Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Opening at £5.50, the UK’s largest pub retailer and brewer had sunk to £4.60 by the start of April, its worst price in around 6 years. Yet a sharp rebound across spring, and first...

Following a decline in shares due to weak corporate earnings and growth worries, European markets are opening in the green, supported by banks and technology sectors.At market opening, the UK FTSE 100...

European stock markets are higher this morning as traders look ahead to the EU summit at the weekend.Traders reacted well to yesterday’s news that the UK and the EU reached an agreement, but...

DAX Xetra (cash index)There is a lack of conviction in moves across equity markets as traders remain without the crutch of Wall Street in the early part of today’s session. However, there is...

London shares and the pound performed a U-turn this morning because Brexit tensions are not abating, with stocks trading higher and the pound firmly on a downward trajectory. Stocks are being further...

With the US out celebrating thanksgiving holiday today, the afternoon session should be a quieter one.This morning, though, volatility remained elevated as the pound surged higher on the back of a...

European equity markets are in the red this morning as traders are worried about the Italian budget situation. The dispute over the Italian budget has intensified, and the EU have warned that...

European Markets Fall As U.S. Takes A BreakEuropean markets are declining this morning as the US takes a break for Thanksgiving holiday. In London, utilities are front and centre but not in a good...

Ignoring the negative sentiment that dragged on trading in US and Asia overnight, the FTSE bounded higher on Wednesday. Snapping a three-day losing streak and with only a handful of firms in the red,...

The midweek bounce in risk-appetite has been given a boost by U.S. data that slackens the dollar somewhat.Value in demandAnother basis looks very much like a combination of cross-asset profit taking...

Following yesterday meeting between Chinese and Philippines Presidents in Manilla, which concluded on an oil and gas offshore deal in the South China Sea in a way of further rapprochement, Asian...

In the last day of trading before the US closes down for Thanksgiving holidays, risk aversion has eased and stocks are trading higher.Despite a sharp selloff on Wall Street late Tuesday which...

Intraday rallies have been continually sold into over recent weeks and there is little to suggest that this morning’s rebound is any different.In the past few weeks the market has been...

Shares of Tencent Holdings (OTC:TCEHY) and JD.com (NASDAQ:JD), China’s two leading internet companies, have both stumbled during 2018. To be sure, each company is facing its own unique set of...