
Tag Archives U.S. election

World continues to digest Trump win
As the world continues to digest Donald Trump’s surprise win in the U.S. presidential election, in many ways it seems to be business as usual. After see-sawing at the open, North American equity markets logged surprisingly strong gains after most market participants were said to have priced in a Hillary Clinton victory. The U.S. dollar […] Read more

EU wheat rises ahead of U.S. elections, USDA report
Paris/Reuters – European wheat prices rose in the wake of Chicago on Tuesday in a broader rise across international markets which increasingly anticipated the victory of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Presidential elections. Traders also pointed to short covering and technical buying ahead of the election results and the release a much awaited […] Read more

Canada seen dawdling on TPP ratification
Reuters — Canada is set to hold back on ratifying a key Asia-Pacific trade treaty, a move that would assuage critics but might hamper Washington’s bid to build domestic support for the deal, according to sources close to the talks. Canada is one of 12 nations that initialed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in early October, […] Read more
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