United Kingdom August BRC Retail Sales Monitor - All (YoY) down to 1.8% vs 2.2%

Sep 3, 2013

Wild volatility in metals trading

Gold fell throughout the weekend as Syrian tensions cooled down after President Obama appealed to the Congress before military strike against Syria.

USD/JPY shooting up above 99.40

The USD/JPY foreign exchange rate is last trading at fresh session/1-month highs 99.56 up +1.4% so far for the week, ahead of a higher open in Tokyo for the Nikkei index according to futures markets.