Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

The FTSE stubbornly refused to join in with the positivity seen elsewhere, largely thanks to the pound’s ascendancy.Holding around 7250, its best price in over a month, the FTSE has proven...

Despite wildly volatile and very negative news from every corner, stock indices are putting in another major bottom and breaking up their declining channels to the upside.ES, i.e. e-mini S&P 500,...

Though it couldn’t quite end the year at its £45-crossing October all-time peak, 2017 was still pretty exceptional for Unilever. The consumer goods behemoth ended up climbing 25% across...

Stocks are mixed this morning with traders cautious about being overly long going into the weekend. President Trump’s rhetoric in relation to Syria has dialled down and this has removed some of...

Well that was a very flat day on the FTSE yesterday, despite a rise and dip on the US markets, which rallied after Trump backtracked on attacking Syria, and also hinted at rejoining NAFTA.The FTSE 100...

This morning’s news that British Airways owner IAG (LON:ICAG) has taken a 4.61% stake in Norwegian Air (LON:0FGH) has sent the share price of Norwegian back to levels last seen at the beginning...

Though it went through a bit of a sticky patch last autumn, 2017 was a solid year for Moneysupermarket. From a starting price of £2.90, the company eventually closed out December at £3.56,...

For today I think we might see the upper resistance level at 7278 again, and there is a chance that we see higher than this towards 7330. The bulls hung on pretty well yesterday with a small drop off...

Tesco (LON:TSCO) helps FTSE avoid sharp losses seen in eurozone While the rest of the market fretted over the situation in Syria and the lingering concerns over a US-China trade war, the FTSE managed...

Tesco (LON:TSCO) announced an annual profit of £1.3 billion this morning, comfortably ahead of the £1.1 billion expected. The rise in profit was helped by its nine consecutive increases in...

European stock markets are a mixed bag today as dealers await the next development in the geopolitical situation. Although tensions between the US and China over the trade dispute have cooled, it is...

The FTSE 100 opened 0.2% higher at 7,253 Wednesday, boosted by news about a linkup between China’s largest stock market and London and by better-than-expected results from UK retail giant Tesco...

While yesterday’s Xi-driven growth couldn’t carry over into Wednesday morning, the European markets did avoid the kind of reverse that has often followed any sizeable growth of late. The...

The jump higher out of the gates in European stocks proved durable. Investors are acting like Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ‘conciliatory’ speech at a forum in Asia makes a trade...