Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

Both China’s Manufacturing (50.1) and Non-manufacturing (54.3) PMI for April came in below expectations. While the Manufacturing PMI remained marginally above 50, it indicates China’s...

U.S. futures, European shares slip on Alphabet, Samsung (LON:0593xq)'s earnings debacle Financials outperform in the U.S., show weakness in Europe; Real Estate lags Treasury yields fall ahead of Fed's...

The latest look at Chinese manufacturing came in worse than expected overnight, with both an official and a private gauge of activity disappointing and suggesting that optimism around the recovery...

TToday’s latest macro data has painted a mixed picture about the health of the global economy, causing stocks to fall in Asia overnight with Europe also starting on the back foot, although here...

All the major European equity markets finished higher yesterday, even though they all spent some time in the red during the session. The IBEX 35 was hit by political uncertainty after the Socialist...

U.S. futures, European shares downbeat ahead of key data, Fed decision Chinese stocks take a hit from higher expectations of dwindling stimulus Bitcoin stuck between bottom and 2018 lows Oil drops on...

Following on from last week’s commodity-led retreat, the FTSE strained to push higher on the penultimate day of April. With BP (LON:BP) and Shell (LON:RDSa) both remaining under pressure...

Corporate earnings dominated the headlines in both Europe and the US last week. It was a quiet week in terms of macroeconomic news, and the corporate updates drove sentiment. It is fair to say, the...

Both the Dow Jones and dollar failed to fall for the surface level success of a surprisingly strong US GDP reading, investors instead looking beyond the headline number.At an annualised rate of 3.2%,...

The Global Citi Economic Surprise Index remains stubbornly below zero, implying that incoming macroeconomic data is, on average, below expectations.We have to go back more than a year to find the most...

It’s been a slightly negative end to the week in Europe, with indices marginally in the red, while US futures are once again looking mixed as we await more earnings reports.Earnings is very much...

Despite rallying to a 6-month high on Tuesday, the FTSE is set to end lower for a second successive week as the benchmark continues to wrestle with some resistance around the 7450-7500 mark.In the FX...

Market OverviewIn recent weeks, the market has been tackling the issue of global growth prospects. A drab Eurozone, signs of a pick-up in China and the continued relative outperformance of the US. The...

The FTSE is on the back foot this morning, weighed down by corporate news from the Royal Bank of Scotland and Just Eat (LON:JE). Although the government-owned bank reported better-than-expected first...