U.S. election worries show up in newly-listed volatility futures
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Newly-listed volatility futures contracts are showing heightened expectation for stock market gyrations around this year’s presidential election in November, a sign that investors are…
CME says aluminium futures average daily volumes have surged in Q3
(Reuters) – Futures exchange operator CME Group Inc on Friday said average daily volumes in aluminium futures have surged 359% in the third quarter to date from the first quarter, hitting a…
S&P 500 futures drop after FedEx stokes fears about economy
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) – S&P 500 futures fell on Thursday, suggesting traders expect Wall Street to open down in its next session, after FedEx withdrew its financial forecast and added to…
U.S. rate futures lift chances of 100-bps hike in July Fed meeting after hot CPI data
NEW YORK – Futures on the federal funds rate have increased the chances of a full percentage-point hike at the Federal Reserve meeting later this month after a hotter-than-expected U.S. annual inflation…
U.S. dollar net long bets slip, bitcoin futures surge-CFTC, Reuters data
NEW YORK – Speculators’ net long positioning on the U.S. dollar slipped, after hitting their highest level since late November in the previous week, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity…
China’s thermal coal futures mute as Beijing reins in commodity inflation
BEIJING – Trade in China’s thermal coal futures has almost come to a halt, after Beijing stepped up its control of coal prices to rein in the soaring costs of energy and…
ICE launches nature-based carbon credit futures contract
LONDON – Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) said on Monday it had launched a nature-based solutions carbon credit futures contract to help bring price signals to the voluntary carbon market. Nature-based solution (NBS) carbon…
U.S. rate futures price in 75% chance of 75 bps Fed hike in June
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK – Futures on the federal funds rate priced in on Thursday a roughly 75% chance of a three quarters of a percentage point tightening by the Federal…
U.S. rate futures price in 70% chance of 50 bps hike in June Fed meeting
(Reuters) – Futures on the federal funds rate have priced in a roughly 70% chance of another half a percentage-point tightening at next month’s meeting after the Federal Reserve lifted the rate…
U.S. rate futures raise odds for hefty rate hike in May after Powell comments
NEW YORK – Federal funds rate futures on Monday raised the chances of a half percentage-point tightening by the Federal Reserve at the next policy meeting in May, after hawkish comments from…
China’s Dalian commodity exchange raises intraday transaction fees for some futures contracts
BEIJING – China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange said on Friday that it would raise intraday transaction fees for some contracts of soybean, soyoil, palm oil, coking coal and coke futures, according to a…
Germany’s BaFin to ban sale of some futures products to retail clients
BERLIN -Germany’s financial watchdog BaFin said on Thursday that it planned to clamp down on the marketing, distribution and sale of futures products with additional payment obligations. It isn’t the first time…
U.S. short-term rate futures pare back odds of Fed inter-meeting move
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK – U.S. short-term interest rate futures on Monday reflected a reduced chance of an interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve before its two-day March policy meeting.…
Exxon Mobil expands oil futures, products trading in Europe
By Julia Payne LONDON – Exxon Mobil is injecting new cash into oil trading in Europe after a retreat on its ambitious expansion plans last year, three people with knowledge of the…
Canada’s TMX Group plans cryptocurrency futures product for institutional investors
By Nichola Saminather TORONTO – Canada’s largest stock market operator, TMX Group, plans to launch its first cryptocurrency futures product in response to institutional investors’ desire to offset the risks of trading…
Futures fall ahead of Fed meeting, corporate earnings
– U.S. stock index futures fell on Tuesday following a turbulent start to the week, with investors keeping an eye out for the Federal Reserve meeting and a host of major earnings…
Florida Lottery is lighting the way for thousands of students to earn a Bright Futures Scholarship
TALLAHASSEE , FLORIDA – Through a partnership with the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations, the Florida Lottery (Lottery) is lighting the way for thousands of students to earn a Bright Futures Scholarship through…
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