Market Updates.

European markets opened the week marginally down following the emergence of a second wave of the coronavirus in Spain. Health ministry officials announced there were approximately […]

There was little change in European equity markets yesterday as the FTSE 100, and most other equity markets on the continent, closed practically unchanged. However, a […]

After an initial positive start to the week, European equity markets gave up most of their weekly gains yesterday (Wednesday 22 July 2020) with the Stoxx […]

Yesterday morning (Tuesday 21 July 2020) the 27 members of the EU reached a historic agreement to support Europe’s economic recovery from coronavirus which lifted equity […]

The euro hit a four-month high against the dollar and the Stoxx 600 closed up 0.75% yesterday (Monday 20 July 2020) after talks between European leaders […]

Following the bounce in markets that we saw on Wednesday, broader markets closed down yesterday (Thursday 16 July 2020). This pull back was partly driven by […]

The positive sentiment in global equity markets continued to build yesterday after the Philadelphia Fed President, Patrick Harker, said the Fed’s 2% inflation target should be […]

This week’s equity market moves provide a perfect illustration of the tug-of-war that has dominated recently. Yesterday evening, US equity markets rebounded strongly from Monday’s late […]

After an initial positive start to the week, US equity markets gave up all its gains in the last hour of trading (8-9pm UK time):  having […]

Yesterday’s (Thursday 9 July 2020) important data release was the weekly US jobless claims:  both the initial and continuing claims not only continued to decline (to […]