Gold steadies on soft dollar, set for biggest monthly loss since September

Last Updated: Saturday, February 28, 2015, 04:30

Gold steadied on Friday, due to a softer dollar, but was heading for its biggest monthly loss since September as European shares traded near seven-year highs and upbeat U.S. data supported expectations of a rate hike by the Federal Reserve this year.

Gold price jumps to 4-month high on tumbling shares after SNB move

Last Updated: Thursday, January 15, 2015, 19:44

U.S. gold futures for delivery in February rose 1.4 percent to $1,252.30 an ounce.

Oil drama drives shares lower in Asia and Europe

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 16:47

European shares sank for a third day on Tuesday as a slide in oil prices showed no sign of easing off, supporting traditional safe-haven assets such as top-rated government bonds, the Japanese yen and the Swiss franc.

European shares rise, euro falls as ECB easing bets mount

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 3, 2014, 15:46

Stocks rose and the euro hit its weakest in more than two years on Wednesday, a day before a crucial European Central Bank meeting that may pave the way for more monetary easing in the euro zone.

World stocks sell off on US earnings worry

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 19:17

Among commodities, gold steadied near its highest in a month on Tuesday as safe-haven buying increased.

European shares hold steady near 5-1/2-year highs

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 15:00

European stocks held steady near five and a half year highs on Tuesday, with Scandinavia providing many of the top gainers after much of the region was shut on Monday for a market holiday.

Dollar, global shares gain on expected delay to Fed tapering

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 23:36

The day`s US economic data supported views of modest growth.

European shares at five-year highs, Asian markets gain

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 15:18

Global shares hovered at five-year highs on Monday while the dollar edged up against the yen as investors looked ahead to a deluge of US data for clues on when the Federal Reserve will begin scaling back its stimulus.

Global Markets: US, Italian political risks spark flight to safety

Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 15:48

The market's worry is that an extended period of political uncertainty in the euro zone's third largest economy would delay much needed reforms and reignite the region's debt crisis.

European shares flat ahead of US jobs report

Last Updated: Friday, February 3, 2012, 14:19

A dip in figures on China's non-manufacturing sector helped dampen financial markets optimism on Friday ahead of US jobs data that will offer more clues on the strength of the world's top economy.

European shares fall in wake of mass S&P downgrade

Last Updated: Monday, January 16, 2012, 14:22

European stocks fell early on Monday as a mass downgrade of euro zone countries by Standard & Poor's, although expected, revived worries over the triple-A rating of the bloc's rescue fund.

Asian stocks fall, euro extends drop ahead of Italian bond sale

Last Updated: Thursday, December 29, 2011, 09:14

Asian stocks fell on Thursday, taking cues from weak US and European shares, as players cut positions heading into the year end with an Italian debt auction later in the day keeping markets nervous.