July final services PMI 49.6 vs 49.8 prelimPrior 46.8July final composite PMI 49.4 vs 49.6 prelimPrior 47.2After a struggling second quarter, the start of the third quarter is at least seen looking better for the French economy. New business volumes rose for the first time since November last year,
Prior 50.2Composite PMI 52.5 vs 50.8 priorKey findings:Italian service sector sees strongest growth in new business of the year so farAccelerated growth in activity and new business Jobs added at quickest rate in over a year Charge inflation picks up, despite cooler cost pressuresComment:Eleanor Den
Hamburg-based sustainable banking app Tomorrow opened its in-house equity fund to new purchases on Wednesday, restoring a buy function that has been unavailable since the company moved its securities business to Berlin infrastructure provider lemon.markets in 2024. New customers can now open a secur
July services PMI 58.3 vs 54.9 expectedPrior 54.2July composite PMI 56.5Prior 53.3That's quite the beat with Spain services activity growing strongly in July, with the headline estimate being the highest since March 2023. Market demand was widely reported to have improved while price pressures did s
We are neither dovish nor hawkishIt's out endeavor to bring inflation in line with target over the medium termQuite possible going forward that as tensions de-escalate that Rupee may strengthenMonetary policy transmission is more or less completeThe Reserve Bank of India left its benchmark repo rate
Retail investors are lowering the threshold at which they would buy a market decline. A new eToro survey found that 26% would invest after a fall of 5% to 10%, up from 22% a year earlier.For retail brokers, that could move client activity closer to ordinary volatility and away from the occasional cr
EUROPEAN SESSIONIn the European session, we don't have much on the agenda other than the final services PMIs for the major Eurozone economies and the UK. The data is not going to change anything for the respective central banks, so the market reaction will likely be muted.The markets are currently b
The NAGA Group reported its first profitable first half today (Wednesday), posting a net profit of €0.9 million for the six months through June, compared with a €2.6 million loss in the same period last year.The group revenue came in at €27.7 million, down from €32.3 million in H1 2025. On an FX-adj
Iran continues to try and play hardball but I can imagine this agreement still going through even if there will be a few hiccups along the way. Initial reports suggested Wednesday as the target date to announce the "reopening", allowing for nuclear/uranium talks to take place after.But based on the
There was an all-day negotiation on TuesdayThe negotiations were goodWill hit Iran really hard if there is no dealIt's very on the surface stuff but you get the point. As mentioned previously, we've seen all this before.It all starts with Trump pausing attacks out of "goodwill", before claiming that
Follow up - Kiwi dips as jobless rate climbs ahead of RBNZ's September decisionGold climbs for third day as Hormuz deal hopes ease inflation fears, holds above $4,100US, Iran and Oman near interim deal to reopen Strait of HormuzChina Rating Dog PMI (July 2026) 50.4 (expected 53.7)More - BOJ minutes
FundedNext launched its second experimental CFD challenge on Tuesday, offering a $25,000 two-step account with a 12% maximum loss limit. The FNL:002 evaluation costs $149.99 and pays funded traders an 85% share of eligible profits, according to the company.The release follows the launch of FundedNex
CMC Markets clients in Australia placed 1,193% more Brent crude trades in March 2026 than in the previous month, according to a report the broker published today (Tuesday). CMC presents the figure as evidence of how quickly traders shift attention during volatility.March was the month US and Israeli
XTB shares hit a record PLN 155.22 on Tuesday morning, a day after the Polish broker's trading platform failed around the US market open. The stock was up 2.67% by 10:20 a.m. in Warsaw, having closed Monday at a record PLN 151.18.Users reported on Monday that the web platform would not load and that
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) finalized rules on Monday that will cut the cost of UK transaction reporting by more than £100 million a year. Contracts for difference and spread bets are not part of the relief.The regulator put the industry's current annual reporting bill at £493 million and
Born2trade has launched a copy trading service running on Brokeree Solutions' Social Trading system, the two companies said. It is the third product the offshore broker has taken from an outside vendor this year.Born2trade holds a license from the Financial Services Commission of Mauritius and is re
"Profit consistency," Adam Bock, Head of Eightcap Challenges, said when asked which rule he would remove from the prop trading industry. TTTMarkets Founder and Director Archie Cade separately criticized some competitor consistency rules, although both executives defended versions used by their own f
Moneta Markets has expanded its regulatory presence in the Middle East after its UAE entity, Moneta Global Financial Services LLC, received a Category 5 licence from the United Arab Emirates Capital Market Authority.The approval comes as a growing number of international brokers obtain Category 5 li
Interactive Brokers reported continued growth in client accounts and assets in July, although trading activity declined from the previous month while remaining well above year-earlier levels.The broker said client accounts reached 5.317 million at the end of July, an increase of 34% compared with th
The crucible of financial services has always catered for risk-takers, first and foremost. Yes, marketplaces are used by all sorts of participants, including risk mitigators and the like, but the ones who seek the grandest rewards often take the greatest risks. It is a deeply ingrained brute fact th