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Where will the markets go from here?

Βy Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Last week was a game-changer in world markets. Monday’s announcement from Pfizer and BioNTech of robust results from their late-stage trial for the Covid-19

16th November 2020

Markets/World

COVID19: Cyprus death toll at 40, school clusters a concern

Cyprus reported another death on Sunday raising the total to 40, of which 14 were reported in the past week alone. The Health Ministry said that an 82 year old woman, with

15th November 2020

Cyprus

COVID19: Cyprus death toll rises, November could be worst month

Cyprus said a fourth person died on Friday with the cause of death related to Covid-19, after three had been announced earlier in the day. This raised the total for the past

13th November 2020

Cyprus

Friday 13th 2020, what could possibly go wrong?

By Han Tan, Market Analyst at FXTM Asian stocks are mostly tracking Thursday’s declines on Wall Street, although US equity futures are flirting with gains in early Friday trading. This week, the

13th November 2020

Markets/World

Contactless payments surge 36% in Ireland, 40% say no to cash in US

There was a 36% year-over-year (YoY) increase in contactless transactions in Ireland, reaching $3.4 bln in Q3 2020, while the number of transaction surged 77% YoY to 182 mln, according to data

13th November 2020

International/Markets/World

COVID19: 1 more death raises Cyprus toll to 34, partial lockdown kicks in

Cyprus announced one more death on Thursday, an elderly man aged 86, with the total for all deaths directly attributed to COVID-19 rising to 34, as two towns went into partial lockdown.

12th November 2020

Cyprus

COVID19: Cyprus counts 4 more deaths and 165 new cases, lockdown looming

Cyprus announced four more deaths of coronavirus patients, for a total seven in just 24 hours, with 165 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 on Wednesday, raising the number of all infections since the

11th November 2020

Cyprus

COVID19: Cyprus reports 198 new cases amid testing backlog

Cyprus reported 198 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 on Tuesday, the fifth highest rate in the last month and since the pandemic started, with the number of infections to date totalling 6,296. The

10th November 2020

Cyprus

Bullish stock markets are ‘premature’ over vaccine optimism

Stock markets are “overthinking the positive vaccine news,” with stock markets soaring after drug firms Pfizer and BioNTech announced that their Covid-19 vaccine was 90% effective in tests, a leading financial advisor

10th November 2020

International/Markets/World

COVID19: Cyprus delays decisions for stricter measures

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades has decided to delay the announcement of new, possibly stricter measures to combat the coronavirus, after he was briefed on Monday evening during a crisis meeting by his

9th November 2020

Cyprus