Britain denounced the Iranian seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf as a "hostile act", rejecting Tehran's explanation that it had seized the vessel because it had been involved in an accident.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc was forecast to win a solid majority in an upper house election on Sunday that could determine whether his dream of revising the post-war, U.S.-drafted pacifist constitution can be kept alive.
Tens of thousands gathered in Hong Kong on Saturday to voice support for the police and call for an end to violence, after a wave of protests against an extradition bill triggered clashes between police and activists and plunged the city into crisis.
Joe Biden, a former U.S. vice president and Democratic presidential candidate, compared Republican President Donald Trump on Friday to the late George Wallace, a prominent supporter of racial segregation.
Opponents of Britain's exit from the EU hoisted a "Boris blimp" portraying the UK's likely next prime minister as a crying child as they demonstrated outside parliament on Saturday.
An expected interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve later this month is pushing yield-oriented U.S. fund managers further afield in search of income at attractive prices.
U.S. Democratic lawmakers on Friday called President Donald Trump's latest anti-immigration initiatives "unacceptable" and warned his administration against misappropriating funding authorized only for humanitarian use.
| STOCKS | BONDS | CURRENCIES | COMMODITIES |
|---|
|
| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| US 10YR |
+2.057
|
+0.000 |
| DE 10YR |
-0.324
|
-0.002 |
| JP 10YR |
-0.125
|
+0.009 |
| Name | USD | EUR | JPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1 | 1.1220 | 0.0093 |
| EUR | 0.8909 | 1 | 0.0083 |
| JPY | 107.7000 | 120.8400 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |
1,436.20
USD
|
+10.10
Exp: Jul 19
|
| Copper |
2.74
USD
|
+0.04
Exp: Jul 19
|
| Crude Oil |
55.74
USD
|
+0.44
Exp: Jul 19
|
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