Eurozone suffers on health fears, William Hill rockets

European equity markets are largely lower because of growing concerns about the health crisis.

25 Sep 2020

UK public sector borrowing set to see another big jump

It seems counter-intuitive at a time when politicians appear reluctant to pull the trigger on fiscal stimulus plans, that when we do get one, the FTSE 350 falls back over 1%.

25 Sep 2020

FTSE 100 underperforms, Darden Restaurants rises

Equity markets in Europe are in the red.

24 Sep 2020

Cineworld in a fight to survive after slipping to a $1.6bn loss

It's been a dramatic year for the Cineworld share price, and the cinema chain's latest results highlight the impact of Covid-19 on the sector

24 Sep 2020

Europe set for lower open, as focus turns to Sunak’s new fiscal plans

Despite some poor economic data, particularly services PMIs from France and Germany, European markets continued their rebound from Tuesday, bolstered by the prospect of further fiscal stimulus.

24 Sep 2020

European rally fades as Wall Street underperforms, gold slides

European equity markets are set to finish the session in positive territory as the mood has improved greatly from the start of the week.

23 Sep 2020

Europe set for a positive open as flash PMIs bring down the curtain on Q3

After the sea of red that characterised Monday’s sell-off, we saw a little bit of a turnaround on Tuesday, though not to the extent that we got anywhere close

23 Sep 2020

FTSE 100 shrugs off UK restrictions, Carvana accelerates, dollar rallies

Equities are showing decent gains as we approach the end of the trading session.

22 Sep 2020

UK set to announce new restrictions, Europe set for higher open

European markets got the week off to an awful start yesterday with their worst one-day performance since June, due to concerns from two separate quarters.

22 Sep 2020

US dollar gains, stocks trim losses, Tesla Battery Day event looms

US stock markets had started on a weak footing, with the S&P 500 declining by -1.16%, dragged down by cyclicals and commodities, which recorded an average loss of around -3.30%.

22 Sep 2020

Health woes rock sentiment, dollar pops, gold drops

The fear of a London lockdown has clobbered the British stock market.

21 Sep 2020

Rising infection rates set to weigh on Europe open

After an initially positive start to last week, largely due to a significant amount of M&A activity, sentiment turned sour towards the end of the week, on a combination of factors.

21 Sep 2020

Banks and travel stocks weigh on the FTSE

It’s been a subdued end to the week for markets in Europe, however for all this week’s choppiness we’ve still managed to hold onto most of last week’s advances, with the DAX managing to eke out a small weekly gain.

18 Sep 2020

“Eat Out to Help Out” set to boost UK retail sales

European markets underwent a disappointing session yesterday, largely as a result of concern about rising infection rates across Europe, a warning from the WHO about a serious situation in Europe

18 Sep 2020

Europe slides on virus concerns, as Bank of England leans to the dark side on rates

Markets in Europe have come under pressure today, though they are off their lows, as concerns about the economic outlook, and the timing of a vaccine

17 Sep 2020

Updated guidance boosts Next share price

After decent trading updates from H&M and Inditex earlier this week, expectations were high that Next would follow suit when they reported on their latest first-half numbers today.

17 Sep 2020