Market Update
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday posted a sharp increase in quarterly profit, as the company saw improving sales at the divisions that include its Office suite of software and Xbox videogame system, though it also experienced declining sales of its flagship Windows software.
Microsoft said its fiscal third-quarter net income rose to $5.2 billion, or 61 cents a share, from $4 billion, or 45 cents a share, in the same period a year earlier. Revenue for the period ended March 31 rose 13% to $16.4 billion.
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- Time GMT, Currency, Event
- 09:00 EUR Unemployment Rate
- 12:30 USD Core PCE Price Index m/m
- 12:30 CAD GDP m/m
- 16:30 USD Fed Chairman Bernanke Speaks
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Market Update
While defending the success of the $600 billion bond purchase program, Bernanke spoke against the possibility of a third round of quantitative easing, saying the trade-offs are “getting less attractive at this point.” He said inflation has picked up and inflation expectations are a bit higher, so it’s not clear that there can be “substantial” improvement in payrolls without some additional inflation risk.
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Trade the News: Today’s Key Economic Events
- Time GMT, Currency, Event
- 04:31 JPY Overnight Call Rate
- 07:55 EUR German Unemployment Change
- 12:30 USD Unemployment Claims
- 14:00 USD Pending Home Sales m/m
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The GBPJPY is now in a downtrend.
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Market Update
Gold futures fell Tuesday to end an eight-session winning streak as a climb in consumer confidence and upbeat earnings reports helped feed gains in the U.S. stock market.
Prices, however, staged a partial recovery to finish above $1,500 an ounce.
Gold for June delivery GCM11 reached $1,503.50 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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- Time GMT, Currency, Event
- 08:30 GBP Prelim GDP q/q
- 12:30 USD Core Durable Goods Orders m/m
- 16:30 USD Federal Funds Rate
- 23:30 JPY Tokyo Core CPI y/y
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Market Update
Gold and silver retreated in Asian trade on Tuesday, with gold slipping below the $1,500 level, while silver briefly plunged more than 5%. Silver for May delivery SIK11 -2.56% fell 4.4% to $45.06. In Monday’s session on Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange the metal touched a high of $49.82 an ounce and ended at $47.149 an ounce, a rise of $1.09, or 2.4%.
Silver futures gained 8.2% last week, their largest weekly gain since early December.
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- Time GMT, Currency, Event
- 06:00 CHF UBS Consumption Indicator
- 10:00 GBP CBI Industrial Order Expectations
- 14:00 USD CB Consumer Confidence
- 23:50 JPY Retail Sales y/y
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The EURJPY is now in an downtrend.
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Market Update
On Wednesday Apple blew away all of Wall Street’s second fiscal-quarter estimates with 95% earnings growth for the period. The company then asked investors to brace for its prediction of a 7% sequential decline in revenue for the June quarter. The company predicted $23 billion in revenue for the quarter, compared with the $23.8 billion expected by analysts.
Apple’s shares were up nearly 4% in after-hours trading following the report and conference call, suggesting that investors essentially are ignoring what has become a common move for Apple.
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- Time GMT, Currency, Event
- 06:00 EUR German PPI m/m
- 08:30 GBP MPC Meeting Minutes
- 14:00 USD Existing Home Sales
- 14:30 USD Crude Oil Inventories
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Market Update
Morgan Stanley on Wednesday upgraded HSBC Holdings PLC to overweight from equal-weight, citing improving momentum for the bank in Asia.
Morgan Stanley said HSBC is better placed than its peers in terms of both deposits and capital, which should help it to keep gaining market share.
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Trade the News: Today’s Key Economic Events
- Time GMT, Currency, Event
- 06:00 EUR German PPI m/m
- 08:30 GBP MPC Meeting Minutes
- 14:00 USD Existing Home Sales
- 14:30 USD Crude Oil Inventories
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Market Update
Saudi Arabia has cut output on the belief the market is oversupplied.
Crude for May delivery slipped 73 cents or 0.7%, to $108.82 early Monday in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
On Sunday, Saudi Arabia’s oil minister reportedly said the nation cut its oil output by around 800,000 barrels a day in March, due to oversupply.
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- Time GMT, Currency, Event
- 12:30 CAD Foreign Securities Purchases
- 14:30 USD FOMC Member Fisher Speaks
- 16:30 USD FOMC Member Fisher Speaks
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Market Update
Google Inc. shares dropped Thursday evening after the search giant’s earnings came in below Wall Street’s consensus estimate.
Google fell 5.5% at $546.79 after the company reported first-quarter adjusted earnings of $8.08 a share. That’s below the projection of $8.11 a share. Net revenue rose to $6.5 billion.
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- Time GMT, Currency, Event
- 09:00 EUR CPI y/y
- 12:30 USD CPI m/m
- 13:00 USD TIC Long-Term Purchases
- 13:15 USD Industrial Production m/m
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On Wednesday, U.S. President Barack Obama proposed to save the U.S. government $4 trillion in 12 years or less.
The dollar dropped against major rivals on Thursday, falling to its lowest level since late 2009. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six currencies, traded at 74.647, compared to 74.966 in late North American trading on Wednesday, and at a level not seen since December 2009.
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- Time GMT, Currency, Event
- 09:00 CHF ZEW Economic Expectations
- 12:30 CAD Manufacturing Sales m/m
- 12:30 USD Unemployment Claims
- 16:30 USD FOMC Member Plosser Speaks
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Market Update
Crude futures stumbled to their lowest in nearly two weeks on Tuesday as a rash of pessimistic U.S. economic growth forecasts rekindled fears of diminished oil demand.
Crude oil futures for May delivery fell $3.67, or 3.3%, to settle at $106.25 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That was oil’s lowest settlement since March 30. That was also oil’s biggest one-day percentage drop in a month and it follows a decline of 2.5% on Monday. Prices have fallen 5.8% since Friday.
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- Time GMT, Currency, Event
- 12:30 USD Retail Sales m/m
- 14:30 USD Crude Oil Inventories
- 15:15 CAD BOC Press Conference
- 17:00 AUD RBA Gov Stevens Speaks
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