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Yen recoups some losses, sterling firms
The yen clawed back some of this week's losses in Asian trading on Wednesday, after it sank to 2-1/2-week lows…
Oil drops as investors lock in gains; surprise U.S. stockpile build
Crude futures fell on Wednesday as investors locked in gains after oil prices surged nearly 5 percent in the…
Egypt central bank to keep currency stable at regular FX auction: bankers
Egypt's central bank will keep the Egyptian pound stable at 8.78 to the dollar at its weekly foreign exchange…
Oil rises on brief Iraq loading halt; bearish investors cap gains
Oil futures moved away from two-month lows on Tuesday as a brief halt in Iraqi crude loadings threatened to tighten…
Oil edges up, but demand concerns weigh
Oil climbed slightly on Monday after shedding nearly 2 percent the same day, as signs emerged that U.S. shale…
Yen slips as Tokyo stocks soar after Japan elections
The safe-haven yen fell on Monday amid an improvement in investor risk appetite following a surge in Tokyo stocks,…
Oil falls on economic woes; drillers adjust to lower prices
Oil fell on Monday over signs that U.S. shale drillers have adapted to lower prices and on renewed indications of…
Dollar dips as Fed unlikely to hike this year even with U.S. jobs
The dollar slid against the yen and some currencies on Friday in choppy trading on the view that the much…
Oil jumps but biggest weekly drop in Brent since January
Crude prices inched up in choppy trading on Friday but Brent notched its largest weekly drop in nearly six months,…
Why Africa’s next currency devaluation may be in Egypt: Bloomberg
Two weeks after Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy, allowed the naira to weaken, Egypt’s central bank governor Tarek…