Sign into fxTrade

Don't have an account? Register now

Weaker Than Expected US Home Sales Sends Stocks Lower

An unexpected drop in US existing home sales, sent global stock markets and oil prices lower Wednesday. Sentiment was sluggish across Asia and Europe on new worries over the strength of the U.S. economic recovery after sales of previously occupied homes unexpectedly fell 2.2 per cent in May. Economists had expected them to rise by 5 per cent.

Source: Associated Press

Recent Articles

Posted by Dean Popplewell at 9:37 am UTC, 05/23/2012
Posted by Dean Popplewell at 9:32 am UTC, 05/23/2012
Posted by Staff at 7:27 am UTC, 05/23/2012

Forex Insights »

Posted under USD, EUR, GBP, CHF, JPY at 12:53 pm UTC, 05/23/2012
Posted under USD, EUR, GBP, CHF, JPY at 12:52 pm UTC, 05/23/2012

Latest Articles

Posted by Dean Popplewell at 9:37 am UTC, 05/23/2012
Posted by Dean Popplewell at 9:32 am UTC, 05/23/2012
Posted by Staff at 7:27 am UTC, 05/23/2012
Forex Rates
Interest Rates

Some of OANDA's currency tools require Adobe's Flash Player.

May
24
Today’s Global
Market Events
8:30am

CAD
Corporate Profits q/q
9.0%
USD
Core Durable Goods Orders m/m
1.1% vs. -0.8%
USD
Unemployment Claims
372K vs. 370K
USD
Durable Goods Orders m/m
0.5% vs. -4.0%
9:00am

EUR
ECB President Draghi Speaks
EUR
Belgium NBB Business Climate
-10.6 vs. -10.7
10:30am

USD
FOMC Member Dudley Speaks
USD
Natural Gas Storage
77B vs. 61B
1:00pm

USD
FOMC Member Dudley Speaks
3:00pm

USD
Treasury Sec Geithner Speaks
7:30pm

JPY
Tokyo Core CPI y/y
-0.5% vs. -0.5%
JPY
National Core CPI y/y
0.1% vs. 0.2%