City Index

European indexes are trading higher but the FTSE is dipping, dragged down by mining companies. It has been tariff-threat galore in the last 24 hours with the US threatening to slap 100% tariffs on...

FX Brief: RBA held rates at 0.75% as widely expected, although they could still b eon track to cut rates as early as Q1 2020.Trump took to Twitter to again tell the Fed they need to lower...

In the final meeting of the year, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decided to keep rates on hold 0.75%, whilst keeping the door open for further cuts. What made this meeting more...

It was another sea of red where the ISM manufacturing report was concerned. The S&P 500 took notice. Manufacturing PMI contracts for a fourth consecutive month.New orders and...

The DAX rebounded on Monday as traders focused on strong data from China which boosted risk sentiment and overshadowed data showing the German manufacturing sector remains deep in recessionThe...

The sales bonanza that is Black Friday and some unexpectedly strong Chinese PMI data helped lift the FTSE 0.7% this morning. Although Black Friday figures for the UK have not been published yet US...

As my colleague Kelvin Wong noted, there are no clear signs of exhaustion on the S&P500 which sits just off record highs. Whilst Friday was a bearish close, it warns of a minor pullback...

FX Brief: China’s manufacturing PMI’s provided a positive start to the week for risk appetite, with IHM Markit read expanding at its fastest rate in nearly 3 years. This follows...

The week began with an element of risk-on, thanks to positive Chinese data over the weekend. China’s manufacturing PMI expanded in November to break a 7-month stretch of contraction according to...

The FTSE started the morning slightly lower as investors remain concerned that the US-China trade deal will slip through the Trump administration's fingers, but a rally in Ocado (LON:OCDO) shares and...

FX Brief: It was low volatility, as typically expected around a U.S. Thanksgiving. AUD and NZD are the strongest majors by a thin margin, CAD is the weakest. Most of the news came from...

The FTSE has kicked off trading on the back foot weighed down by the election boosted pound and trade concerns, which are overshadowing a jump in domestically focused stocks.The pound surged following...

Just as phase one of the US-China trade deal came within reach Sino-US relations are about to deteriorate after President Donald Trump signed a bill supporting protesters in Hong Kong, thus angering...

FX Brief: Risk appetite took a bump early on when President Trump signed the Hong Kong Bill. Whilst they vowed to retaliate, that their Foreign Minister said they’ll take firm...

Well, Trump finally did it (no, not the Putinesque image of himself as a boxer) – he signed the Hong Kong Treaty after UK markets closed, sending risk appetite into a tailspin.As always, his...

The dollar index has stalled near resistance levels as we approach December, a month which is typically bearish for the Greenback. A weaker USD could help NZD/USD break higher for oversold levels and...