Controversial cryptocurrency Bitcoin made its debut on a major exchange Sunday, opening at $15,000 per unit at the Chicago board options exchange.
A few minutes after its 2300 GMT opening a futures contract tied to the currency had risen to $15,600, still short of last week's high of over $17,000.
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According to official figures from the Abu Dhabi and Dubai Securities Exchange, the value of margin trading finance reached AED85.7 billion in 2016, an increase of 12.7 percent from AED76 billion in 2015.
An analysis by Emirates News Agency, WAM, showed that the value of the margin trading finance, presented by brokerage companies to their clients, constituted 23.5 percent ofRead more
China's treasury bond futures closed higher Monday, with the contract for settlement in September 2016 closing 0.12% higher at 102.2 yuan (about 15.39 U.S. dollars).
According to China's News Agency (Xinhua), the December 2016 contract closed 0.11% higher at 101.8 yuan.
The March 2017 contract finished 0.08% higher at 101.5 yuan.
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South Korea's foreign exchange reserves rose slightly from a month earlier in July due to increased gains from investment in foreign assets, central bank data showed Wednesday.
As of the end of July, the country's foreign exchange reserves came to US$371.38 billion, up $1.49 billion from the previous month, the Bank of Korea (BOK) said in a statement. Foreign exchangeRead more
The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 107 basis points to 6.6671 against the U.S. dollar Wednesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System.
In China's spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 2 percent from the central parity rate each trading day.
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The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) 0.23 percent lower on Wednesday, after gold mining shares fell 3.95 percent and resources lost 3.16 percent.
The rand was relatively unchanged against the major currencies by 5 p.m. local time, with a U.S. dollar costing R14.27, a British pound costing R18.77 and a euro costing R15.71.
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People visit the exhibition named "The Week That Changed the World: Nixon, China and the Arts" at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, California, the United States, on June 23, 2016. The exhibition focusing on former U.S. President Richard Nixon's trip to China in 1972 and China-U.S. cultural exchange in recent 40 years was unveiled to public
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People visit the exhibition named "The Week That Changed the World: Nixon, China and the Arts" at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, California, the United States, on June 23, 2016. The exhibition focusing on former U.S. President Richard Nixon's trip to China in 1972 and China-U.S. cultural exchange in recent 40 years was unveiled to public
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he following are the foreign exchange reference rates of euro to other currencies at the European Central Bank on Friday:
One euro to:
U.S. dollar 1.1066
Chinese yuan renminbi 7.3301
Japanese yen 113.23
Danish krone 7.4371
British Pound 0.8075
Swedish krona 9.461
Swiss franc 1.0808
Norwegian krone 9.42
Russian rouble 72.6282
Turkish lira 3.2457
Australian dollar 1.491
Canadian dollar 1.4392Read more
The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 13 major currencies announced on Friday by the China Foreign Exchange Trading System:
Currency Unit Central parity rate in yuan
U.S. dollar 100 657.76
Euro 100 744.34
Japanese yen 100 6.2725
Hong Kong dollar 100 84.791
British pound 100 958.99
Australian dollar 100 495.51Read more