Reuters

Gold prices were largely unchanged on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan kept its monetary policy steady, with investors shifting their attention to other central bank meetings and economic events due this week.

China and Hong Kong stocks eased on Tuesday morning, with investor risk appetite curbed by a sharper-than-expected slowdown in China’s factory activity as well as weakness on Wall Street.

The dollar set a one-week low against the yen on Tuesday as investors turned cautious after U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager was charged with money laundering in the federal probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

New Zealand’s trade minister said on Tuesday that it may be too late to make significant changes to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) after his new Labour-led government said last week it would seek to renegotiate the agreement.

The Canadian dollar clawed back most of its losses against the greenback on Monday, as oil rose and investors braced for top-tier domestic data and a U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate decision later in the week. The loonie has fallen nearly 6 percent since notching a two-year high at C$1.2063 in September, pressured by a more dovish tone from the Bank …

Gold rose on Monday ahead of a series of central bank meetings and U.S. President Donald Trump’s expected announcement of the next Federal Reserve chair, and amid a slightly weaker U.S. dollar.

The U.S. dollar fell on Monday after posting its biggest weekly rise this year last week as investors took profits and grew cautious amid news that President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager faces charges of conspiracy against the United States.

U.S. consumer spending recorded its biggest increase in more than eight years in September, likely as households in Texas and Florida replaced flood-damaged motor vehicles, but underlying inflation remained muted.

The Bank of England looks set to step into the unknown on Thursday, when it is expected to raise interest rates for the first time since 2007 at a time when growth appears weaker than before any other rate rise of the past 20 years.

A strong rally in the technology sector helped drive global stocks to a record high on Monday, while a recovery in Spanish markets helped to lift European shares after an opinion poll smoothed investors’ concerns over Catalan secession.