Getting quite boring now hearing about voting and politics! May is fighting for survival this week, not just in keeping the Conservatives (with a possible DUP alliance) as the government but also her job as PM. The vultures are circling, and Boris looks like he is once again waiting in the wings. Corbyn is also saying that he should be PM so all in all it's the usual political mess, brought about for no reason at all!
Markets have been fairly static since the futures opened last night, with just a 25 point decline from where they closed on Friday night, despite a technology sell off that started in the US and spread to Asia. It was inevitable really at some point soon, as the Nasdaq 100 was hitting those highs at the back end of May, and declined 2.4% on Friday.
Sterling is steady and oil rose - the first would weaken the FTSE 100, the latter help it rise. This week it also looks likely that the US will raise interest rates on Wednesday.
FTSE 100 outlook and prediction
The chaos continues, which doesn't make predicting the moves very easy. However, we have support at 7465 to start with today with both the 20 day Bianca channel here, and also the Hull moving average on the 2 hour chart. If this level holds then we might well see a rise towards the 7537 daily resistance level and things might look a bit more positive to start with.
Bull Monday after all, though the backdrop for the buying is anything but stable! Markets hate uncertainty so they say, yet Friday put in a strong defensive rise.