Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

The FTSE 100 is marginally in positive territory and traders are cautiously optimistic. Financials, miners and consumer stocks are in demand today as it is a broad based move higher. Royal Dutch Shell...

Thomas Cook - Thursday’s Q1 updateAfter 3 utterly dreadful years, 2017 saw a pretty strong comeback from Thomas Cook. Granted, most of its rise came in a concentrated period over July and...

Even with the Dow Jones bouncing back after the bell the European indices had a miserable afternoon. The Dow jumped 200 points as the US session got underway, recovering a decent chunk of...

This morning’s announcement by government outsourcer Capita (LON:CPI) of a potential £700m rights issue, a suspension of the dividend and a profits warning had the entirely predictable...

The European stock markets spent the first few hours of the open in consolidation mode after a sizeable drop for global markets in the first half of the week.Investors seemed unsure whether to...

Can Ocado keep climbing towards its all-time highs following Tuesday’s full year results?After frustrating investors for years by failing to sign any kind of international deal, Ocado has been...

Shares in Capita (LON:CPI) plunged this morning after the company warned on profits, and stated they are in dire need of fresh capital. The company is halting its dividend and seeking to raise...

With cable back teasing $1.42 the FTSE failed to make any headway in regaining yesterday’s 2018 low-hitting losses this Wednesday. The UK index slipped a further 0.2% after the bell, keeping it...

FTSE falls back to retest pivotal levelThere’s been another push lower seen in the FTSE 100 this morning with the market falling more than 40 points and price trading back close to the breakout...

The confluence of event risks this week has provided a sufficiently compelling trigger for overbought stock markets to ease, though it's difficult to carry off arguments that this will be a protracted...

Stock markets in Europe are in the red today as the sell-off in equities goes global. The declines in New York last night were matched in Asia overnight and now the negative sentiment is creeping into...

Google parent, Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL), is due to report its fourth quarter results, after the market close, on Thursday 1st February.Wall Street is expecting the internet giant to report gross...

The FTSE 100 was pretty flat during Mondays session, with just a 20 point range. The 7665 level held (gap from Friday) for a small rally to 7680 but that was about it for the day. The Dax and S&P...

The FTSE 100 is just about in positive territory this morning, propped up by natural resources stocks, as companies like Glencore (LON:GLEN), Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) and Royal Dutch Shell (LON:RDSa) are...