Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

The Italian political crisis continued to spook investors well after the European session ended on Tuesday as fears over the unfolding political turmoil jumped across the Atlantic for the first...

Political turmoil in Europe weighed on investor sentiment, pulling stocks lower across the board, whilst also dragging the euro sub $1.16, striking fresh year to date lows.The Italian President...

EuropePolitical turmoil in Italy and Spain has rocked investor sentiment in Europe. Carlo Cotarelli will act as interim Italian prime minister to steady the ship, but we are likely to see a general...

It’s been an ugly start to the week for the FTSE, with the index dropping sharply and falling in excess of 100 points after the long weekend. The chief cause of the drop has been negative news...

Stock markets in Europe are getting hammered today as political uncertainty in Italy and Spain has soured sentiment. Italy has named Carlo Cotarelli as the caretaker prime minister, but traders are...

The FTSE 100 opened 0.4% higher at 7,748.77, in line with a stronger opening in European markets which were buoyed by better earnings earlier in the week.In contrast, the Asian markets were mixed,...

European markets look set to record their first weekly decline since March, breaking a run of eight successive weekly gains on the back of increasing uncertainty over trade talks between the US and...

U.S.-North Korea relations have returned to a more recognisable, normality—slowly at first—and then quickly. The frequency of sharp comments emitted from Pyongyang over the last few days...

Shares took a turn for the worse in the afternoon with global geopolitics in the driving seat.Germany’s benchmark DAX had been flat most of the afternoon, caught between the tailwind of a more...

SummaryA calming influence from Federal Reserve minutes that revealed no hawkish surprises, prevails. Market looks past the backtrack Backtracking in U.S.-China trade discussions continued to...

European stocks are a touch higher this morning as bargain hunters swoop in. Yesterday’s severe sell-off has attracted some buying this morning, but given the state of geopolitics, the bounce...

FTSE 100 opened up 0.1% at 7,798.15 despite a stronger close in the US markets Wednesday on renewed concerns over a US trade war and ahead of UK retail data.In the US President Donald Trump initiated...

Flash manufacturing PMI hits nine-month low in May Rising price pressures amid supply shortages Optimism at lowest since late 2016 Flash Nikkei PMI showed Japan's manufacturing sector improving at a...

European equity markets are lower after President Trump announced he wasn’t ‘satisfied’ with how the trade talks with China are going. Investors used the remarks as an excuse to exit...