Thu Feb 4, 2016/Reuters Asian shares rallied on Thursday as speculation the U.S. Federal Reserve might opt to not raise interest rates at all this year hammered the dollar and sparked a huge rally in oil prices. By some measures the U.S. currency suffered its largest one-day percentage drop outside […]
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European stocks inch up, euro dips on S&P downgrade
European shares inched up on Friday with riskier assets still in demand following a broadly neutral shift in U.S. monetary policy, and the euro dipped after a credit agency cut its rating on the European Union. The FTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3 index of top European shares was up 0.2 percent after […]
Asian shares, dollar, oil dip as U.S. shutdown drags on
Asian shares, oil prices and the dollar came under pressure on Monday as politicians in Washington showed no signs of making progress to resolve the U.S. budget standoff, while safe-haven gold inched higher. Financial bookmakers expected European shares .FTSE .GDAXI .FCHI to follow Asia lower and open down between 0.4 […]
