* China agriculture delegation scraps U.S. farm visit to Montana. * MSCI world equity index slips. * Central bank easing helps risk sentiment but trade tensions hurt. * Treasury yields fall; dollar falls vs yen. * Oil prices edge higher. By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed.
Speculators boosted their net
long bets on the U.S. dollar in the latest week to a five-week
high, according to calculations by Reuters and Commodity Futures
Trading Commission data released on Friday.
The Canadian dollar edged lower
against its U.S. counterpart on Friday as domestic data showing
the first retail sales gain in three months failed to impress
investors.
Speculators slashed their net bullish
positions in Eurodollar rates futures by the biggest total in
over three years following a dramatic bond market sell-off and
before the Federal Reserve's ...
The U.S. dollar rose against a
basket of currencies on Friday, for its first weekly increase in
three, prompted by hopes of progress in U.S.-China trade talks
and that the Federal Reserve would not ...
Speculators boosted their net long bets on the U.S. dollar in the latest week to a five-week high, according to calculations by Reuters and Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday. The value of the net long dollar position was $15.29 billion in the week ended Sept. 17.
An index of Latin American currencies
fell on Friday, set for its first weekly loss in three, as
optimism over a fresh round of stimulus for emerging economies
was offset by doubts about progress in ...
* China agriculture delegation scraps U.S. farm visit to Montana. * MSCI world equity index slips. * Central bank easing helps risk sentiment but trade tensions hurt. * Treasury yields fall; dollar slips vs yen. * Oil prices edge higher. By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed.
The U.S. dollar will make up 50% of the basket of currencies backing Facebook's (FB) planned digital coin Libra, with the euro, yen, sterling and Singapore dollar comprising the rest, Der Spiegel reported, referring to a letter from Facebook.
Facebook's (FB) planned cryptocurrency Libra will be backed by a basket of currencies including the U.S. dollar, euro, yen, sterling and Singapore dollar, but excluding China's yuan, Der Spiegel reported, referring to a letter from Facebook.
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