Foreign Exchange News

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Bond prices fell slightly and yields rose Friday after a government report showed strength in the job market. The benchmark 10-year note slipped 3/32 of a point to 99-25/32 to yield 4.52 percent, up slightly from 4.51 late Thursday. The 30-year bond fell 8/32 of a point to 109-12/32 to yield 4.73 percent, up from 4.71 in the previous session. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions. In shorter-dated debt, the two-year note was little changed, y ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Finance ministers from the world's richest nations headed for talks on the world economy in London on Friday and a farewell party for Alan Greenspan, who is about to bow out after nearly 20 years as U.S. central bank chief. Greenspan, 79, was due to deliver a speech on imbalances in the global economy, one of the key problems G7 finance ministers and central bank chiefs will  ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Spread-betting firm IG Group, confident about its full year as it continues to add customers, said on Friday it hoped to launch a new service for the sports market before the World Cup next June. IG (IGG.L: Quote, Profile, Research) shares which had risen 5.6 percent this week, were down 3.95 percent at 170 pence by 10:11 a.m. IG, which allows investors to speculate on currencies, interest rates, shares and indexes, said all its businesses had delivered growth in its first  ...

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. dollar on Friday extended gains against major peers Friday ahead of data expected to show a strong rise in November nonfarm payrolls.   MARKETWATCH TOP NEWS U.S. stocks end higher; Dow jumps 106 pts White House bumps up 2005 GDP forecast to 3.5% Imported auto parts make deep advance in U.S. XL CEO O'Hara under pressure to resign, analyst s ...

By Carol Bishopric NEW YORK, December1 (Reuters) - The three major U.S. stock indexes climbed on Thursday, with their biggest single-day gains in a month, while the dollar rallied, oil jumped more than $1 a barrel and gold popped above $500 an ounce to its highest level in nearly 23 years. But U.S. Treasury bond prices fell on concerns that strength in U.S. manufacturing data would give the Fed another reason to keep raising interest rates. Some tame inflation data relieved stock investors' w ...

NEW YORK (Dow Jones) -- U.S. stocks closed sharply higher Thursday as a raft of inflation-friendly data sparked a rally in technology shares and handed the Dow Jones Industrial Average its first triple-digit gain in more than a month. Metals prices also kept up their bullish pace, and gold closed above $500, a feat not seen since 1987. The Dow (DJI) rose 106.70 points, or 1%, to 10,912.57, i ...

Stocks jump on solid economic news that also shows tame inflation; chips, energy stocks lead. December 1, 2005: 4:11 PM EST Special Report full coverage Crude response: Oil dips again Saudi says OPEC won't cut output Will Santa drive? Gas gets chea ...

Inflation watch Another top Federal Reserve policy-maker warns of inflation. (Full story) Fed leaders speak • More rate hikes to come • A cautionary tale • Luck be inflation's lady: Kohn NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Bonds fell Tuesday, reversing early gains after multiple reports showing a robust economy overcoming a tame reading on inflation. The dollar rose against the euro and yen. The benchmark 10-year note slipped 6/32 of a poi ...

NEW YORK (Dow Jones) - U.S. stocks traded higher Thursday in a broad-based rally led by the technology sector, with Intel a notable gainer on broker speculation it will raise its revenue forecast when it gives its financial update next week. A raft of inflation-friendly data helped boost investor sentiment in the early going. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) traded to a session high of ...

NORWALK, Conn. (MarketWatch) -- Financial commodities traders of U.S. Treasurys and the dollar need to step back and ask themselves, why did Rome fall -- and is the "American Empire" about to repeat history? var gfEbInIframe = true; var gEbBAd = new Object(); gEbBAd.nFlightID = 88023; gEbBAd.nWidth = 300; gEbBAd.nHeight = 250; var gstrEbRandnum = new String(Math.random()); gstrEbRandnum =  ...