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Sentiment remains fragile after Wednesday’s big sell-off

Electrocomponents, the world's leading distributor of electronic components, equipment and tools intended in particular for the medical, industrial and IT sectors, announced full-year results

On the equity markets, the announcement of the European Commission's support plan should continue to provide support, even if it remains to be confirmed, since it implies an agreement of the 27 member countries.

The British airline EasyJet announced that it was cutting 4,500 jobs, nearly a third of its workforce, to cope with the shock of the coronavirus pandemic.

Daimler, the automobile group, will invest in Chinese electric vehicle battery producer Farasis Energy's 480 million dollars IPO.

Bayer, the pharmaceutical group, is nearing deals to resolve 50,000 to 85,000 of 125,000 U.S. cancer lawsuits over the use of its Roundup weedkiller

Burberry, the luxury fashion house, posted 4Q retail like-for-like sales down 27%, slighter better than the 30% drop expected by the Company, showing encouraging signs.

Rolls-Royce, the aerospace engine maker, proposed major reorganisation in response to the impact of COVID-19

At the time of this writing the US dollar was a touch firmer against the likes of the euro and the Aussie, but lower versus […]

Gold was a tad lower first thing this morning – understandably so after Tuesday’s big rally – before turning positive in the afternoon. The precious […]

Earlier, data from the ONS showed consumer price inflation in the UK rose to its strongest level in nearly three-and-a-half years to 2.3%. The pound’s […]

Once again, the AUD/USD is back, banging its head against the ceiling around that 0.7730-80 resistance range. Relative to other major currencies, though, the Aussie […]

The US dollar fell across the board last week. A so called ‘dovish rate hike’ from the Fed disappointed those looking for hints of a […]

After a very quiet period in the FX markets, volatility spiked in midweek amid a flurry of central bank meetings. The Fed’s dovish rate hike […]

The Fed’s dovish rate hike on Wednesday caused the dollar to weaken noticeably and there was some follow-though in the selling pressure on Thursday as […]

The GBP/USD has hit a fresh post-FOMC high this afternoon.  Like the Bank of Japan and Swiss National Bank, the Bank of England decided to […]

The wait is almost over: the Fed is highly likely to announce an interest rate rise at 18:00 GMT. But we have already covered the […]