China

Apple CEO Cook In Town To Entice Mobile APP Developers

Apple Inc is making a big push to attract mobile application developers in China, as it attempts to create new momentum in the key market. CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday visited the headquarters of bike-sharing service provider ofo Inc in Beijing, accompanied by ofo’s CEO Dai Wei.

Caixin Manufacturing PMI Rises To 51.7

Expansion in China’s manufacturing activity gained momentum in February as producers revved up output to meet an increase in new orders that were mainly bolstered by rapidly growing foreign demand, an industry survey sponsored by Caixin showed Wednesday.

China's financial market opens wider for foreign investment

China’s foreign exchange regulator has approved a bigger amount of foreign investment in the country’s onshore financial market, official data showed on Monday.

Crude Surges As non-OPEC Producers Agree Oil Output Cut

Crude oil prices surged a huge $3 dollars or 5% higher at the Asian open with Brent briefly trading north of $57 and WTI above $54 a barrel before pulling back slightly.

China 2017 Growth May Further Slow Down

China’s economic growth may continue to slow in 2017 to 6.5 percent before possibly bottoming out in 2018, a new report showed Monday.

Samsung To Put AI In Galaxy S8

Samgsung Electronics Co Ltd said yesterday it would launch an artificial intelligence digital assistant service for its upcoming Galaxy S8 smartphone, seeking to rebound from the Galaxy Note 7’s collapse and differentiate its devices.

Oil Demand Likely To Fall In 2017 As Prices Struggle

Crude oil, like many other commodities and markets are present, continues to remain rangebound with the bullish momentum of earlier in the month now waning.

Lacklustre Start To Week Full Of Data, Earnings And CB Meetings

At the start of a week full of US earnings, important economic data and a couple of central bank meetings, risk is somewhat off the menu.  Equities, copper and, to a lesser degree, oil prices were all trading lower at the time of this writing.

Base Metals And Copper Hit By Weak Chinese Data

The rally for copper finally came to an abrupt halt yesterday as weak economic trade data news from China dealt the base metal a mortal blow, sending it plunging lower and closing the session with the wide spread down candle on very high volume, and signalling the end to the rally of September.

AUDUSD Reversal Confirmation Sep 19, 2016

AUDUSD seems to be tired from its climb since it already formed a head and shoulders reversal pattern on its 4-hour time frame. Price also broke below the neckline at the .7500 major psychological level, confirming its potential selloff.