Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

The FTSE started the week up 0.4% and Europe’s bourses were also higher across the board as Italian and Spanish stocks led the recovery after resolving some portion of their political problems...

Risk remains firmly on the table despite the breakdown of US – Chinese trade talksWall Street ended the previous week on a positive footing, lifted by a better than expected US jobs report; 223k...

There was a lot going on this Friday, with relief at the appointment of an Italian government seemingly coming out on top as the main driver of trading above a whole host of other macro-issues...

SummaryA less alarmed reading of Italian politics and possible room for negotiation around U.S. tariffs hoists the market’s mood ahead of all-important payrolls data. Italian curve yields The...

Though in the game of eurozone political crisis whack-a-mole, a new issue – ousted Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy – has popped up just as another –Italy’s governmental void –...

An almost uninterrupted decline in the second half of 2017 saw Mitie enter 2018 at £1.87, its worst price in around a year. Things only become worse as the first quarter progressed, the stock...

Things became a bit more mixed as the day went on, with investors still hesitant to wholeheartedly pour back into the markets. Though the FTSE MIB is certainly benefiting from the signs of positive...

Stock markets are broadly higher in Europe as some political progress is being made in Italy. The cost of borrowing for the Italian government has dropped considerably in the past 48 hours as there is...

Can Britain’s least favourite high street store WH Smith (LON:SMWH) produce something worth reading with next Wednesday’s Q3 statement?Given that the company ended 2017 at an all-time...

FirstGroup (LON:FGP) revealed an underwhelming set of full-year figures, and the management shake-up is a sign of the firm’s poor performance. Revenue, excluding South West Rail (SWR) sales,...

After the steep sell off seen earlier this week in Europe we saw a modest stabilisation for markets in Europe yesterday as investors adopted a “wait and see” approach as to what might...

The Dow Jones continued the market rebound this Wednesday, investors setting aside – however brief that blind-eye ends up being – their concerns about the Italian political turmoil and...

Up until relatively recently the online electronics retailer was having a rather lacklustre year. Having risen to £1.50 off the back of its third quarter statement in January, the stock...

European equity markets are largely positive this morning, but political uncertainty still looms over Italy and Spain. Short covering and bargain-hunting have pushed stocks higher, but as the...