Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

The pound has declined below the 1.24 level against the US dollar this morning as political developments continue to impart downward pressure on the currency. The FTSE 100 has benefitted from this and...

The breakneck pace of DCC's (LON:DCC) acquisition programme shows no let up. At $293m, the purchase of ExxonMobil’s Norwegian petrol station network is its biggest yet. That suggests its...

BP (LON:BP) has produced a small figurative quarterly profit ($72m) for the fourth quarter, as widely forecast. This should, to a degree, offset the impact of a number of negative surprises. Namely,...

FTSE 100 Support 7176 7154 7149 7148 7081FTSE 100 Resistance 7186 7195 7205 7217 7223 7248Friday turned into quite the bullish day and with the FTSE 100 closing pretty much on the 7200 resistance...

This morning sees the results of the third and final industry survey released, with the UK services PMI due out at 9:30am GMT. Going into the economic release the pound is little changed on the day...

After five years of stalling in second place, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has reclaimed its throne as the leading smartphone provider. However, could future successes be indebted to its ever-expanding...

Shell's (LON:RDSa) sharply lower than forecast profit doesn’t entirely spoil what the group calls a "good cash flow performance", but it still has explaining to do for allowing market views to...

FTSE 100 Support 7083 7080 7064 7052 7029FTSE 100 Resistance 7119 7127 7137 7144 7153 7164 7218The FTSE 100 popped a bit higher than the 7155 resistance area yesterday to test the weekly pivot at 7170...

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) could sweeten the dayApple’s universal brand and status as the world’s No. 1 company by market value make the importance of its earnings difficult to overstate,...

Sterling is under pressure today with the currency falling across the board in a timely reminder that despite the positive rhetoric surrounding the impending triggering of Article 50, the pound...

EuropeIt’s been a disappointing start to the week as we head towards the end of January, as investors digest the latest executive order from US President Donald Trump, which has prompted large...

Stock markets have started out in a defensive mode this morning with the FTSE 100 falling more than 60 points. Donald Trump is in the headlines once more as his latest executive order signed late on...

Tesco (LON:TSCO) shareholders have reacted positively to its ‘merger’ (which looks more like an acquisition) with Booker (LON:BOK). After all Tesco is choosing one of the best growth hot...

EuropeIt was a positive end to a modestly negative week for the FTSE100 as we came to the end of the first week of the Donald Trump Presidency, with most of the market interest Friday focussed on...