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  • Crude Oil Lower; Monthly Demand Reports in Focus

    Crude Oil Lower; Monthly Demand Reports in Focus0

    Oil prices fell Monday, consolidating after last week’s strong gains ahead of the release of demand forecasts from the OPEC and the IEA as well as a deluge of potentially influential economic data due this week. By 04:35 ET (09:35 GMT), U.S. crude futures traded 0.7% lower at $79.55 a barrel, while the Brent contract

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  • Asian Stocks Rally On China Stimulus, Japan Hit By BOJ Uncertainty

    Asian Stocks Rally On China Stimulus, Japan Hit By BOJ Uncertainty0

    Most Asian stock markets surged on Monday, with Chinese indexes in the lead after the government rolled out more stimulus measures, while fears of more hawkish moves from the Bank of Japan saw local stocks tumble. China’s blue-chip Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 index was the best performer in Asia, rallying 2% to a near five-month

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  • China’s Dec Home Prices fall, More Supportive Policies Likely

    China’s Dec Home Prices fall, More Supportive Policies Likely0

    China’s new home prices fell again in December as COVID-19 outbreaks hurt demand, with Beijing expected to roll out more measures to help sustain the recovery after the dismantling of pandemic curbs last month brightened the outlook. New home prices dropped both in monthly and annual terms, with continued weak demand a constraint to a

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  • UBS has No Desire to Buy Credit Suisse, Chairman Tells Newspaper

    UBS has No Desire to Buy Credit Suisse, Chairman Tells Newspaper0

    UBS has no interest in buying fellow Swiss lender Credit Suisse, the bank’s Chairman Colm Kelleher said in a interview published on Saturday. The former Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) president said he was focused on organic growth rather than acquisitions and expanding its business in the United States as he ruled out any move to buy

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  • Dollar Weakens in Wake of CPI Release; Yen Climbs Ahead Of BOJ

    Dollar Weakens in Wake of CPI Release; Yen Climbs Ahead Of BOJ0

    The U.S. dollar edged lower in early European trade Friday, continuing the previous session’s selloff after cooling U.S. inflation opened the way for the Federal Reserve to ease the pace of its interest rate hikes. At 03:05 ET (08:05 GMT), the US Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies,

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  • European Stock Futures Higher; U.K. GDP Grows in November

    European Stock Futures Higher; U.K. GDP Grows in November0

    European stock markets are expected to open slightly higher Friday, with investors focusing on a deluge of important economic data, including U.K. growth data for November, as well as earnings from the U.S. banking sector. At 02:00 ET (07:00 GMT), the DAX futures contract in Germany traded 0.1% higher, CAC 40 futures in France climbed

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