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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 […]

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, […]