Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

Tesco's (LON:TSCO)’s festive and quarterly trading, like that of its rival outperformer Morrison's (LON:MRW), hit the sweet spot where buoyant consumer confidence and fine-tuned pricing meet....

FTSE 100 Support 7278 7261 7260 7252 7180 7150 7112FTSE 100 Resistance 7294 7298 7312 7318 7343 7358So it begins, the Trump volatility. Was actually quite surprising to see the 7320 level get hit...

EuropeEuropean stock market performance today has once again been characterised by the outperformance of the FTSE100, while its European peers have traded in a much more mixed fashion. Another weak...

The pound has taken another leg lower after a plethora of economic releases from the UK have seen more selling in the currency. Sterling briefly popped below 1.21 against the US dollar following the...

The bull run seen in the FTSE 100 of late shows little sign of coming to an end with the index posting yet another intra-day record high this morning. The depreciating pound is seemingly the main...

The Christmas period is always a key time of year for retailers and how they fare can always be a decent bellwether to how they perform for the rest of the year.Last week, high street bellwether Next...

Comments from the UK Prime Minister over the weekend have caused the Pound to sell off this morning with Theresa May indicating that the country will leave the EU single market. The Pound has fallen...

Support 7224 7222 7214 7213 7208 7185 7180Resistance 7248 7253 7256 7282 7285 7304Was away on Friday and just watching the markets from a distance, but saw that the FTSE has finally managed to break...

We may be wondering how this new year will play out, but it certainly got off to a strong start with the out of hours trading yesterday leading the FTSE to a rise to the 7155 resistance level that we...

Today's highlightsDollar Draws First Blood Coming Right Up Reasons for Bitcoin Surge Please note: All data, figures & graphs are valid as of January 3rd. All trading caries risk. Only risk capital...

The first major economic release of the year from the UK has come in strongly, showing a substantially higher than expected expansion in the manufacturing sector. The FTSE 100 has risen by more than...

The FTSE 100 is this morning within touching distance of posting a record high, as the market currently sits less than ten points from its all-time peak. Despite being higher against the US dollar the...

The FTSE 100 is higher by a little more than 20 points at the time of writing as the so-called Santa Claus rally appears to have begun. Observers of the markets have for many years noticed a strong...

The eight indexes on our world watch list were again a mixed bag last week ... five up, three down, with a -0.30% average of the eight. The UK's FTSE was the top performer with its 0.81% advance. Hong...