UK STOCKS Investors are set for a trading day lacking any clear direction as most financial places around the world will be closed for Labour Day. However, there remains considerable volatility on UK stocks, which have had many drivers to shake their prices recently. From the reassuring news on the virus front to the mixed…
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GOLD Gold price is rebounding and reaffirming the positive mood that followed yesterday’s Fed meeting. Investors remain confident about a relatively quick solution to coronavirus, although it is now abundantly clear that central banks will be forced to print a large amount of money. From a technical point of view, in the middle of April…
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EUROPEAN SHARES Shares mainly opened higher on Wednesday ahead of what is expected to be a very busy day for investors despite an uncertain mood following mixed earnings yesterday. Today’s market sentiment is likely to be shaken as traders struggle to find any fresh bullish drivers to the current rally amid a slew of major…
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EUROPEAN SHARES Stock markets in Europe lacked a clear direction on Tuesday following a similar trend on Asian benchmarks. The risk appetite is still alive this week but investors remain torn between reassuring data on the virus front and poor earnings results. Lower infection rates almost everywhere seem to suggest the market bottom may now…
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EUROPEAN SHARES European share markets edged higher on Monday, with investors catching up with last week’s late rally on Wall Street and market sentiment being boosted over the weekend. The main good news came on the virus front after Italy, France and Spain registered significantly lower deaths as well as new cases, which paves the…
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GOLD Gold is steady at $1,728, close to its 8-year-high after new measures were announced by the ECB, which will be finalized in the first week of May. In this new world in which both the ECB and the Fed continue to unleash new stimulus packages, dramatically increasing the liquidity of cash, combined with a…
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EUROPEAN SHARES European stocks had a mixed opening on Thursday ahead of a busy day of releases, including the latest US unemployment figures as well as a new batch of corporate results. Investors welcomed encouraging data on the virus front, especially New York City reporting its lowest death toll since early April while the number…
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EUROPEAN SHARES Share markets opened mostly higher on Wednesday in Europe, despite a mixed Asian trading session overnight. The fact that market sentiment remains positive, despite mixed corporate results so far, can be seen as a “good news” at a time where many were expecting a much darker global picture due to the impact of…
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EUROPEAN SHARES European stock markets opened lower on Tuesday as energy shares led benchmarks down following yesterday’s historic rout on oil. Analysts and traders clearly didn’t expect black gold to go below zero and this has unsurprisingly had a negative impact on European oil majors like Total and Eni, which are currently trading 5% lower…
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OIL The oil war combined with the devastating effect of the coronavirus-induced lockdown on economies has triggered a dramatic fall in the price of oil with WTI plunging to its lowest level in more than 20 years with the May contract sinking below $15. On top of that, there is a wide contango across contracts,…
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