Spread Betting Weekly updated 22-Feb-10 |
Crude oil futures fell on Friday for an eighth straight session, the longest losing streak in more than six years. This came after better-than-expected...read more >>
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Weekly Spread Trading Review updated 15-Feb-10 |
Once again gold dominated the headlines with a surge to fresh new highs on Thursday ($1226) followed by a...read more >>
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Gold Trades Over $120 Range updated 08-Feb-10 |
Gold had a $120 swing in the week, rising 4% by Wednesday to $1,124 and then dropping 7% by Friday morning to $1,045. It closed the week...read more >>
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Banking Stocks Weigh on the FTSE 100 updated 01-Feb-10 |
Banks continued to weigh, dragging the FTSE 100 down over 2% to 5188. In the US, mixed earnings results and some positive economic data wasn't enough to...read more >>
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Obama's Reform Plans Strengthen the US Dollar updated 25-Jan-10 |
The knock-on effect of Obama's plans, rumours of Ben Bernanke not being retained for a second term and a rise in risk aversion in general saw a broad based Dollar rally last...read more >>
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Greek Debt Concerns Drag on the Euro updated 18-Jan-10 |
More worries about Greece's fiscal situation and refuted rumours that Angela Merkel was preparing to resign hit the Euro. It dropped over...read more >>
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Equity Markets Start 2010 Positively updated 11-Jan-10 |
Equity markets started on a strong footing in 2010, as positive data out of the Far East and the US drove markets higher. Not even the disappointing...read more >>
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US Indices End the Decade Lower updated 04-Jan-10 |
The S&P 500 closed at 1,115.1, down 1% on the week but up 19.7% on the year. The DJIA closed at 10,428, down 0.9% on the week but up 15.4% on the year. US indices finished the decade around...read more >>
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Commodities See Volatility on Strengthening Dollar updated 21-Dec-09 |
Commodities had another volatile week as a resurgent Dollar and 'misunderstandings' between Iran and Iraq caused gold and crude oil to...read more >>
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Crude Oil Futures Continue to Fall updated 14-Dec-09 |
Crude oil futures fell on Friday for an eighth straight session, the longest losing streak in more than six years. This came after...read more >>
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Silver Hits 16-month Highs updated 07-Dec-09 |
Silver hit 16-month highs ($19.42) but fell too on Friday to finish the week only...read more >>
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Dubai Debt and the Commodities Markets updated 30-Nov-09 |
The Dubai situation also caused consternation in the commodities markets as Gold...read more >>
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Finanial Spread Betting on Indices updated 23-Nov-09 |
It was a mixed week for stocks last week, with the DJIA finishing slightly up (+0.5% at 10,318), the S&P 500 slightly down (-0.2% at 1091.4) and the FTSE 100 also finishing...read more >>
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US Indices Spread Trading updated 16-Nov-09 |
The S&P 500 added 2.3% to 1093 and the Dow added 2.6% to 10,270.5, with the Dow establishing a decent...read more >>
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Financial Spread Trading on Gold updated 09-Nov-09 |
Gold once again surged to new highs, adding another $50 or 4.8% to $1095.1 an ounce, touching an intraday high of...read more >>
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Spread Betting on US Currency Markets updated 02-Nov-09 |
The Dollar staged a recovery this week against the Euro as EUR/USD topped out at the $1.5000 mark and...read more >>
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Crude Oil Spread Betting updated 26-Oct-09 |
Attention this week focused on Oil as Crude climbed to new 12 month highs at $80.26, but eased on Friday on the back of a recovering Dollar. It closed the week at...read more >>
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Spread Trading on Currency Markets updated 19-Oct-09 |
The weak Dollar continues to dominate currency market headlines. Sterling gained 3.3% against the Dollar on the week to close at...read more >>
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Financial Spread Betting on Gold updated 12-Oct-09 |
Gold was the star performer this week, blasting through not only its previous record high close at $1024 and intraday record high at $1033, but rallied a massive $58 to a new record high of...read more >>
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World Equity Spread Betting News updated 05-Oct-09 |
The week started positively for the world's equity markets, with the FTSE posting a new high for the year at 5190 on Wednesday. >From there though, it was all downhill with...read more >>
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Spread Betting and Equity Markets updated 28-Sep-09 |
Equity markets took a breather from the rally with a rare down week. The FTSE eased 1.5% to close the week at...read more >>
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Spread Bets on Gold updated 21-Sep-09 |
Gold had another noteworthy week as it sealed its highest close ever on Wednesday at $1020.3. It eased off towards the end of the week to finish...read more >>
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Spread Trading and FX Update updated 14-Sep-09 |
Weakness by the Dollar finally saw EUR/USD break out of its tight range, rallying 1.9% on the week to $1.457, touching a high of...read more >>
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Indices Spread Betting updated 07-Sep-09 |
A rally on Friday was not enough to prevent only the second weekly decline in eight weeks. The Dow and the S&P both gained just over 1% on Friday but finished...read more >>
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Spread Betting and Forex Market News updated 01-Sep-09 |
On the currencies front, the Dollar posted a 1.6% gain against the Pound to trade at $1.6244 and is trading at more or less the...read more >>
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Spread Bets Weekly Trading Update updated 24-Aug-09 |
Better than expected Home Sales data out of the States on Friday helped the markets end the week in positive fashion with the Dow up...read more >>
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Spread Betting and Cable Trading Update updated 17-Aug-09 |
Cable continued its slide from $1.70 and closed the week at $1.6538 but could be under pressure this week as ...read more >>
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Spread Betting and Equities Trading Update updated 10-Aug-09 |
Equity markets once again had a choppy ride before finally registering another healthy weekly gain following ...read more >>
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Spread Bets and Commodities Trading Update updated 03-Aug-09 |
Commodities were volatile but made gains again along with equities. Brent Crude had a topsy turvy week, at one point dropping nearly 6% to...read more >>
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Spreadex Trading Review Index updated 02-Mar-10 |
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