, as nothing concrete was actually ... More >>
IG Markets - Morning Thoughts
Thursday, 7 June 2012, 11:34 am | IG Markets
Risk assets rallied with major European and US bourses posting gains of over 2% on hopes of a Spain bailout and easing measures by central banks around the world. Some traders simply attributed the move to short covering, as nothing concrete was actually ... More >>
IG Markets: Afternoon Thoughts
Wednesday, 6 June 2012, 5:51 pm | IG Markets
Across Asia, markets are mostly higher on growing optimism that the Fed will conduct some easing to help the US economy stay on the recovery path. QE3 is right in the cross hairs of markets right now, and Fed watcher Hilsenrath released an article ... More >>
IG Markets - Morning Prices June 6
Wednesday, 6 June 2012, 12:18 pm | IG Markets
The much anticipated G7 meeting failed to yield any substantive headlines or joint statement. As a result, markets went through a session of quiet consolidation without a defined risk theme. It doesn’t seem like anything concrete will be decided until ... More >>
IG Markets: Afternoon Thoughts
Tuesday, 5 June 2012, 6:34 pm | IG Markets
Across Asia, markets have bounced today, shrugging off fairly mixed leads from the European and US sessions. Most flows skewed to USD selling on some marginally positive headlines and decent price action from other risk markets. Optimism that a pan-European ... More >>
IG Markets - morning thoughts and opening prices
Tuesday, 5 June 2012, 12:19 pm | IG Markets
Ahead of the open, we are calling the Aussie market up 0.6% at 4008 despite a mixed performance in US and European trade. Although US factory orders data disappointed, optimism that European leaders were ready to take action to combat the sovereign ... More >>
IG Markets - Afternoon thoughts June 4
Monday, 4 June 2012, 5:22 pm | IG Markets
Across Asia, markets have tracked lower on the back of Friday’s sell-off in the US. Sentiment has slumped after growth indicators failed to inspire the markets on Friday. Lead indicators across the US, Europe and Asia are adding to fears of further ... More >>