Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

The US stock indices extended their advanced for the fourth session over five, recording gains past 3% on Monday, amid healthcare stocks rallied on hopes that a vaccine could curtail the spread of the...

Beware the Ides of March. There is a lot of relief out there that March as well as the first quarter is almost over. A fresh month can offer some fresh perspective, and perhaps a more constructive...

Stock markets in Europe closed higher yesterday despite spending a good chunk of the day in the red.The first few hours of the European trading session yesterday could best be characterised as...

Stock markets are mixed as we approach the close.The lack of a clear and robust response from Brussels in relation to the pandemic held back equity benchmarks for much of the session, but sentiment...

Markets back in the redThe usual Monday morning sell-off has been less severe than we’ve seen in recent weeks, although Europe has been moving deeper into the red in early trade after a...

Coronavirus risk-off sentiment testing last week's gains from biggest U.S. spending bill in history Trump's weekend flip-flop on post-virus policy pressuring markets on Monday Oil struggling to remain...

Global equity markets managed to post their first positive week since mid-February last week, despite sharp falls on Friday, after EU leaders failed to come up with any sort of coherent response to...

Market OverviewThe momentum of positive sentiment arising from the enormous $2 trillion support package agreed in Congress last week has already begun to wane. With renewed selling pressure, the...

Not surprisingly, last week’s enthusiasm over the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) pledge to buy unlimited amount of assets and the US government’s historical $2-trillion rescue package...

Stock markets in Europe and the US finished sharply lower on Friday as the fears about the health crisis weighed on sentiment.Equities enjoyed decent gains in the middle of the week as the...

Friday's stock pull-back signals strong investor uncertainty Traditional havens such as yields, yen, gold rise Economic data will begin pouring in showing coronavirus devastation, including...

Read our pick of the top stories to look out for this week (30 March - 3 April), and view our key company earnings schedule.UK final Q4 gross domestic productTuesday: In what will probably be one of...

The shockingly high number of new jobless claims in the US yesterday has poured icy water on the market's recent rallies, causing the FTSE and other European gauges to open lower. Rising to 3.3...

Fun while it lastedRallies don’t last forever and clearly investors are happy to call time on this one as we head into another uncertain weekend. The last three Monday’s have all been...