FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 back in lock-step The FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 each fell by 0.8% on Tuesday, with the two indices now at an almost identical year-to-date loss. Both indices have essentially been travelling horizontally, since the beginning of June, failing to build the recovery momentum that American stocks have generated. Between…
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Cloud computing underpins many of the technologies which are being used on a daily basis, including email, video streaming and social media. Cloud services became increasingly important for companies big and small due to this year's lockdown and the sector is forecast to grow 17% worldwide in 2020 as a result. That growth is expected…
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Borussia has been training in their new outfit for almost two weeks, and played their first game in the new season's home jersey against SC Verl (4-0). In December last year, Flatex acquired 9.4% of the Amsterdam-based DeGiro with the remaining 90.6% awaiting regulatory approval. Flatex received that approval last month from DNB and now…
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Nasdaq Composite continues to add gains Of the three major US stock indices, the Nasdaq Composite was the winner on Monday, adding 1% to take its year-to-date gain to 24%. The S&P 500 was also in the green, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%, dragged lower by 2% plus losses from names, including…
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CLS’s Head of Information Services, Masami Johnstone, commented: Consistent with the summer holiday season, we saw subdued levels of average daily traded volumes in July 2020. Daily traded volumes were USD1.66 trillion, down 7% from June 2020, comprising FX swap volumes of USD1.191 trillion (-3.6%), forward volumes of USD80 billion (-20%) and spot volumes of…
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From a technical perspective, the uptrend is still active here although momentum has been somewhat lower since last week. The focus of this chart is the 50 SMA from Bands, coming just above the 50% zone from the daily Fibonacci fan. Currently there’s no sign of overbought from either Bands (50, 0, 2) or the…
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The extended trading hours will allow for more efficient operations for clients from the eastern regions of Russia. Morning sessions will also add liquidity from Asian markets. Read more: Options expands to Russia with MOEX MOEX appoints Andrey Burilov as Chief Information Officer MOEX reports a record fee income on the derivatives and equities markets…
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EUROPEAN SHARES European share markets started the week on a mixed note as the "wait and see" trading stance continues ahead of a busy week. Stimulus measures and the US-Sino relationship remain the biggest market drivers at the moment and investors were slightly disappointed to see trade talks between Washington and Beijing, initially planned for…
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UK indices lower as markets baulk at new travel restrictions The FTSE 100 and 250 indices were led lower on Friday by travel stocks which sold off thanks to fresh quarantine impositions on six countries, including the UK’s number two destination, France. Fresh quarantine rules means travellers returning from France will have to quarantine at…
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