Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

It looked like investors were caught in the blazing transport chaos this Friday, leading to a pretty stagnant start to the session.The FTSE started unchanged. The DAX started unchanged. The CAC dipped...

European markets are poised for a relatively flat end to the week, rather accurately reflecting investors' mood after Draghi unusually left them feeling disappointed.It's not often that the ECB...

Euro remained relatively steady after the European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi hinted at lower interest rates in the coming months at his post-decision press conference on Thursday....

Mario “whatever it takes” Draghi is not planning to go gently into that good night of retirement.While he disappointed investors who expected the European Central Bank to take some action...

European and US markets sank rather sharply yesterday, inhibited by mixed messaging from the European Central Bank about further stimulus, and the prospect that next weeks Fed meeting may not be as...

Though Mario Draghi very much seemed to tee up a September rate cut from the ECB, that wasn’t dovish enough for the Eurozone indices.By stating that a rate cut had not been discussed at...

Flash composite PMI™ at 51.6 in July, points to weak growth persisting into third quarter Manufacturing output falls at fastest rate since August 2009 Jobs growth weakest in over two years as...

European equity markets were mixed on Wednesday. The FTSE 100 (-0.73%) underperformed its European peers and closed a touch above the 7500p as mining stocks (-2.35%) and financials (-1.13%) led...

US futures are paring gains made on Tuesday on the back of reports that US trade representatives will head to China for talks on Monday.The news is undoubtedly positive for sentiment in the markets...

U.S. antitrust investigation into big tech pushes U.S. futures lower European shares slide on corporate warnings, tech probe risk Treasurys climb as investors shift to risk off Pound gains ground as...

Summary: Single currency and stock markets slide lower Latest industry surveys from the bloc disappoint Deutsche Bank (DE:DBKGn) swoons as earnings miss There’s been more bad economic data...

New flash PMI data includes services, shows improved rate of output growth in July Service sector expands, manufacturing acts as drag New orders and future output indicators deteriorate Good prices...

European and US stocks enjoyed a decent push higher yesterday, and Asia has followed suit this morning, helped by a combination of factors. Firstly, a downgrade of global growth expectations by the...

Global equities rallied after the IMF cut the global growth outlook to 3.2% in 2019, which would be the lowest growth rate in a decade, and to 3.5% in 2020. News that US and Chinese officials will...