City Index

Just as phase one of the US-China trade deal came within reach Sino-US relations are about to deteriorate after President Donald Trump signed a bill supporting protesters in Hong Kong, thus angering...

FX Brief: Risk appetite took a bump early on when President Trump signed the Hong Kong Bill. Whilst they vowed to retaliate, that their Foreign Minister said they’ll take firm counter...

Well, Trump finally did it (no, not the Putinesque image of himself as a boxer) – he signed the Hong Kong Treaty after UK markets closed, sending risk appetite into a tailspin. As always, his...

The FTSE was marginally higher again today on the open. European bourses were also slightly higher. There has been a lack of negative economic news out of Europe and following the high closes in the...

View our guide on how to interpret the FX Dashboard FX Brief: Continuing yesterday’s trend, it was mostly a quiet session for FX in Asia due to a lack of economic data and general...

Whatever the polls say, the pound will soon be under pressureThe pound continues to react to a downtick in Conservative support ahead of next month’s general election. An ICM/Reuters poll out on...

Despite an embarrassing debut of the cybertruck last week, which saw shares in the stock drop 6%, orders for the electronic pick up truck are through 200,000.The bulletproof armoured glass of the...

There are sparks of hope about the US-China trade deal phase one. The negotiation chiefs on both sides held phone calls early Tuesday after which Chinese VIce Premier Liu He made comments about having...

FX Brief: There was a small burst of risk-on following reports that US and China had agreed to continue with phase one talks. Given this doesn’t actually cover any new ground at all...

The FTSE 100 trades just shy of 7440 resistance, although yesterday’s relatively small range and tall upper wick shows a hesitancy to break higher. As it currently trades around levels which...

As European investors show the most buying interest in UK shares for years, here are the stocks with the best—and worst—chances of strong gains, according to technical...

USD/CHF is approaching parity, a level that is clearly on the radar for market participants. Despite several failed attempts, USD/CHF has not closed above parity since May 2019. We could quibble...

What? Uber (NYSE:UBER) shares are down over 5% in pre-market trading Why? 11th hour talks between Uber (NYSE:UBER) and Transport for London failed. Uber has been stripped of its licence to operate in...

The FTSE open up 0.68% this morning, with NMC Health and Evraz among the risers. Burberry was also up again going into the Xmas shopping period and with some positive sentiment accruing from the Hong...

FX Brief: A lack of economic data made for a quiet start to the week in Asia, although there was a mild dose of risk-on following positive trade headlines. China is to raise penalties for...

By Friday’s close, the ASX 200 had produced a bearish outside week after failing to hold above 6,800 which raises the potential for some mean reversion. Given the slight bearish...