GLOBAL FX NEWS

  • QATAR

Qatar to withdraw from OPEC in January 2019,Gulf nation's energy minister says Doha wants to focus on its natural gas production in the coming years.

  • USA

Trump says China to cut tariffs on US cars after trade war truce,US and China have agreed not to increase tariffs and set a 90-day deadline to reach a broader trade deal.If no broader deal is reached within 90 days, the US said it would hike tariffs on $200bn of Chinese goods from 10 to 25 percent.

  • CHINA

Chinese shares, commodities and the yuan currency jumped on Monday after Chinese and U.S. leaders agreed to a temporary truce in their bitter trade war, but the longer-term outlook for trade relations remains murky.The deal between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping postponed the most pressing threat to the global and Chinese economies - a sharp hike in U.S. tariffs that had been slated for Jan. 1.

  • TURKEY

Turkey’s consumer price index fell 1.44 percent month-on-month in November, official data showed on Monday, bringing the annual rate down from a 15-year high as a stronger lira, tax cuts and discounted products helped to trim prices.

  • GOLD

Gold prices rose on Monday in Asia while the dollar dropped after news that the U.S. and China agreed to put any new tariffs on hold for 90 days.

  • OIL

Oil prices soared by more than 4 percent on Monday after the United States and China agreed to a 90-day truce in their trade war, and ahead of a meeting this week by producer club OPEC that is expected to result in a supply cut.