The Japanese stock market is trading lower on Thursday with investors indulging in some profit taking after the previous session's strong gains. A rather subdued close on Wall Street overnight on the back of a downward revision in U.S. GDP forecast and a stronger yen too have contributed to the bearish sentiment.

HOUSTON----Amphora, Inc., the foremost developer of global energy trading and risk management systems for the liquid hydrocarbons industry, announced today that Noble Americas has successfully implemented Amphoras Symphony� ETRM solution to help manage their global crude and derivatives trading.

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A sharp drop in forex market volatility expectations has coincided with pullbacks in the safe-haven US Dollar, and a continued slide in vols could produce further USD weakness. FX Options risk reversals have likewise broadly shifted in favor of Greenback weakness.

DUBAI: Fidessa group plc, provider of trading, market data and global connectivity solutions for the buy-side and sell-side, today announced that a number of its clients have deployed the Fidessa sell-side order management system to trade NASDAQ Dubai equities from day one of trading on DFM's X-Stream trading platform.