• News

Markets mark time ahead of the Fed

It’s been another slow day for European stocks; with the DAX underperforming, however, the tone has still been broadly positive

17 Jun 2021

• News

Rising inflation to test Federal Reserve messaging

While markets in Europe managed to see another positive session, US markets were less ebullient with the Dow falling for the sixth day in succession.

16 Jun 2021

• News

Conflicting signals from US treasuries and technology stocks ahead of Fed FOMC

A typical profit-taking modus operandi has taken shape again in the flows of US stocks ahead of the US Federal Reserve meeting.

16 Jun 2021

• News

FTSE100 set to close at a 16-month high

It’s been another positive day for markets in Europe today with the FTSE100 eking out a new 16 month high

16 Jun 2021

• News

UK unemployment set to fall further; US retail sales also set to weaken

European and US markets once again set new record highs yesterday, while at the same time still managing to close out the day mixed.

15 Jun 2021

• News

FTSE 100 edges to a new one-year high, but travel and leisure stocks lag

European markets hit new record highs today with the DAX and Stoxx600 both building on last week's gains.

15 Jun 2021

• News

Decision time for UK as reopening set to be delayed by four weeks

With the US Federal Reserve meeting later this week, attention will inevitably be focused on the FOMC’s response to the big rise in price pressures.

14 Jun 2021

• News

FTSE 100 set to close at a one month high

It’s been a decent end to the week for markets in Europe, with the FTSE 100 hitting a one-month high after edging above 7,120 for the first time since 10 May.

12 Jun 2021

• News

UK economy expected to show an April boost

A rather strange thing happened yesterday after US CPI hit its highest levels since 2008 at 5% and core CPI hit its highest levels since 1992, at 3.8%.

11 Jun 2021

• News

Airlines and hospitality drag as reopening concerns weigh

It’s been another slow day for markets in Europe, with the FTSE100 again outperforming, but still failing to gain traction above the recent highs near 7,120.

11 Jun 2021

• News

ECB and US CPI in focus

This week’s price action in equity markets appears to have been more or less dictated by how big a rise we might see in today’s US CPI report for May

10 Jun 2021

• News

Europe underperforms, while the meme theme drives US markets

European markets have underperformed today with the FTSE100 slipping back after the latest Chinese factory gate inflation numbers came in hotter than expected,

10 Jun 2021

• News

Chinese inflation jumps in May

European markets had another mixed session yesterday with the FTSE 100 outperforming while the performance of markets in the US was pretty much identical to what happened on Monday,

09 Jun 2021

• News

Rebalancing act in Russell 2000 fuelled outperformance, can it last?

A second consecutive day of tight ranges seen in the major US stock indices with the exception of the small-cap Russell 2000

09 Jun 2021

• News

Markets shrug off Fastly internet outage, as FTSE 100 outperforms

It’s been a solid day of gains for the FTSE100 today, however it is struggling to push much beyond the 7,120 level and the highs last week,

09 Jun 2021

• Earnings

Raised guidance gives BAT share price a lift

Tobacco stocks got smoked in April on reports that the US is considering legislation to cut the amount of nicotine in cigarettes.

08 Jun 2021