Dollar Drifts Lower Against Other Major Currencies

Pound Falls Against Most Majors

The pound weakened against its most major counterparts in the New York session on Wednesday.

RTTNews | 35 minutes ago

Swiss Market Ends On Positive Note

The Switzerland market, which held firm till well past noon on Wednesday after a steady start, suffered a setback in the final hour, but managed to recover in the closing minutes to sign off on a positive note. Easing worries about tariffs and some strong results helped underpin sentiment.

RTTNews | 1h 40min ago

Major European Markets Close Higher As Investors React To Earnings, Economic Data

The major European markets closed higher on Wednesday amid easing trade tensions, and on largely encouraging quarterly results from several big name companies. Investors also digested a slew of regional economic data, and U.S. GDP report.

RTTNews | 2h 9min ago

TSX Down Nearly 1% Despite Coming Off Early Lows

Despite staging a fairly strong recovery after an early setback, the Canadian market remains firmly down in negative territory a little past noon on Wednesday, with stocks from energy, technology and healthcare sectors reeling under selling pressure. Disappointing Canadian and U.S. GDP data, and Trump administration's policy uncertainty are weighing on sentiment.

RTTNews | 2h 53min ago

German Inflation At 6-Month Low, Core Figure Accelerates First Time In 4 Months

Germany's consumer price inflation slowed for a second straight month in April to its lowest level in six months as energy prices continued to fall, but the core price growth accelerated for the first time since December as services cost growth increased, which warrants caution from the European Central Bank that is set to reduce interest rates further.

RTTNews | 3h 3min ago

U.S. Pending Home Sales Unexpectedly Spike 6.1% March

Partly reflecting a substantial increase in the South, the National Association of Realtors released a report on Wednesday showing an unexpected spike by pending home sales in the U.S. in the month of March. NAR said its pending home sales index surged by 6.1 percent to 76.5 in March after jumping by 2.1 percent to a revised to 72.1 in February.

RTTNews | 4h 38min ago

U.S. Consumer Prices Virtually Unchanged In March, In Line With Estimates

A closely watched report released by the Commerce Department on Wednesday showed U.S. consumer prices were virtually unchanged in the month of March. The Commerce Department said its personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index edged down by less than a tenth of a percent in March after rising by an upwardly revised 0.4 percent in February.

RTTNews | 4h 41min ago

Chicago Business Barometer Drops More Than Expected In April

MNI Indicators released a report on Wednesday showing its reading on Chicago-area business activity fell by more than expected in the month of April.

RTTNews | 5h 24min ago

EURUSD	1.13439	GBPUSD	1.33409	AUDUSD	0.64078
USDJPY	142.757	USDCAD	1.37804	USDCHF	0.82333

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Dollar Drifts Lower Against Other Major Currencies