Russia: Demanding US to pressure Ukraine into halting operations in the east. Gazprombank: Likely to face further sanctions from Washington. Fitch: Italy and Cyprus outlook revised to stable. France and Spain reviews taking place today. EU: officials are said to have approved 6.3B Euros in bailout for Greece. Tokyo inflation: Below forecast in first CPI to include sales tax boost. RBA Edwards: Spending cuts in 2014-15 budget could lower GDP by about 0.5%. FX Majors: Dollar lower. Euro above 1.3800. AUD recovered from mid 0.9200s. Yen Crosses: Slightly higher on talks of further stimulus out of Japan. Metals: Big drop yesterday followed by a very violent move higher following increasing geopolitical tension. Gold hit upper 1290s. Now 1292. Energies: Sideways conditions prevailing. Oil upper 101s. Equities: After the sharp drop yesterday, most indices attempted a move higher but failed. Dow trading near 16400 after highs above 16500. EU Open: Dax -0.29%, EU Stoxx 50 -0.14%. Asia Close: Nikkei +0.17%, KOSPI -1.34%.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 06:43:52 +0000
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