Forex
26/5/2014 10:00 am
The euro fell to a three-month low against the dollar amid speculation gains by euro-skeptic parties in European Parliament elections will hinder central- bank efforts to bolster the region’s economic recovery.
Colombian opposition candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, who threatens to halt the government’s peace talks with Marxist rebels, led the first-round of presidential elections and will face incumbent Juan Manuel Santos in a runoff.
Brazil’s real fell to a two-week low and declined for the second straight week one day after central bank President Alexandre Tombini signaled that he may ease support for the currency.
Mexico’s government cut its 2014 growth forecast after the economy recovered less than analysts estimated in the first quarter, held back by weak export demand and a tax increase that sapped consumer confidence.
Protest parties surged in Greece and France in European Parliament elections, in a sign of the anti-European mood across the economic divide opened up by the sovereign debt crisis.
Ukrainian billionaire Petro Poroshenko was set to win presidential elections, handing him the task of stemming deadly separatist violence that’s threatened to rip the former Soviet republic apart.
India’s rupee traded within 0.3 percent of an 11-month high on optimism the nation’s new government will step up efforts to revive the economy.
Colombia’s former Finance Minister Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, who opposes the government’s peace talks with Marxist rebels, led the first-round of presidential elections and will face incumbent Juan Manuel Santos in a runoff.
Volatility in the won dropped for a third day amid concern South Korean authorities will intervene to limit the currency’s appreciation.
Sweden is poised to lose the benefits of a weaker krona to dig itself out of the deepest deflationary hole in the developed world.
26/5/2014 10:00 am
The euro fell to a three-month low against the dollar amid speculation gains by euro-skeptic parties in European Parliament elections will hinder central- bank efforts to bolster the region’s economic recovery.
Colombian opposition candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, who threatens to halt the government’s peace talks with Marxist rebels, led the first-round of presidential elections and will face incumbent Juan Manuel Santos in a runoff.
Brazil’s real fell to a two-week low and declined for the second straight week one day after central bank President Alexandre Tombini signaled that he may ease support for the currency.
Mexico’s government cut its 2014 growth forecast after the economy recovered less than analysts estimated in the first quarter, held back by weak export demand and a tax increase that sapped consumer confidence.
Protest parties surged in Greece and France in European Parliament elections, in a sign of the anti-European mood across the economic divide opened up by the sovereign debt crisis.
Ukrainian billionaire Petro Poroshenko was set to win presidential elections, handing him the task of stemming deadly separatist violence that’s threatened to rip the former Soviet republic apart.
India’s rupee traded within 0.3 percent of an 11-month high on optimism the nation’s new government will step up efforts to revive the economy.
Colombia’s former Finance Minister Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, who opposes the government’s peace talks with Marxist rebels, led the first-round of presidential elections and will face incumbent Juan Manuel Santos in a runoff.
Volatility in the won dropped for a third day amid concern South Korean authorities will intervene to limit the currency’s appreciation.
Sweden is poised to lose the benefits of a weaker krona to dig itself out of the deepest deflationary hole in the developed world.
