View Larger Image Equities, Currencies & Commodities News June 2018 Equities Developed market stocks rose 0.6% over the month U.S. increased 2.4% European equities rose 0.1% Japan declined 1.2% emerging markets lost 3.5% Brazil fell 10.9% Currencies U.S. dollar rallied over the month. pressure on emerging market currencies, worst being the Argentine peso and Turkish lira euro fell 2.5% on political uncertainty in Italy British pound fell to a near five-month low against the dollar Commodities crude oil surpassed $80 per barrel for the first time in nearly four years coffee and sugar prices benefit from Brazilian truckers’ strike aluminum rose due to continued outage at a Brazilian alumina refinery By Andrew North|2018-09-06T17:56:01+10:00September 6th, 2018|Currencies & Commodities|