Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Market OverviewToday’s meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) could be a outlook defining moment. As economic indicators have slid in recent weeks, bond and interest rate futures...

The Whitbread (LON:WTB) share price has made some decent progress in the last 12 months, and is still above the levels when news broke that a deal had been agreed to sell Costa Coffee to Coca-Cola...

This week’s main central bank event may be not be happening until tomorrow when the Federal Reserve must decide whether to trim interest rates now or prepare the markets for a potential cut in...

Mario Draghi has been back on the airwaves this morning doing what he does best. The ECB President - for a few more months at least - has become known for his ability to talk down the euro even...

Stocks in Europe have been helped by the dovish update from Mario Draghi, the head of the European Central Bank (ECB). The major European indices were in the red in early trading, but the remarks from...

The FTSE is a fraction higher this morning but the index is really struggling to remain in positive territory with the weaker pound working in favour of large export-orientated industrials but...

After a dull Monday the markets were more overt in their pre-Fed fretting on Tuesday, with the European indices opening in various shades of red.The FTSE fared best, only dipping 10 points after the...

EuropeStock markets in Europe haven’t moved much today as some investors are sitting on their hands in advance of the much awaited Federal Reserve meeting on Wednesday. There has been a lot of...

Almost six months have passed since the European Commission finally decided in favoUr of a last-minute six-month extension period of Switzerland’s stock exchange under MiFID II rules.While the...

Equity markets are muted today as the lacklustre session in Asia overnight has spilled over into Europe. Tensions in relation to trade and the Iranian situation still persist, and they are hanging...

After last week saw the market-wide June rebound stall, the European indices tried to pick themselves up on Monday, even if their gains were decidedly milquetoast.That’s because the week’s...

The trading week started with a mixed risk appetite in Asia. The Hang Seng index gained up to 1.25% after Hong Kong’s chief executive Carrie Lam delayed the fiercely disputed extradition law on...

Geopolitical risk aside equity markets managed to put in a good performance last week, closing modestly higher, in both the US and Europe, in spite of negative sessions on Friday.There wasn’t...

EuropeEquity markets are set to finish lower on the day as trade and political tensions are weighing on stocks. Washington DC and Beijing are still locked in their trade spat, and President Trump has...