Yearly Archives: 2016

Key events in the pipeline for currency majors

29 November, 2016

Rob Bastin

As November draws to an end the economic calendar gets thinner on key data releases, awaiting the inevitable volatility that the new month will bring on Thursday. With no data released yesterday…

2016 enters final month

28 November, 2016

Robin Haynes

As we head towards the start of December on Thursday, we have a fairly busy week of data ahead to test current exchange rate levels…

Thanksgiving brings stagnant market

25 November, 2016

Ashley Finill

Yesterday was a relatively flat day on the currency markets as thanksgiving was celebrated in the states thus the US markets closed for business and no data releases from the US for the day.

Brexit Budget Statement

24 November, 2016

Grace Rae

Yesterday’s focus was very clearly the UK’s Autumn Budget statement. Just after lunchtime the Chancellor, Philip Hammond delivered his first autumn statement to the MP’s at the House of Commons.

Sterling slips after good start to the week

23 November, 2016

Rob Bastin

After a solid start to the week for Sterling, Tuesday’s trading gave reason for caution for those more optimistic buyers. Despite much better than expected…

Positivity From May The Pound Makes Hay

22 November, 2016

Simon Eastman

Monday saw the pound make serious gains across the board, following on from the recent jump we’ve enjoyed after Trumps election.

Dollar up Euro down Pound taking advantage

21 November, 2016

Tom Arnold

Last week was a continuation of the previous week’s activity on the markets, with the Dollar making gains, the Euro losing out and the Pound managing to make some headway.

Dollar Making Gains, Euro Losing Out

21 November, 2016

Last week was a continuation of the previous week’s activity on the markets, with the Dollar making gains, the Euro losing out and the Pound managing to make some headway. The Euro v Dollar rate is now at an 11 month low thanks to the Dollar’s surge following the election victory for Trump, and this […]

End of the week

18 November, 2016

Grace Rae

Yesterday was a fairly flat trading day despite being a fairly busy day for data. The day kicked off with UK retail sales data which came in well above market expectations posting 7.4%.

Best Euro rates for 8 weeks

17 November, 2016

Robin Haynes

The Pound continued its unlikely comeback yesterday, reaching its best level against the Euro since early September and against the US Dollar for a month. The pleasing rates for those of you…