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By Ilya Spivak |
January 8, 2013
Sentiment-linked crude oil is on the upswing along with a narrow improvement in risk appetite in European hours, with regional shares edging higher. Gold and silver are likewise trading higher as the US dollar corrects lower.
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By Ilya Spivak |
December 5, 2012
Commodities are on the upswing overnight amid a broad-based pickup in risk appetite, with Asian shares led higher by Chinese bourses after the government decided to relax rules limiting insurers’ investments in commercial lenders.
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By Ilya Spivak |
November 29, 2012
Commodities are on the upswing as risk appetite swells across financial markets, with the newswires citing optimism about a resolution to the US “fiscal cliff” debacle on the horizon. Sentiment-linked crude oil and copper prices are following shares higher.
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By Ilya Spivak |
November 27, 2012
Yesterday’s euro-zone finance ministers’ summit on Greek bailout funding ended in disappointment, failing to stamp out skepticism of policymakers’ crisis management efforts. Meanwhile, October’s durable goods report registered better than economists expected.
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By Ilya Spivak |
November 20, 2012
Sentiment-linked crude oil and copper prices are following shares lower in early European trade as investors cast an uneasy eye toward a meeting of euro-zone finance ministers on tap later today.
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By Ilya Spivak |
October 4, 2012
Commodity prices are edging higher overnight as risk appetite firms across Asian bourses following a supportive set of US economic data. Sentiment-linked crude oil and copper prices followed shares higher while gold and silver found de-facto support.
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By Ilya Spivak |
September 28, 2012
Commodities are on the upswing in early trade amid a broad-based advance in risk appetite as traders encouraged by yesterday’s release of an ambitious Spanish budget await a similar result from France.
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By Ilya Spivak |
August 31, 2012
Commodities are treading water in the hours ahead of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s much-anticipated speech from at the Jackson Hole symposium. Traders hope the central bank chief will signal the intention of launching a third round of quantitative easing.
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By Ilya Spivak |
July 31, 2012
Commodities are on the upswing as the Federal Reserve begins a two-day policy meeting amid hopes policymakers will announce additional stimulus measures. The move higher may prove short-lived however, with Ben Bernanke and company likely to disappoint.
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By Ilya Spivak |
July 16, 2012
Commodity prices are correcting lower in early European trade after Friday’s sharp rebound in risk appetite. Sentiment-linked crude oil and copper prices followed share prices higher while gold and silver found a de-facto boost as the safe-haven US dollar retraced downward.