Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Kingfisher posted a 14.7% fall in first-half pre-tax profit to £375 million, while analysts were anticipating £386 million. The French business was the underperformer of the group, while...

A slightly more conciliatory tone from China regarding its bubbling trade dispute with the US has given markets some respite and European markets moved higher this morning, shrugging off a banking...

Always one to micro-manage investors’ expectations, can Next regain its spring momentum following Tuesday’s interim results?After a fairly uninspiring start, with the stock largely trading...

President Trump’s trade war with China may well be making headlines, but the threat it poses to global economic growth is doing nothing to take the heat out of Wall Street’s ongoing...

DAX Xetra (cash index)A recovery on the DAX continues to progress this morning as another positive candle completed to open further gains. The move to close above the old June/August lows around...

The FTSE 100 wants to go down but the S&P 500 wants to go up, this is why the FTSE is going sideways. If the S&P does not go down, the FTSE will rally. The S&P is bullish, it is not clear...

SummaryBeijing’s targeted retaliation, with hints of concessions, keeps damage to the global share rebound contained. Measured retaliation European stock market resolve is mostly holding after...

It has been another volatile day in the equity markets as the tit-for-tat bilateral tariffs between China and the US continued. As we go to press, US stock index futures were at their best levels on...

DAX Xetra (cash index)Reaction to, not only yesterday’s slip back, but also the renewed escalation in the trade tariffs have significantly bolstered the improving outlook. We talked yesterday...

Despite the sharp sell-off in US technology sector, European stock indices were still trading mixed at the time of writing. The top shares indices in Italy and Spain were higher, while Germany and the...

After a lower open this morning, shares on the pan-European STOXX 600 Index rebounded, albeit marginally at time of writing. Investors at first shook off trade jitters after reports surfaced before...

Stocks in London have made a soft start to the week with the FTSE 100 dropping a little over 20 points so far this morning. The declines come not long after the IMF warned of the economic damage that...

Fresh tariff escalation dims FTSE’s prospectAnother week, another trade tariff battle. As the US and Chinese negotiators are looking to set a date for a fresh round of trade talks, President...

SummaryA global relief rally is tightening focus on hotly anticipated U.S.-China trade talks. On guard U.S. shares are set to join the most uniform global stock market rally of the week, though...