Thursday, July 26: The FTSE 100 looked set to end the day flat(+0.06%) as positive earnings results from British American Tabacco, Smith & Nephew and RELX were balanced by disappointments from Schroders, Royal Dutch Shell and Compass; indices on the continent surged higher as a result of a breakthrough with respect to U.S. – E.U […]

Wednesday, July 25: Miners gave back gains seen yesterday as precious-metal miner Fresnillo reported higher Q2 gold and silver production but reduced full year guidance for silver output, leading peers and the FTSE 100 0.66% lower. Overnight trade saw a green session in Asia despite Chinese stimulus uncertainty whilst the S&P 500 closed higher on […]

Tuesday, July 24: Indices in Europe took a lead from those in Asia and opened in the green, as the FTSE 100(+0.70%) was lifted by rallying banking and natural resource stocks. Banking stocks were given a leg up intraday as swiss-listed UBS announced a Q2 profit beat, which spurred a positive read-across to London-listed banks. […]

Monday, July 23: The FTSE 100(-0.30%) opened lower as trade tensions continue to drive risk aversion in the markets, taking a lead from the Nikkei 225(-1.33%) as Europe also opened lower. It was a light day for M&A activity, earnings and data so politics continued to drive most price action -the impact of which was […]

Thursday, June 28: European indices were once again pushed into the red this morning as trade tensions and political concerns were triggered ahead of a European Union summit on Brexit. The event will see PM Theresa May brief other EU leaders for the last time before October, with both sides hoping that a deal will […]