Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

DAX Xetra (cash index)Can the bulls maintain the technical rally and prevent another rebound from being sold into? Having added 120 ticks, yesterday’s positive session was a strong bull candle...

By David Madden (Market Analyst at CMC Markets UK)Persimmon (LON:PSN) shares are higher this morning after the company registered a strong set of first-half results. Revenue jumped by 5% and pre-tax...

Shares of Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), the US's second largest automaker, have been in a downward spiral since late July. And that negative trajectory doesn’t appear to be ending anytime...

Sentiment improves on US – Sino trade talk optimismThe FTSE climbed northwards in early trade, led higher by the miners on increased optimism surrounding trade talks between the US and China,...

SummaryA healthy wave of risk appetite for European and U.S. stock markets. Yuan and lira retreat And yes, it is overshadowed by continued emerging-market tremors. An offshore yuan decline increased...

It’s been a bright start to the new week as far as stocks are concerned with benchmarks in London and across Europe moving higher. The FTSE 100 is higher by around 40 points and trades back at...

SummaryLira after-tremors push investors back to the side lines. The case for safety After the lira appeared to break definitively back below roughly 6.2 per dollar (Thursday’s half-hearted...

It’s not been a good week for UK stocks, with the FTSE 100 on course for its lowest weekly close since early May. The benchmark is now back towards the lower reaches of its recent range and...

EuropeEquity markets have bounced back as traders are a little less fearful about China’s slowdown as they once were. Beijing has accepted an invitation from Washington DC to re-start trade...

DAX Xetra (cash index)A rebound added 74 ticks yesterday is forming a positive candle, but in the context of recent selling pressure, this has been a relatively small reaction higher whilst...

The latest consumer spending figures for the UK have come in better than expected with retail sales for July rising by just 0.7% month-on-month. Against consensus forecasts for a rise of 0.2% this is...

SummaryTurkey is nowhere near fixed, so risk appetite is struggling to make a comeback. Europe retreats as lira slips European stock markets have steadily slipped into the red since the open, also...

Will Computacenter have the codes to unlock more growth following next week’s half year results?The IT services company must be pretty damn pleased with how 2018 has panned out so far. Opening...

Price pressures in the UK ticked higher in the month of July with the consumer price index year-on-year increasing to 2.5% from 2.4% previously. This rise was as expected and as such the market...