Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Monday saw both stock and bond markets bounce back following last week's falls. The move was partly driven by short-side profit-taking as the pace of the selling had already slowed down at the end of...

Stock markets in Europe are lower on the day as they continue their broader move lower, which they have been in since late May to early June. News flows have been relatively thin, and the since...

It took a while to get going but the 7350 long finally made it up to 7380 for a nice gain. The bears took it down again from there at the end of the day, and the 7380 area really is being a stubborn...

The best way to sum up Marks and Spencer's (LON:MKS) Q1 sales is disappointing. Not only did the clothing and homeware sector see another 1.2% drop in sales, the second consecutive decline, but the...

What: Marks and Spencer (LON:MKS) will release its latest trading update at 07:00 ahead of the AGM at 11am. The market is expecting a 0.5% uptick for overall sales, with food sales leading the way and...

News out of the G20 was that Trump and May were looking ahead to a “very good” trade deal between the US and UK, which should help with a usual bull Monday today. Futures are up already,...

That was a great Dax trade yesterday managing to catch the low and get a good ride up to nearly the 12500 level. The SP managed some points but struggled for the bulls, but having declined did mange a...

The Dow Jones and the S&P 500 finished broadly flat after the Federal Reserve released the minutes from the June meeting – where interest rates were hiked for the second time this year. The...

With the US closed yesterday for Independence Day, the FTSE ended up repeating, pretty much exactly, Monday's action with a slow rise to 7380 then a quick sell off at the end of the day. Overnight it...

The US markets will be closed as Americans observance Independence Day. Consequently we are expecting to experience a quiet afternoon session.Today's big moves may have already occurred. Overnight's...

Unfortunately, it’s difficult to agree with Sainsbury's (LON:SBRY) decision to scrap separate supermarket like-for-like sales. Sainsbury’s has been the clear underperformer in underlying...

Well we got the slow steady rise to the 7385 area as expected, hitting the resistance about half 3. The short there at 7380 worked well for a 20 point drop, and still running now. The ASX 200 had a...

June ended on a fairly bearish tone as the FTSE 100 fell from the 7370 level to dip just below 7300 before closing around there. After the bell there was a bit of buying to try and pull away from the...

European equity markets are poised to open higher as stocks in Asia are marginally higher after positive economic data from China and Japan. The Caixin survey of Chinese manufacturing for June came in...