Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

There wasn’t much to report this afternoon, with the Trump and Spain-inspired losses continuing relatively unabated.Though yet to match the size of the declines in Europe, the Dow Jones still...

Thursday saw US stocks suffer one of their worst sessions so far this year. The benchmark S&P 500 index closed 1.5 per cent lower to represent its biggest one-day drop since May. The sell-off...

Will Computacenter (LON:CCC) need to be turned off and on again following next Friday’s interim results?It took until mid-spring for IT services firm Computacenter to burst into lift. For the...

Stocks in Europe are lower today as the sell-off in the US last night spilled over to this part of the world. The terror attack in Barcelona gave traders an additional reason to get out of equities....

The FTSE 100 has been hit with a wave of selling this morning with the market off by more than 70 points at the time of writing. The pound is trading fairly mixed on the day but overall it’s...

We have option expiry today so likely to see some chop at 10:10 till 10:20ish as various contracts expire and roll over. Its also Friday so likely to be odd anyway! For today I am thinking a rise up...

EuropeEuropean stock markets are in the red today as traders book their profits from the rally over the previous three days. The bounce back that started on Monday because of the cooling tensions...

Increased investor wobbles as Kingfisher (LON:KGF) approaches the halfway point of its 2021 savings plan were always likely. Since May, the stock, long-becalmed by exposure to the UK and variable...

Stocks are sliding this morning after three consecutive days of solid gains. The bounce back after last week’s severe sell-off was starting to look a bit tired yesterday, and now equity markets...

What: Watch Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) shares when US markets open later today. Trump tweeted early on Wednesday that Amazon is damaging other “tax paying retailers” and this is causing...

Can Persimmon (LON:PSN) add another layer of golden bricks to its record peak following next Tuesday’s half year results?On paper, at least, there has been plenty to disrupt the housing market...

Can Foot Locker (NYSE:FL) run away from its recent lows following Friday’s second quarter statement?Initially things were going pretty well for the retailer. After chugging along around the $70...

We got a bit of a bull Monday bounce yesterday as tensions over North Korea eased a bit, though the US is still ready to take action if needed, especially if Guam is attacked. Diplomacy and China seem...

This week sees the release of some key UK economic data points including CPI on Tuesday, labour market data on Wednesday and retail sales on Thursday. The market wants to know if the real pay squeeze...