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The FTSE 100 is out at the front of the pack this morning, with a 6% surge for BP helping the index gain ground despite wider market concerns. We also saw the UK buck the trend seen on mainland Europe this morning, with a welcome rebound in the construction PMI bringing a five-month high of […]

European markets have kicked off the week on an uncertain footing, as traders weigh up the fallout from a week that ended with a dramatic surge in payrolls. Weekend commentary from Jay Powell sought to reign in expectations once again, with the US dollar rising into a seven-week high as a result. Coming off the […]

European markets are enjoying an upbeat end to the week, with Amazon and Facebook earnings helping to drive a risk-on period following jitters earlier in the week. Today sees the US jobs report provide the final hurdle for traders to overcome, although the scope for any meaningful shift in market expectations from the FOMC is […]

A mixed start in Europe today, as traders struggle to weigh up the after-effects of yesterday’s FOMC meeting while preparing for today’s Bank of England appearance. While we came into this week knowing it could be a pivotal one for markets, things haven’t gone to plan as the FOMC pushed back against March easing expectations, […]

European markets are treading water this morning, despite an encouraging French PMI survey that lifted hopes of a decline for tomorrows eurozone figure. Nonetheless, yesterday’s earnings from Microsoft and Alphabet look set to drag US indices lower at the open today, with both set for chunky declines despite relatively strong earnings. The Chinese fallout from […]

European markets are pushing higher in early action today as traders overlook an unwelcome rebound in Spanish inflation. Instead, we are seeing markets react to a rather surprising raft of eurozone growth data that has seen stronger-than-expected Spanish, Italian, and eurozone GDP for the fourth quarter. Big tech remains the talk of the town today […]