Trading Update
13-Nov-13, 9:30am: The gold market continues to have a tough time and crude oil is sitting just above support.

This afternoon’s crude oil inventory update should give oil futures some short-term momentum.



Update by Craig Inglis, Head of Product Development,
13-Nov-13, 11:25am: The new trading video on the CleanFinancial.com blog asks whether positive economic data will boost equity markets.

Is Good Data Good News for Equities After Strong NFP?

Update by Gordon Childs, Editor,
13-Nov-13, 11:52pm:

Bitcoin Passes the $400 Mark



Earlier today the digital currency opened around $379 and then crossed the $400 mark.

BTC hit a high of $441.4 before settling back and closing at $432.34.

Update by Jacob Wood, Editor,
14-Nov-13, 6:28am: Johnston Press Fights Back

Johnston Press has continued making profits by slashing costs to offset a continued decline in circulation for its key newspaper titles, for more on this story see www.thetimes.co.uk.

Update by Jenna Cutly, Editor,
14-Nov-13, 9:23am: As the stock markets interpret Janet Yellen’s comments as meaning that there will be no tapering this year, the Dow is breaking fresh all-time highs with the FTSE and Nikkei also testing resistance.



Update by Craig Erlam, Market Analyst,
14-Nov-13, 9:42am: Last night’s dovish comments from Janet Yellen saw seen the dollar slump, with Japanese GDP figures helping to boost stocks this morning.



Update by Ishaq Siddiqi, Market Analyst,