Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

The rally paused yesterday as the S&P 500 pulled back. The reason for the pullback could be due to the high oil price and rising bond yields. Trump said he wants a lower oil price and he has a...

The US open failed to lift the spirits of its grumpy European counterparts, with the Dow Jones drifting away from last week’s record highs.Despite being content to ignore the US-China trade war...

US equity markets may have had a bumper third quarter, but the final week could yet prove to be a rather more torrid affair.The rhetoric between Beijing and Washington continues to escalate as the...

The FTSE 100 has drifted a little lower in early trade at the start of the week after the benchmark posted impressive gains last time out. One possible reason for the selling is news over the weekend...

What message will be written on the inside of Card Factory’s interim results this Tuesday?It’s been a year of commiserations rather than celebrations for the high street retailer. Starting...

DAX Xetra (cash index)As the recovery has accelerated higher in recent sessions the DAX is finding a little resistance this morning which has threatened a corrective move. After such a strong run of...

The record high notes hit by US indices yesterday are setting the tone for both Asian and European markets as the week draws to a close. For the moment Asian stocks have shrugged off trade war...

After a long holiday away, will investors return to Thomas Cook following Tuesday’s pre-close trading update?There was a very brief moment where it looked like it was going to be a decent year...

With Thursday’s Dow-led, trade war-ignoring growth carrying through the Asian session overnight, the European markets got the green light for more gains after the bell.Investors have settled on...

The Dow Jones and S&P 500 hit all-time highs yesterday as fears surrounding the US-China trade standoff subsided. The tariffs that were announced by both sides during the week were deemed to be...

EuropeStocks are higher in Europe as bullish sentiment has resumed now that traders have gotten over the latest escalation in the US-China trade spat. The dust has settled in the wake of tariffs being...

The FTSE has mostly moved higher during the day, gaining ground as US markets broke record ground. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to 26,623 as almost all of its 30 component companies traded...

Having posted some meaningful gains in the early part of Wednesday’s session, Wall Street futures have drifted a little higher but suggest we’ll see little change ahead of the opening...

Despite a shaky end to trading on Wall Street overnight, which saw the Dow gain 0.6%, the S&P 500 just 0.1% and the Nasdaq slip by the same, Asian markets moved broadly higher, on improved...