The British pound bounced back to trade above 1.3100 after failing to maintain stability above this level, with pressure on the US dollar and a return to activity in riskier currencies. The pound sterling is currently trading at 1.3128 levels, up about 0.3%, after it was trading below the 1.3100 …

China said it supports companies resorting to legal means to protect their rights and interests after ByteDance said it would file a lawsuit against the administration of US President Donald Trump. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters in a daily briefing that the actions of US politicians involved …

The dollar fell in early trade in London, while riskier currencies and European stocks rose at the open, and some analysts attributed the improvement in sentiment to the United States ’approval of a treatment for Covid-19 patients. The Coronavirus has killed more than 800,000 people around the world, and the …

European stocks rose from their lowest level in two weeks, as signs of progress in developing a treatment for Covid-19 disease overshadowed concerns about an increase in cases on the continent, threatening to curb an economic recovery. The European STOXX 600 index rose 1.3%, following the gains in Asian markets …

Gold prices fell as the appetite for risk improved after the US Drug Administration approved the use of blood plasma for people recovering from Covid-19 disease as a treatment option, while the dollar rose. With the closure of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the spot price of gold was down 0.4% …

Japanese stocks closed higher, deriving direction from the gains of their Asian counterparts, but growing speculation over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s health dented the mood. The benchmark Nikkei index rose 0.28 percent to close at 22,985.51 points, while the broader Topix index rose 0.19 percent to 1,607.13 points. Trading volumes …

Crude oil prices rose on Monday as two storms approached the Gulf of Mexico, cutting more than half of oil production there, and amid optimism about the Coronavirus, after the US Food and Drug Administration allowed the use of blood plasma from recovered patients as a treatment option. Brent futures …

Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser to President Trump, will leave the White house at the end of the month.  Conway, whose title is counselor to the president, has resigned citing the need to focus on her family, according to The Washinton Post.

The latest coronavirus (COVID-19) updates from China have been upbeat as all 16 cases on August 23 reported as imported infections. “This compared with 12 new COVID-19 cases reported a day earlier, all imported too and marked the eighth consecutive day of no locally transmitted cases. The total number of …

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has set the yuan reference rate at 6.9194 versus Friday’s fix at 6.9107.