Stock Market Analysis & Comment

Lurking around the 7000 mark, will a busy week for banking earnings help the FTSE recover? Watch the Week Ahead here: Disclaimer: Spreadex provides an execution only service and the comments above do...

A decent US open allowed the Eurozone indices to (just about) trim their Italy-fearing losses, while also lifting a previously listless FTSE into the green. The Dow Jones shot up 190 points after...

US stocks experienced their worst selloff since last week on Thursday, as they ricocheted back and forth on the US-China trade spat, compounded by a Fed bent on tightening rates along with an added...

Nimbleness is a good quality for European stock market investors to have on Friday. Brace for ‘unprecedented’ rejection A fleeting sweep higher by European and U.S. futures ahead of the...

The Eurozone indices took a dive on Friday, as investors continued to process the news that the European Union officials had struck down the Italian government’s controversial budget. Mulling...

European indices are flirting with the flat line after Wall Street closed lower and most Asian markets also declined. But Chinese stocks were surprisingly resilient in the face of slightly lower than...

European markets opened higher this morning after Asia markets rebounded on the back of verbal intervention from Chinese regulators and policymakers, reassuring investors that despite a slowdown in...

Only three days ago, US markets managed to post their best one-day gains since March, on the back of optimism that a decent start to earnings season would outweigh all of those concerns that prompted...

After a disappointing 2017, many analysts now believe that Target (NYSE:TGT) has turned a corner. Since the start of 2018, shares of the department store discount retailer are up 25%. Currently...

Despite a stronger start the FTSE soon followed its global peers into the red, dragged lower by renewed selling on Wall Street. The pound wasn’t offering much support to the FTSE, as it as good...

European indices are on the up with a host of blue chips turning in good results. Still licking its wounds after a shareholder revolt forced it to scrap plans to close its London headquarters Unilever...

UK consumer spending slowed down by more than expected last month with the retail sales figure for September showing a 0.8% decline month-on-month. One of the biggest causes of this decline was a...

While Google-parent didn’t have a flawless start to 2018, dipping under $1025 a few times in spring, by late May it was building up a nice little head of steam, eventually hitting an all-time...

Summary Unilever’s sales grew at a solid though lower than expected pace, as global economic pressures began to bite Argentina trims volumes Unilever (LON:ULVR) active global exposure means it...