Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Police in Hong Kong are investigating an alleged toilet paper heist, amid a shortage due to the coronavirus outbreak. Things are bad when loo roll becomes currency.It’s a dull old session out...

Stock markets in Europe are subdued this morning following a lacklustre session in Asia overnight. The health crisis in China continues to play on traders’ minds, but international trade is in...

Negative company news is dragging down the FTSE even as the Chinese virus outbreak is showing signs of containment.Royal Bank of Scotland (LON:RBS) lost 5.4% in early trading after the majority...

The Dax has dropped over 1% across the morning session, slipping back from Wednesday’s all-time high, as renewed concerns surrounding the coronavirus outbreak sweep across global markets.The...

Equity benchmarks are lower this morning as fears have picked up again in relation to the coronavirus crisis in China. The Chinese authorities have altered the method of reporting new cases, which has...

The FTSE is struggling this morning, weighed down by losses at Centrica, Barclays’ missed profit and a new way of diagnosing the coronavirus. Britain’s largest energy supplier Centrica...

Just as the markets seemed to break free of their coronavirus fears, an alarming spike in the number of deaths and new cases sent Europe lower.Arguably the main driver of Wednesday’s growth was...

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) (BABA) reports its Q4 earnings tomorrow morning before the bell, and no matter how you look at it, the fourth quarter was a big one for the company.In...

Following further reports that the rate of new coronavirus cases in China is slowing, the markets continued to climb on Wednesday, if with differing amounts of vigour.For the FTSE, that translated to...

Stock markets rallied yesterday as it seemed as if the health crisis in China was showing signs of improvement. Sadly the number of confirmed case of coronavirus increased but the growth rate appeared...

Europe maintained its arbitrary optimism throughout the session, joined in its gains by the Dow Jones.Like pretty much every day since the coronavirus became a major market concern, Tuesday has seen...

When:Thursday 13th FebruaryExpectations: Pre-tax profit +5.2% £6 billion vs £5.7 billion (same period last year)Barclays is the first of the UK big 5 banks to report full year figures....

Coronavirus concerns are weighing on European equity markets as the Chinese authorities have confirmed the death toll has reached 908. The bullish run that lasted most of last week seems like a...

The Dax, likes its European peers has started the week on the back foot. Coronaviris fears continue to dampen demand for riskier assets, as the number of infected hits 40,000 and as the death toll...