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Carillion Goes Into LiquidationThe FTSE has had a rather miserable start to the new week, opening lower despite Asian shares hitting a new historic high overnight following an impressive close in the...

January is usually the time for a bit of restraint after the festive period's excesses. For Britons it might last beyond January given the ongoing squeeze on incomes. But if you're looking for better...

Morning market commentary The shocking collapse of Carillion (LON:CLLN), whose shares have been suspended since the company announced it was going into liquidation, appeared to pull the FTSE back from...

Inflation data to determine continued strengthThe euro made a multi-year high on Friday, a rally that has continued as Asia has opened overnight as optimism that the tapering of the Asset Tapering...

US markets continued to go from strength to strength last week, as they continued to build on the gains of 2017. The S&P500 in particular has put in its best start to the year since 2003, as...

It’s getting awfully difficult to remember the last time the US government was NOT on the brink of a shutdown, but the most recent deadline for “disaster,” this coming Friday,...

Afternoon market commentary The dollar was really down in the dumps this Friday, the currency losing its way in the face of positive political updates from the eurozone and the UK, and a disappointing...

The price of Brent Crude, an international benchmark for the oil price, reached its highest level since December 2014 last night after briefly popping above the $70 a barrel level. Reports of a...

Morning Market Commentary After weathering Thursday’s retail sector storm the FTSE is just about holding onto its all-time highs this Friday. Straining to hit the 7770 mark, it looks like the...

After a brief pullback for US markets on Wednesday normal service was resumed with more record closes for US equity indices yesterday as investors shrugged off concerns about tighter central bank...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The European Central Bank could be the next major policy-making body that takes a step away from accomodation. According to the...

The FTSE moved in and out of positive territory in trading on Friday. Retailers weighed on the index, meanwhile energy stocks and miners dominated the upper reaches.Retailers were out of favour...

EuropeThe FTSE 100 reached another record-high today as solid gains from the mining and utilities sectors drove the British equity benchmark to a new all-time high. The rally in the euro on the back...

Afternoon market commentaryThe euro rocketed higher this Thursday afternoon following a slightly more hawkish than expected set of ECB meeting minutes. While the end of QE isn’t here just yet,...