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Joshua Mahony discusses what we should look out for in the week ahead, picking out three areas of particular interest. A raft of key data points out of the eurozone, US, Australia and China provides the potential for EUR, USD, and AUD volatility. In particular, the week builds into Friday’s US jobs report, with traders […]

A mixed start for European markets has seen the commodity focused FTSE 100 outperform as crude seeks to continue its recent recovery in the wake of further escalation over the weekend. A deadly attack on a US position in Jordan claimed the lives of three servicemen, with Republicans putting pressure on Biden to take retaliatory […]

European indices are on the rise, as stronger commodity and banking stocks help the FTSE 100, and French luxury retailers basked in the glow of a 10% gain for LVMH. Yesterday’s surge in crude prices saw WTI reach the highest level in almost two-months, causing concern for those fearing a second wave of inflation. However, […]

European markets are moderately lower in early trade today, with traders remaining cautious ahead of this afternoons ECB meeting. Coming in a week that has seen plenty of conjecture over the direction of the eurozone, the outlook over the German economy took another hit as their chief leading indicator (Ifo) fell to the lowest level […]

European indices are on the front foot in early trade, led by the German DAX in the wake of a welcome rebound for their manufacturing sector PMI. With the S&P 500 pushing into fresh record territory, and a Chinese bounce back that saw the Hang Seng gain over 3.5%, it comes as little surprise to […]

The FTSE 100 has found itself on the back foot in early trade despite a welcome decline in UK public sector net borrowing for December. With government borrowing down from £12.8 billion to £6.8 billion, we are seeing a stronger fiscal position driven by improved tax receipts (up 5.3%) and reduced debt-interest costs (down 28%). […]