Markets A combination of data, comments from the ECB Sintra forum and some final end-of-quarter repositioning were the drivers for trading at the final session of the quarter. July inflation data from EMU members including Read more…
BT Group spent more than 18 months looking for a buyer for its international business. Nobody bit. So BT did something different: It gave half of its international business to Verizon and kept the other Read more…
The NASDAQ Composite ended the second quarter with its strongest performance in six years, but the bigger story may be what comes next. After surging 21.41% during the quarter to close at 26,213.72, the tech-heavy Read more…
Japan’s business confidence improved more than expected in the second quarter, with the Bank of Japan’s Tankan survey showing sentiment among large manufacturers rising from 17 to 22 in June, well above the market consensus Read more…
Japan’s manufacturing sector strengthened further in June, with the S&P Global Manufacturing PMI rising from 54.5 to 54.8, marking a sixth consecutive month of expansion. The latest reading capped the sector’s strongest quarterly performance since Read more…
Australia’s manufacturing sector strengthened further in June, with the S&P Global Manufacturing PMI rising from 50.7 to 51.5, marking its third consecutive month above the 50.0 expansion threshold and its highest reading since January. The Read more…
RBA Minutes reprise the ‘hawkish hold’ message from June’s decision statement. Some notable observations on housing and data centre build but central narrative unchanged. Deputy Governor Hauser’s recent speech and accompanying RBA research underscore risks Read more…
Recovery leg from 1.1324 (2026 low, posted last week) started to lose traction, as better than expected inflation numbers from some EU member countries (Germany, France, Italy) cooled expectations for ECB rate hike. Markets wait Read more…
Nikkei 225: ⬆️ Buy – Nikkei 225 reversed from support level 68600.00 – Likely to rise to resistance level 72575.00 Nikkei 225 index recently reversed from the support area between the support level 68600.00 (former Read more…
AUDCAD: ⬆️ Buy – AUDCAD reversed from support area – Likely to rise to resistance level 0.9945 AUDCAD currency pair earlier reversed from the support area between the support level 0.9760 (former strong resistance from Read more…