Market Overview

The Australian dollar (AUD) and the Canadian dollar (CAD) are called “commodity currencies” for a reason. The reason is that regardless of what’s happening in their associated local...

Originally published by BetaSharesGlobal Markets Review & OutlookRisk sentiment returned to global markets last week reflecting a downgrade to the expected damage from US hurricanes and further...

Originally published by CMC MarketsAsia Pacific indicesThe S&P/ASX 200 has dropped back under its 50 and 200-day averages into the bottom half of its 5,655 to 5,800 trading range. RSI slipping...

Originally published by CMC MarketsAsia Pacific share markets are set for modest opening gains after a weaker US dollar spurred yet another record high in the S&P 500 index. However currency...

Originally published by Rivkin SecuritiesThe S&P 500 closed above 2500 for the first time as the longer term uptrend continues. The gains came despite the fact that retail sales data released on...

Originally published by IG MarketsDeveloped market (DM) central banks dominate the financial markets thought process and the debate last week centred on whether markets have been far too pessimistic...

Originally published by CMC Markets Asia Pacific IndicesThe S&P/ASX 200 failed to break out of its 5,655 to 5,800 sideways trending range and has dropped back to retest its 50 and 200-day averages...

Originally published by CMC MarketsSupport for gold and the Japanese yen has been relatively limited since news of the latest Korean missile launches broke. This suggests there may not be a major...

Originally published by AxiTraderMarket SummaryThe Bank of England left rates on hold but hinted it was very close to a rate hike. That sent sterling sharply higher, drove UK gilt rate higher and...

Originally published by CMC Markets BIS Oxford Economics is one of the leading groups in Australian real estate forecasting. Today’s press carries news of a big turnaround in BIS’s...

Originally published by IG MarketsDay trading involves buying and selling financial instruments within a single trading day. Day traders will normally close out their positions at the end of each day,...

Originally published by CMC MarketsSurging oil prices and new record highs for US stocks indicate a positive start to share trading in the Asia Pacific region today. However important data reads in...

Originally published by Rivkin SecuritiesUS stock indices managed to limp higher overnight although they closed only barely up. US producer price index data showed that producer prices rose 0.2% for...

Originally published by IG MarketsSpeculative appetite was easing this past past session with uneven performance across so-called ‘risk assets’ and far more temperate pace for those...