European benchmarks positive

Major equity markets were mostly higher today following a holiday for U.S. markets as investors looked ahead to American corporate earnings. In early trading, Germany’s DAX inched up by 0.3 percent 13,234.49 and France’s CAC 40 added 0.1 percent at 5,515.08. London’s FTSE 100 was up 0.3 points …

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FTSE 100 Holds Steady Ahead Of Inflation Data

(RTTNews) – U.K. shares were little changed on Tuesday as investors awaited U.K. inflation data due later in the day for direction. The benchmark FTSE 100 was marginally higher at 7,771 in opening deals after closing 0.1 percent lower in the previous s…

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European Stocks Pare Early Gains as German Inflation Rate Edges Higher

L) was 8.4% higher on London’s FTSE 100 Index after the company raised its guidance for full year pre-tax profit after referencing an encouraging performance in its second half in a trading update. High street bakery Greggs (GRG.L) 3.2% higher after the company said that its total sales had risen by …

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Small Cap Value Report (Tue 16 Jan 2018) – VANL, IGR, PTSG, GYM, JD.

Good morning!First of all, apologies – I had a very early night last night, and forgot to put up today’s placeholder article (I have an alarm set for 21:30 on my mobile to remind me, but was already asleep by then yesterday).Please note in the header t…

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Global stocks advance as investors look ahead to US earnings

London’s FTSE 100 was up 0.3 points at 7,768.84. On Monday, the DAX dropped 0.3 percent and the FTSE 100 lost 0.1 percent while the CAC 40 ended roughly unchanged. On Wall Street, futures for the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor’s 500 index were up 0.8 percent and 0.4 …

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Pound Falls After U.K. CPI, PPI

Following the release of U.K. CPI and PPI for December and house price index for November at 4.30 am ET Tuesday, the pound dropped against its major opponents.

The pound was trading at 1.3766 against the greenback, 152.37 against the yen, 1.3285 agai…

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Levels to watch: FTSE 100, DAX and Dow

The FTSE 100 is testing the 7764 support level once again this morning, with the long-term uptrend beginning to come under some pressure. The 7751 level is the most notable area of support, which would have to break for the price to begin looking more …

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FTSE 100 marks time; attention turns to the City’s other problem child

The day after the collapse of Carillion (LON:CLLN), the market’s other problem child updated on its progress (though Proactive is at pains to point out that Provident Financial Group (LON:PFG) shows no signs of careering down the road to destruction taken by the benighted infrastructure firm). However …

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Are the Dow Jones and the FTSE 100 running too hot?

Face it, you’ve already asked yourself this question in the past week. What’s driving Wall Street and is it accelerating at a pace that you should now be worried about? The answer is unfortunately not very clear. On the face of it, yes, any rally that sees the Dow Jones add just shy of 800 points in a little …

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FTSE 100 preview: Index seen higher amid stronger oil prices

IG’s opening calls suggest that the FTSE 100 will start the session 0.18 percent higher at 7,783 points. Investor sentiment is likely to be upbeat today, with oil steadying around $70 a barrel. “This rally has been driven first by robust fundamentals, with strong demand growth and high OPEC compliance …

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PRESS: Major Shareholder Urges GKN To Engage In Talks With Melrose

LONDON (Alliance News) – GKN PLC’s largest active shareholder, Vulcan Value Partners, has called on the company to open talks with Melrose Industries PLC, after the FTSE 100 engineering company declined a GBP7 billion cash and stock deal by the FTSE 100 industrial turnaround specialist, the …

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