Market Update

China continues with severe measures against tech platforms, especially U.S.-listed firms, after the removal of Didi Chuxing from Chinese app stores. Authorities in Beijing have reportedly announced investigating Boss Zhipin, Yunmanman, and Huochebang, the Financial Times reported. It is worth pinpointing that Didi Chuxing is considered China’s biggest ride-hailing company. …

European stocks finished higher for the third consecutive session on Monday, rebounding from earlier losses to begin the week with a positive performance, despite concerns about the new variants of the coronavirus. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose by 1.55 points, or 0.34%, to close at 458.36 points. This marked …

Hiring plans among Canadian businesses surged to an all-time high, according to the most recent Bank of Canada (BoC) Business Outlook Survey. The majority of businesses have plans for hiring in the coming 12 months, due to expectations for demand recovery and faster sales growth as lockdown measures are eased. …

Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday said that the United Kingdom is in its final steps towards easing lockdown measures. A decision is expected to be taken on July 12, with the Freedom Day, on which the long-term plan to ease restrictions will occur could take place on July 19, …

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced on Monday that it bought a net 13.17 billion euros of assets last week as part of its quantitative easing program, compared to 31.9 billion euros a week earlier, as reported by Reuters. “ECB bought a net 453 mln euros of corporate bonds in …

The dollar fell against a basket of major currencies during Monday’s trading, after hitting a rapid rally when a batch of mixed US business data last week led to investors’ worries about a faster end to monetary stimulus. While the headline jobs figures for June beat expectations, unemployment rates rose …

Turkey’s annual inflation jumped to a two-year high of 17.53% in June, beating expectations of 17% and extending a long rise after a brief decline, potentially delaying an interest rate cut this year. The monthly consumer price reading was also higher than expected, up 1.94%, according to the Turkish Statistical …

Bitcoin, the largest digital currency, fell at these moments of trading on Monday, and during 24 hours, by about 3.7%, to $34.2. While the second-largest digital currency, Ethereum, ETH/USD, fell by about 2.7% to levels of $2.27 thousand, while its market value is about $264.8 billion. DOGE/USD is down about …

A survey showed that investor confidence in the eurozone increased for the fifth consecutive month in July, to its highest level since February 2018, thanks to the reopening of restaurants and retail stores, as well as tourism, with the decline in Covid-19 infections. The Sentix index for the eurozone rose …

Turkey’s annual inflation jumped to a two-year high of 17.53% in June, beating expectations of 17% and extending a long rise after a brief decline, potentially delaying any interest rate cut this year.The monthly consumer price reading was also higher than expected, up 1.94 percent, according to the Turkish Statistical …