* Wall Street slumps as virus cases surge. * Dollar climbs to highest in over a week. * Silver drops to three-week low. * Interactive graphic tracking global spread of coronavirus: https://tmsnrt.rs/3mvcUoa. By Brijesh Patel.
* European stocks touch five-month low. * Germany and France prepare to announce restrictions. * US dollar rallies again; gold, silver slip. * Graphic: 2020 asset performance http://tmsnrt.rs/2yaDPgn. By Rodrigo Campos.
The Brazilian real touched a five-month
low on Wednesday on expectations the country's central bank will
leave its policy rate unchanged, while other Latin American
currencies sank on ...
The safe-haven dollar rose on Wednesday, pushing the euro to one-week
lows on prospects of a national lockdown in Germany and France as coronavirus cases surged, with implied
volatility gauges in the ...
The Canadian dollar weakened to
a three-week low against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday, as
investors worried that rising coronavirus cases would slow
global economic recovery and ahead of an ...
* Graphic: World FX rates in 2020 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh. * Graphic: Trade-weighted sterling since Brexit vote http://tmsnrt.rs/2hwV9Hv. By Elizabeth Howcroft. Sterling fell as much as 1% against a stronger dollar on Wednesday as a wave of risk aversion swept markets, prompted by a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in Europe and uncertainty ahead about the U.S. presidential elections.
* Euro STOXX 600 down 2.8% to five-month low. * Germany and France prepare to announce restrictions. * Wall Street futures point to losses. * Euro down 0.6% versus dollar. * Currency market volatility jumps before U.S. election. * Graphic: 2020 asset performance http://tmsnrt.rs/2yaDPgn. * Graphic: World FX rates in 2020 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh. By Tom Wilson.
The Polish zloty and Hungarian
forint fell to their weakest levels since the first wave of the
new coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday and Central European
stocks tumbled as governments weighed ...
* Graphic: World FX rates in 2020 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh. * Graphic: Trade-weighted sterling since Brexit vote http://tmsnrt.rs/2hwV9Hv. Sterling fell against a strengthening dollar on Wednesday as markets turned risk-averse in light of a resurgence of COVID-19 infections in Europe, which is prompting new lockdown measures and challenging the narrative of a global economic recovery.
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