Trading News

• News

Pubs toast business rates cut and alcohol duty changes, as FTSE100 slips back

European markets have given back of some of yesterday’s gains, with the DAX and FTSE100 posting modest losses,

27 Oct 2021

• Earnings

Does Lloyds’ share price have further upside potential?

Lloyds’ share price has done well this year, but sits just below its year-to-date high as the bank prepares to report its Q3 results.

27 Oct 2021

• News

Europe set for softer start, ahead of UK autumn Budget

​European markets posted their third successive day of gains yesterday with the FTSE 100 setting a new 20-month high

27 Oct 2021

• News

Premier day for Whitbread as FTSE 100 hits 20-month highs

​After a rather lacklustre start to the week yesterday, markets in Europe have kicked on with the FTSE 100 breaking above yesterday’s peaks and putting in another 20-month high,

26 Oct 2021

• News

Europe to open higher, Tesla busts through $1trn, Facebook announces $50bn buyback

European markets underwent a fairly uneventful session yesterday, with the CAC40 slipping back and the FTSE 100 briefly putting in a new 18 month high.

26 Oct 2021

• News

FTSE 100 hits an 18-month high, as HSBC profits beat expectations

It’s been a fairly solid start to the week for markets in Europe, although the CAC 40 is lagging behind, while the FTSE 100 briefly hit a new 18-month high, before slipping back.

25 Oct 2021

• News

Shares in Trump’s media SPAC DWAC are soaring, but will it be a successful merger?

News of former US president Donald Trump’s plans to launch his own social media platform, Truth Social, has sent shares in the SPAC that’s set to take it public soaring.

25 Oct 2021

• News

Markets set for a big earnings week, ahead of ECB and BoJ

It was contrasting week for US and European markets last week, with the Dow and S&P500 once again setting the pace with more record highs,

25 Oct 2021

• News

The Week Ahead: ECB meeting; UK Budget; UK banks, US tech results

Read our pick of the top stories to look out for in the coming week (25-29 October), and view our key company earnings schedule.

22 Oct 2021

• News

Positive end to the week, but social media companies get trolled

The imminent prospect of an Evergrande default appears to have been deferred for another day, after this morning’s report out of Asia, that it had paid the $83.5m interest payment

22 Oct 2021

• News

UK retail sales set to rebound on fuel frenzy

​European markets underwent a little bit of China syndrome yesterday, as a combination of concerns about an Evergrande default this weekend, and China targeting the restructuring

22 Oct 2021

• News

European stocks slip back as commodity prices drift off

European markets have slipped back today after a weak handover from markets in Asia, as investor minds turn to the possibility of a possible Evergrande default ahead of the weekend

21 Oct 2021

• Earnings

Barclays share price slips, despite investment bank outperformance

Barclays has reported an expectation-beating pre-tax profit of £2bn in Q3, double the £1.1bn it posted in the year-ago period, but its share price slipped in early trading.

21 Oct 2021

• News

UK public finances in focus ahead of next week’s budget

​Yesterday’s European market session was a fairly subdued affair, even if it was a positive one, with the FTSE100 trading in one of its narrowest ranges this year.

21 Oct 2021

• News

European stocks drift as airlines lose altitude

It’s been a rather slow day for markets in Europe today with little in the way of direction one way or the other, with the focus largely on company results and rising inflation risks,

20 Oct 2021

• News

Bank of England rate hike expectations rise ahead of UK CPI

​After the pullbacks seen on Monday, we managed a rather tepid rebound for European stocks yesterday, as caution about the economic outlook continued to temper sentiment.

20 Oct 2021