CURRENCY TRADING SUMMARY – 1st April (00:30GMT) U.S. Dollar Trading (USD) was under pressure against European currencies as the Euro led most of the major pairs higher. Action was also seen on the USD/JPY as key resistance was broken at Y93. March ADP Employment report provided some surprise at -23k vs. +40k forecast. In US [...]

AP – Asian stock markets edged higher in early trade Thursday after mild declines on Wall Street ended a strong quarter in New York. Related Reading:Trading Earnings: SanDisk is Ready to Roll a Lucky 7Sector Selector: Buys Jumping All Over the PlaceTrading Earnings: UnitedHealth Group Shooting for 12 in a RowTrading Tuesday – Two Stocks [...]

Written by Dan Micovic A double dose of downbeat economic data weighed on stocks today, as reports on business activity and unemployment gave the bears courage. First, the Institute for Supply Management-Chicago’s business barometer fell to 58.8% in March, marking a steeper-than-anticipated slide from February’s reading of 62.6%, and pointing to milder-than-forecast manufacturing activity in [...]

Michael Johnston submits: Equity markets trended lower in mid-week trading as the major indexes lost ground to close out the first quarter. Although energy shares trended higher after news the President Obama had lifted a ban on offshore drilling, other sectors fell after a surprising drop in private-sector employment levels ahead of the government’s payrolls [...]

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