By Amanda Cooper, Ankur Banerjee and Tom Westbrook Global futures markets were disrupted for several hours on Friday after CME Group, the world’s largest exchange operator, suffered one of its longest outages in years, halting trading across stocks, bonds, commodities and currencies. By 1335 GMT, trading in foreign exchange, stock and bond futures NQ1!, ES1!,…
The dollar index DXY today is up by +0.06%. Month-end buying of the dollar is supporting modest gains, with today being the last trading day of November. Forex trading was light, as futures and options trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were halted until early this morning due to a data-center fault. Strength in stocks…
(Bloomberg) — The Chicago Mercantile Exchange restored most trading operations after an hours-long outage stemming from problems at a data center disrupted multiple financial markets across Asia and Europe. The exchange’s Globex Futures & Options markets, which handles futures, options, and commodities trading and accounts for 90% of CME Group’s volume, opened at 8:30 a.m….
Date: November 28, 2025Location: Chicago / London / Singapore Key points CME Group halted nearly all Globex futures and options trading late Thursday after a cooling failure at a CyrusOne data center in the Chicago area. [1] Benchmarks from S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures to WTI crude, gold, U.S. Treasuries and Nikkei contracts went…
In today’s Market Outlook, let’s take a look at Forex Trading on USD/JPY, GBP/JPY, NZD/JPY, WTI, Brent Crude Oil, the S&P500, the FTSE100, and the DAX40. In our last video we spotted potential reversals in fortune for both the German DAX40 and the UK’s FTSE100 and look at what happened to both. On the FTSE100…
The floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)/New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) in New York City. CME Group is the world’s largest and most diverse derivatives exchange. David S. Holloway | Getty Images Trading came to a standstill on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday following a cooling issue at one of its data centers….
EUR/USD price eased as the dollar pulled back after three consecutive days of losses. Resilient Eurozone data pushes ECB to pause the easing cycle for longer.The US Fed is expected to ease in December amid softer macro data. The EUR/USD price eased modestly in Friday’s Asian session, briefly slipping below the 1.1600 level after posting…
EUR/USD forecast remains firm as dollar retreats to 4-month lows. Dovish Fed and stable ECB favor the EUR/USD long positions. Markets see no volatility amid the Thanksgiving holiday and in the absence of major releases. The EUR/USD forecast edges higher as the price extends its recovery on Thursday, pushing above the key 1.1600 level as…
Gold forecast remains firm under the 2-week highs amid a weaker dollar. Fed rate cut odds continue to support the bullish bias for gold. Institutional demand keeps the gold aiming for $4,900 in 2026. Gold forecast remains stable on Thursday after profit-taking hit near two-week highs in the previous session. The price is now hovering…
FCA licensed FX, CFDs, and spreadbetting broker Trade Nation has announced the appointment of Kypros Zoumidou as Managing Director. Kyp will be working once again with Jon Noble, who is the former Chief Operating Officer and Board Director at IG Group. Jon became the CEO of Trade Nation earlier this year and is adding Kyp to…