Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

All-sector' PMI rises to highest so far this year, but Q2 still set to be second-weakest since Q3 2016 Employment and new work growth rates unchanged, backlogs fall and future expectations slump...

Global production growth picks up from March's 21-month low Input cost inflation eases to the weakest since last July Business confidence at lowest since last September Following marginal growth in...

EuropeEquity markets in Europe are mixed today. Domestic politics is putting pressure on the IBEX 35 and the FTSE MIB. The London market is being dragged down by energy and financial stocks. The UK...

The FTSE headed into the close 0.5% lower, pulling back from its recent 2 week high, weighed down by RBS (LON:RBS) following the Government’s share sale, a negative note on Carnival and a...

The market-wide consistency of the last few sessions seemed to be on the wane on Tuesday, with the US, UK and eurozone all doing their own thing. The Dow Jones didn’t get up to much after the...

A rally in the pound is weighing on the FTSE early in the European session, leaving it as the only major index in the red, down almost half a percentage point. The sterling gains came on the back of a...

While the eurozone indices overcame their initial sluggishness to continue the recent relief rally, the FTSE was put on the back foot by a rebounding pound and a Brent Crude wobble. With the services...

Both London and European bourses started the day in a more subdued fashion with markets concerned over banking shares and renewed US trade tensions ahead of a G7 summit this weekend.Banks in focus as...

The blind cheer of the last couple of sessions was absent on Tuesday morning – though the European indices avoided the kind of substantial losses that would traditionally greet such an unstable...

Construction PMI holds steady at 52.5 in May New order inflows fall back into decline Business optimism suffers largest monthly decline in six years Hiring slows and use of sub-contractors falls UK...

US equity indices gained ground overnight, lifted by strong demand for tech stocks. M&A activity boosted sentiment with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) taking a $7.5 billion bet on code-sharing site...

When Chancellor Philip Hammond outlined plans in his Autumn Budget to sell off the government’s stake in RBS (LON:RBS) over the next few years there were the predictable raised eyebrows of those...

We saw a decent start to the week for markets in Europe yesterday with the exception of Italy where the FTSE MIB finished lower as caution over the new Italian government kept investors cautious.Away...

Manufacturing PMI rises to 51.7 in May, highest in nearly two years Inflationary pressures intensify, largely due to a weaker rupiah Growth in the Indonesian manufacturing sector picked up slightly...