In other corporate headlines, Uber won back its license to operate in London after a court battle that has run for several years, ensuring its right to operate in one of its largest markets. Uber stock closed 3.2% higher following the news. S&P 500: +1.6% Monday, +3.7% YTD Dow Jones Industrial Average: +1.5% Monday, -3.3%…
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GOLD As soon as the dollar’s recovery stopped, gold has been able to rebound, consolidating the strength of the support placed at $1,850-$1,860. Indeed, as long as the price remains above this threshold the main trend remains positive, while a decline below $1,850 would denote some further weakness. From a fundamental point of view, despite…
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EUROPEAN SHARES European markets opened higher on Monday, continuing the trend registered overnight in Tokyo, Hong-Kong and Seoul as investors welcomed the latest encouraging data from China. While Beijing's economic recovery seems to be well underway, tensions with Washington continue to grow after the US issued another export restriction on China's largest chipmaker. Monday morning's rally…
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Energy stocks fall 8.6% in a week While the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average both fell last week, the tech heavy Nasdaq Composite managed to eke out a 1.1% gain. Tech giants Amazon, Apple and Microsoft all posted positive weeks, but remain down between 9% and 10% apiece over the past month. In…
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EUROPEAN SHARES Volatility continues to increase in stock markets as the week draws to an end, especially in Europe, where most benchmarks opened mixed but with strong price actions. Rising virus infections are weighing on market sentiment, principally after France and the UK registered new record numbers. Investor hopes are now that new governmental stimulus…
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Democrats aim for pared back stimulus bill All three major US stock indices eked out a positive day after a volatile session yesterday. The next round of Covid-19 economic stimulus once again hit headlines, after reports that Democrats are putting together a new $2.4trn bill that cuts roughly a trillion dollars from the cost of…
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GOLD Gold price has fallen to its lowest level since late July, while greenback continues to recover with the Dollar Index reaching 94.5. Technically, an important point has now been reached with the break-down dragging the price down to the low point of August. This represents a bearish signal, as the price plummeted to $1,850, well…
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Cineworld up 10% ahead of earnings, but then disappoints London-listed stocks rallied yesterday while their US counterparts fell, with the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 both adding more than 1% on the day. In the FTSE 250, Cineworld Group jumped 10% the day ahead of its latest quarterly earnings report, in anticipation of positive news…
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Twitter, Amazon lead market rally as stocks snap losing streak Consumer and technology names led a positive day for US stocks, snapping a multi-day losing streak. In the S&P 500, the consumer discretionary sector was the biggest winner with a 3% gain, while the information technology sector was up 1.7% and the communication services sector…
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GOLD The turmoil on stocks seen earlier this week and particularly the greenback’s recovery are hitting gold. The Dollar Index gained by 1.5% to 94.2, which was enough to generate a sharp fall for the yellow metal. The sharp decline below $1,920 demonstrated a weakness for bullion, something not seen for quite a few weeks,…
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