Once again, the rise in government bond yields is acting as the catalyst for the sell off in stocks.
The US dollar rose to a 3-week high today, driven by a recovery in US stocks and US willingness to sit down at the negotiating table with China
Risk aversion returned to the currency markets following the US announcement of the list of 1,300 Chinese products to include in the new tariffs,
Markets have ignored concerns about the China-US trade dispute that could hurt global growth, as the dollar rallied over the past few days as the dollar index
The start of the week was inflamed with China reacting in retaliation to US measures against Chinese imports, with China announcing tariffs
Today's markets are relatively quiet with the celebration of Good Friday and the closure of most of the global financial markets,
Sterling continued its decline for the third day in a row to its lowest level since March 21 at 1.4034, as investors rebalanced their portfolios by the end of the first quarter of 2018,
The US economy grew by 2.9% in the last quarter of 2017, better than the 2.7% growth forecast, but slowed compared to the third quarter of the same year,
The euro fell sharply today amid concerns about weak inflation and slower corporate borrowing, raising questions about the euro zone's economic growth
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