Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

The BoE sounded the alarm till Mark Carney’s press conference.Deeper dip The Bank of England may just have rolled out the closest comments we will see to a self-parody of ‘Project...

Today’s price action has the classis “risk-off” feel to it. The major global indices have fallen sharply, led by Germany’s DAX which was still printing new lows on the day at...

EuropeEuropean stock markets are sharply lower this afternoon as the European Commission and the Bank of England cut growth forecasts. Eurozone stocks are suffering greatly as investors are fearful...

No matter which direction European traders looked on Thursday they couldn’t escape mounting evidence of an economic slowdown in Europe. The European Commission slashing economic forecasts across...

Equity markets in Europe are mixed today. Investors lack enthusiasm as there is little in the way of major macroeconomic news. Stock markets have reached multi-month highs this week, and now dealers...

Following yesterday’s lacklustre session, Wall Street slumped after the closing bell last night and index futures are pointing towards some modest losses at the open. That’s despite the...

The FTSE notched lower on opening, pulled down by travel group Tui (LON:TUIT) and its revised earnings guidance, but the index didn’t stay in the red for long as a weaker pound helped some...

Glaxo’s ‘patent cliff’ has struck again.Glaxo progressesThe fourth quarter brought more progress for GlaxoSmithKline (LON:GSK), the world no. 9 pharma by drug revenues, which is...

Let’s call Barratt Developments’ 22% rise since the beginning of the year a long relief rally.‘Relief’ by any other name In context, the stock’s 4% advance on Wednesday...

Overturning its initial wobble, the FTSE just about squeaked out a fresh high as Wednesday went on.Having initially dropped 0.3%, the UK index managed to edge up 0.1%, teasing 7180 in the process....

As expected, the company didn’t have the best 2018. Starting at £6.92, it found itself lurking around a 6-year nadir of £4.75 over summer, before climbing back to £6.25 by...

The stock market here in London is trading little changed this morning, after a bumper day of gains on Tuesday which saw the benchmark reach its highest level since the start of December led by a...

European gauges were pulled down by declining profits from big financial names including Nordea, Munich Re and Raiffeisenbank, where profit declines were into double digits, although Sweden’s...

After running hog wild on Tuesday, Europe took a breather on Wednesday, slowed by the latest signs of economic distress in the Eurozone. The FTSE, which had a stonker of a session yesterday, dipped...