Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Bulge bracket boostedBank shares are one of the few sectors still aloft for the week, as US stock markets see their biggest drops this year after the Federal Reserve decided large US lenders may now...

FTSEFor today I am looking at resistance at 7385 where we have the Hull moving average on the 2 hour chart. This is looking decidedly bearish now after that drop yesterday, though has in fact been...

By Neil Wilson, ETX CapitalUK and European banking stocks jumped on the open after regulators in the US gave the greenlight to higher dividends and buybacks, whilst the hints of a shift in tone from...

The picture is still bearish overall with resistance at 7480 with the daily channels, and the 7460 area with the daily moving average. The slide from the 7465 area is still going, so if the bears can...

Updates from Federal Reserve members such as Janet Yellen, Patrick Harker and Stanley Fischer gave traders a lot to absorb.The Fed Chair, Ms Yellen believes we will not see a repeat of the 2008...

Tuesday saw markets strike a distinctly softer tone. In Europe worries were creeping in about the walking back of central bank stimulus while in the US another downturn in technology stocks muddied...

Stock price ticker boards were filled with green on Monday. Bank stocks led the gains after the state rescue of two lenders in Italy. The highest reading on record for the Ifo survey, a German...

European equity markets are higher on the day as two Italian banks were rescued over the weekend. The deal will result in Veneto Banca and Banca Popolare di Vicenza being wound down, and the good...

This week’s energy world drama is another reminder that all things oil-related can be slipperyEarlier in the year, OPEC lynchpin Saudi Arabia let it be known that it wanted to see crude oil...

FTSEFor today I am watching the 7460/7470 area as we have a few fairly key looking resistance levels here, including the new one on the daily now that the moving averages have crossed over. Coupled...

European equities have fallen again as the weakness in oil is weighing on investor confidence. Oil has fallen back to levels not seen since mid-November 2016, and traders are worried it could bring...

The 7420 level provided good support and the long managed to run to virtually 7470 before faltering.Overnight the FTSE has stayed up well, with it back to 7460 this morning. The bulls will need to...

European equities are in the red this morning as the slum pin the price of oil continues to weigh on market sentiment. We are seeing signs that demand for oil from Asia is slipping, and that is...

For today I am looking at resistance at the 7485 to 7500 level as we have a cluster of items in that region such as the 30 min coral, daily pivot, 200 ema on the 30 min and the 2 hour chart has...