Bloomberg The attempted military coup in Turkey may boost oil prices by imperiling crude shipments through the country, a major energy-trade corridor. For now, shipping lanes are clear. The Turkish straits are open and shipping traffic hasn’t been disrupted, an official at the Istanbul-based shipping center said by phone on Saturday. “Any uncertainty in that region almost invariably results ...
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Alstom seals €800mn train deal with Dutch rail
AFP The Dutch national rail authority concluded an €800-million deal with French transport giant Alstom to buy 79 new high-speed trains, set to go into service by 2021. “Dutch Rail and Alstom have concluded a contract for delivery of 79 high speed Intercity trains capable of a speed of 200 km/h (120 miles per hour),” Dutch Rail (NS) said ...
Read More »ECB backs German bonds after biggest selloff this year
Bloomberg After inflicting the biggest weekly decline in German 10-year government securities this year, bond bears may have reason to pause when the ECB provides its first analysis of the economic outlook since the U.K.’s shock Brexit vote. Investors’ urge to extend a selloff that pushed benchmark 10-year bund yields to the highest since June 24 may be muted ...
Read More »Pound shows signs of calm as post-Brexit volatility fades
Bloomberg A semblance of calm is returning to the pound. Sterling’s implied one-month volatility versus the dollar declined this week to the lowest since June 24, the day the results of Britain’s vote to leave the EU was announced. The difference with an equivalent gauge for three months was at one percentage point on Friday, having surged in June ...
Read More »New gas pipeline to link Estonia, Finland granted funding
Helsinki /Â AFP A sub-sea gas pipeline planned to link Finland and Estonia moved closer to reality on Friday as the European Commission promised to fund the project to ease the region’s dependence on Russian gas. “The allocated grants will cover, among others, the construction of the Balticconnector, the first bi-directional sub-sea gas pipeline between Estonia and Finland,” the EU ...
Read More »US stocks halt rally as dollar gains
Bloomberg The S&P 500 Index halted a five-day rally that took it to a record, while the dollar rose and Treasuries had the biggest weekly drop in a year as data boosted optimism in the economy. News after the close of U.S. equities markets that Turkey’s army had seized power stoked demand for haven assets. The nation’s lira plunged ...
Read More »Worst weekly loss in a year shows treasuries stuck in tug-of-war
Bloomberg A week after the benchmark 10-year note yield hit an all-time low, it bounced back at the most rapid pace in more than a year. Helping to upend the record rally: increasing evidence that the U.S. economy is getting back on track. From a boost in retail sales to higher consumer prices, data this week lifted yields while ...
Read More »Canada to introduce national carbon emissions price in 2016, says minister
Bloomberg Canada will have a national price on carbon emissions by the end of this year, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says. The federal government will publish an emissions reduction plan this fall that could include expanded, standardized emissions disclosure requirements for companies, McKenna said in an interview with Danielle Bochove on Bloomberg TV Canada. McKenna spoke after appearing with ...
Read More »NextEra’s $2.6 bn Hawaiian Electric deal turned down
Bloomberg Hawaii regulators rejected NextEra Energy Inc.’s $2.63 billion bid to purchase Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc., dealing a possibly fatal blow to the deal that had faced opposition from the governor. The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission voted 2-0 against the proposed transaction, saying it failed to show that it was in the public’s interest, according to a statement late ...
Read More »Brazilian Real gains as confidence in Temer grows
Bloomberg Brazil’s currency gained for the sixth week in seven, in spite of central bank efforts to limit gains, amid investor optimism that the interim government will win lawmakers’ support for measures to cut the budget deficit and stimulategrowth. The real was up 0.6 percent this week to 3.2802 per dollar on Friday on speculation the appointment of Rodrigo ...
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