| Reuters, CME Team Up To Open Spot Currency Exchange
This morning Reuters and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange announced the official opening of FXMarketSpace, allowing for anonymous trading in spot foreign exchange against the dollar on the euro, yen, sterling, Australian dollar, Swiss franc, Canadian dollar as well as four cross-currency pairs. The companies are claiming that although the exchange just opened, customer numbers are already "significantly ahead of expectations." Reuters is using its know-how to provide trading access, trade notification and market data with the CME is bringing clearing and trade matching services to the mix. Each company has 50% ownership. The global market for ForEx trading currently stands at greater than $2 trillion a day and many analysts predict that number could cross $3 trillion by year's end. The companies expect the exchange will be profitable by 2008.
Euro hits 2-year high versus $
NEW YORK: The euro reached a two-year high against the dollar and approached a record versus the yen as signs of faster growth in Europe raised speculation the European Central Bank will increase interest rates. Gains in the euro accelerated after it rose above $1.34, triggering orders to buy back the currency, traders said. ECB officials said this week that higher borrowing costs are needed to contain inflation as reports showed strength in manufacturing. The Bank of England kept rates unchanged on Thursday. "The euro is aggressively bought," said Tim O'Sullivan, chief foreign exchange trader at Forex.com, a unit of online currency trading company Gain Capital in Bedminster, New Jersey, which has about $250 million funds under management. "The ECB has more room to go to hike rates." The euro advanced 0.47% to $1.3431 in morning trade in New York, the highest since March 2005.
Royal Forex Trading Announces Launch of New Dynamic Website ...
Leading online currency trading company, Royal Forex Trading, LLC is pleased to announce the re-launch of their website with many new features making online currency trading even easier for both new and existing clients. Boca Raton, FL (PRWeb) April 3, 2007 -- Royal Forex Trading, LLC (RFXT) provides an online trading platform for individuals and institutions that want to speculate on the exchange rate between two currencies. In doing so, traders buy and sell currencies with the hope of making a profit when the value of the currencies changes in their favor. RFXT is hoping to give new and existing clients an even better currency trading experience with a re-launch of their website. One of the most interesting additions to the new website is the ability for clients to download RFXT's new foreign exchange software program, called MetaTrader and Mobile Trader 4 (to be used with PDA, and other small screen mobile devices.) Clients can use the foreign exchange software for excellent, above and beyond regular standards in execution.
Economic News SUMMARY, March 8
Though Slovakias FOREX market saw lackluster trading on Wednesday and the exchange rate of the Slovak currency oscillated around 34.300 SKK/EUR the crown appreciated after the close of the session. UniBanka dealer Patrik Malec explained that foreign banks especially London ones were buying the Slovak crown in significant volumes, which moved its exchange rate to a new historic high at 34.030 SKK/EUR. The local currency thus rewrote its historic maximum of 34.060 SKK/EUR that it hit two days before the end of last year. Railway Company ZSR does not Plan Layoffs this Year
Railway network operator Zeleznice Slovenskej Republiky (ZSR) that belongs among the biggest employers in Slovakia does not plan any layoffs this year. ZSR spokeswoman Martina Pavlikova says that the number of their employees will go down only due to natural loss caused by people who will retire.
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