On Thursday, there were plenty of Christmas cheer in the City as the blue-chip index of Britain rose to an all-time high. The FTSE 100 surpassed the 7,600 mark for the first time, closing up to 1.1 percent at 7,603.98. The chief market analyst at XTB Limited, David Cheetham, stated: “The FTSE 100 has …
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… that the majority of these are expected to come in year four, probably reflecting the current contracts the business has with third-party technology providers,” they added. The combined group is expected to be large enough to enter Britain’s FTSE 100 index. KEYWORDS: Ladbrokes, GVC, Gambling.
Mr Alexander called the takeover “a truly exciting prospect”, propelling GVC into the FTSE 100 only two years after it moved from the junior Aim market to the main market. Ladbrokes Coral’s shareholders will receive 32.7p in cash plus 0.141 GVC shares. There will be an added sum of up to £800 million, …
Irish shares were little changed as the Iseq overall index of leading shares headed for gains this year of 7.5%, outperforming the FTSE 100 index’s advance of 6.3% but lagging fellow eurozone stock markets. The Cac-40 in Paris has climbed 10.25% this year and Frankfurt’s Dax has surged 13.4%.
Equiniti Group PLC logo Peel Hunt reissued their add rating on shares of Equiniti Group (LON:EQN) in a report released on Thursday morning. Peel Hunt currently has a GBX 293 ($3.94) price objective on the stock. A number of other analysts have also com…
London’s FTSE 100 index zoomed its way to another intra-day record high at 7,614.40 points in low-volume trading, boosted by overnight Wall Street gains and the softer pound. However, the FTSE closed at 1230 GMT for an early finish at 7,592.66 points, down almost 0.2 percent from Thursday.
The Santa rally fell short in the final session before Christmas as the FTSE 100 dipped 11.32 points, or 0.2per cent, to 7592.66 points from its all-time high of 7603.98 on Thursday. The rally typically caps the trading year off and is believed to be d…
PAPER ROUND Packaging and paper group Mondi has snapped up Finnish rival Powerflute in a £323 million swoop. The FTSE 100 firm expects to complete the deal in the first half of next year, if it wins regulatory approval. Shares in Mondi closed down 0.6 per cent yesterday. LOSSES DEEPEN …
While the French CAC 40 Index fell by 0.4 percent, the German DAX Index dipped by 0.3 percent and the U.K.’s FTSE 100 Index edged down by 0.2 percent. In the bond market, treasuries showed a lack of direction before closing roughly flat. As a result, the yield on the benchmark ten-year note, which …
OVERSEAS: The DAX in Germany fell 0.3 percent and the French CAC 40 lost 0.4 percent. In Britain the FTSE 100 slid 0.1 percent. Spain’s IBEX fell 1.2 percent after a group of pro-independence parties won a majority in elections to Parliament. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy vowed to speak to …
Treasuries showed a lack of direction throughout the session on Friday, as many traders were away from desks ahead of the long weekend.
Bond prices spent the day lingering near the unchanged line before closing roughly flat. Subsequently, the yield o…
The dollar is virtually unchanged in comparison to its major rivals Friday afternoon. After logging early gains, the buck has since retreated back to around where it began the session. Trading activity has been thin ahead of the long holiday weekend. …
“It’s a frustrating result for shareholders invested in Spain to capture the country’s rising economic fortunes. “Political disruption looks like it will be an ongoing feature of investing in Spain.” The FTSE 100 joined other European markets in closing slightly lower – down 11 points at 7592 in London – as …
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The FTSE All Share rose by around 7.8 percent in 2017. But if you look behind the scenes, you’ll find that some parts of the market did exceptionally well, while other parts lagged.
In the past, if you wanted to know the finer details about these trend…
The FTSE All Share rose by around 7.8 percent in 2017. But if you look behind the scenes, you’ll find that some parts of the market did exceptionally well, while other parts lagged behind.
In the past, if you wanted to know the finer details about these trends and what could be learnt from them, you’d have needed a hedge fund manager or a quant analyst to tell you. But not anymore. With the help of the StockRank Styles and RiskRatings, which we introduced this year, we can see exactly which types of investment approach worked in the market in 2017, and which didn’t.
Getting started with style investing
Back in April 2013 we launched the StockRanks as a way of seeing the investment strengths of any share. Stocks are scored and ranked based on their exposure to Quality, Value and Momentum (and we use a combination of many measures to make that calculation).
With the combined StockRank we’ve seen very clear outperformance from high ranking shares over the past four years – and that continued in 2017. Indeed, high StockRanks are the foundation of Ed Croft’s NAPS portfolio, which he’ll be reviewing in the coming days.
London’s FTSE 100 index however zoomed its way to another intra-day record high at 7,614.40 points in low-volume trade, boosted by overnight Wall … the tax reform-fuelled Santa rally in the US, with a number of FTSE 100 firms having exposure to the economy,” Oanda analyst Craig Erlam told AFP.
The FTSE 100 drifted away from the record high hit on Thursday, losing 0.2 per cent, or 11.32 points at 7,592.66. Less than 350m blue-chip shares had changed hands across the main exchanges by the close of trading, the lowest daily total in the year to…
The U.K.’s FTSE 100 index shed 0.2% to end at 7,592.66. The euro fell to $1.1850 (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/euro-under-pressure-after-separatists-in-spains-catalonia-win-majority-2017-12-22), down from $1.1876 late Thursday in New York. What’s driving the market: The euro and Spanish …
On London’s FTSE 100, clothing retailer Next gained 3.7% and consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser added 1.7%. Equipment rental company Ashtead Group fell 1.7%. On the CAC 40 in Paris, Financial services firm Capgemini gained 0.9% and grocer Carrefour added 0.8%. Luxury-goods …
The FTSE 100 has slipped into the red after reaching a new record high this morning, as traders take their cash off the table ahead of Christmas. Europe. The London market won’t reopen until Wednesday 27th December so investors are locking in their profits now. The British equity benchmark enjoyed …
The SPDR Energy Select Sector ETF may enter the next leg of the uptrend that started after commodities bottomed in 2016.
While the French CAC 40 Index fell by 0.3%, the German DAX Index dipped by 0.3% and the UK’s FTSE 100 Index edged down by 0.2%. In the bond market, treasuries are showing a lack of direction ahead of the long holiday weekend. As a result, the yield on the benchmark ten-year note, which moves …
The FTSE 100’s so-called ‘Santa Rally’ was more a quick clip around the block with a little last minute high street fashion shopping thrown in. The blue-chip index finished -0.15% lower at 7,592.66 with Next shares surging almost +4% on improved Christmas cheer. There was a modest gain too for Dettol …
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While the French CAC 40 Index fell by 0.3 percent, the German DAX Index dipped by 0.3 percent and the U.K.’s FTSE 100 Index edged down by 0.2 percent. In the bond market, treasuries are showing a lack of direction ahead of the long holiday weekend. As a result, the yield on the benchmark ten-year …
