Daily market commentary: The pound is gaining ground following elections in England and Scotland LeapRate

May 10, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily market commentary: The pound is gaining ground following elections in England and Scotland

OIL Investors remain bullish on the whole commodity sector and oil is proving no exception with further gains today. Moreover, the cyber-attack which has hit Colonial Pipeline is generating further buying. The technical scenario remains supportive as the combination of expectations of economic recoveries and inflation fears are pulling up the price of both WTI and Brent.…

May 06, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily market commentary: The outlook for the whole commodity sector remains extremely positive

EUROPEAN SHARES European markets extended gains on Thursday with most indices still in green territory as investors digested the last solid batch of corporate results. Banks and automakers led gains today following reassuring results that topped estimates from both Société Générale and Volkswagen. Risk appetite is back on track following Janet Yellen’s clarification about her…

September 23, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily market commentary: Dollar Index reaches an eight-week high

GOLD The turmoil on stocks seen earlier this week and particularly the greenback’s recovery are hitting gold. The Dollar Index gained by 1.5% to 94.2, which was enough to generate a sharp fall for the yellow metal. The sharp decline below $1,920 demonstrated a weakness for bullion, something not seen for quite a few weeks,…

September 16, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Apple stock falls flat after raft of product announcements

Ocado leads way after 52% sales jump London-listed stocks made gains yesterday, with the FTSE 100 closing 1.3% higher, despite official data showing that UK jobs were lost at the highest rate since 2009 in the three months to July. Over the three months, 156,000 people were made redundant in the UK, an increase of…

September 15, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Stimulus deal failure would ‘set US recovery back six months’ warns Morgan Stanley

G4S jumps after hostile takeover attempt revealed The FTSE 100 was close to flat on Monday, with Ocado Group leading the index after gaining 3.9% and British Airways parent International Consolidated Airlines Group down 30.8% at the back. IAG’s plummet is not a cause for investor concern however; it was a technicality related to a…

September 11, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily market commentary: Europe becomes a virus hotspot again

EUROPEAN SHARES European benchmarks were little changed for the last trading session of the week as uncertainty continues. Although the ECB held its rates and provided investors with extended purchase programs (APP and PEPP) yesterday, no significant immediate impact has been recorded on stock prices as the move was already largely priced in. Christine Lagarde’s…

August 10, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Twitter looks at crashing Microsoft’s TikTok party

What to watch Barrick Gold: While the price of gold has soared from $1,500 an ounce at the start of the year to more than $2,000 now, many gold miners have ridden that wave to even greater heights, as the higher price greatly expands the profit margins they are able to generate. Barrick Gold, a…

July 21, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: S&P 500 positive year-to-date after Amazon posts best day since 2018

FTSE 100 falters despite vaccine news, BofE top economist says recovery has been V-shaped Despite the promising results from the University of Oxford vaccine trial, the FTSE 100 still sank on Monday, closing the day 0.5% lower. Stock wise, a mixture of names dragged the FTSE 100 lower. International Consolidated Airlines Group, British American Tobacco…

July 07, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Stocks pull back after Monday surge, Uber shells out $2.7bn for rival food delivery service

What to watch Paychex: Human resource and payroll outsourcing firm Paychex reports its latest quarterly earnings today. The $28bn market cap firm’s share price is down 8.6% year-to-date, after a 30% surge over the past three months. Analysts are expecting an earnings-per-share figure of $0.60, and overwhelmingly favour a hold rating on the stock. How…

July 06, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Stock futures point to higher Monday open despite record Covid cases

FTSE 100 gives up gains to post a flat week On Friday, the FTSE 100 fell 1.3%, giving up all of the gains it had edged out over the course of the week; most of which came on Monday and Thursday. With US markets closed, trading volume on Friday for FTSE 100 shares was down…

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