While the German DAX Index is down by 0.1%, the French CAC 40 Index is just above the unchanged line and the UK’s FTSE 100 Index is up by 0.2%. In commodities trading, crude oil futures are sliding USD0.42 to USD59.66 a barrel after jumping USD1.50 to USD59.97 a barrel on Tuesday.
The report found that Britain has a bigger pay ratio than many of its European rivals, with FTSE 100 bosses paid on average 94 times more than their employees. This is more than in Germany where the ratio stood at 89, in France where it is 91 and the N…
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The rally in crude oil prices paused Wednesday morning ahead of U.S. inventories data.
The American Petroleum Institute releases its weekly report this afternoon, followed tomorrow by the Energy Information Administration.
WTI light sweet crude oil …
Gold prices were flat Wednesday morning in quiet trade, as as many market players remained away from their desks for the holidays.
The next catalysts will come after the the turn of the new year with the release of the U.S. labor report for December….
MPs claim they will be “hamstrung” if they do not get to see the Treasury’s Brexit analysis.
Next year could see the FTSE 100 hit new highs as the share price bull run stretches into its ninth year. The days of double-digit house price growth may finally be over, but property will still grow at a steady pace, experts say. Sterling should conti…
The U.S. dollar fell against its major counterparts in the European session on Wednesday amid subdued trading in a holiday-shortened week.
Trading volumes were light, as many traders were still away from their desks following Christmas.
Investors aw…
It’s been fairly quiet here in London so far, with most of the fund managers probably indulging in a little aprés-ski in Verbier or somewhere… shopping centre. Most of the blue chip miners were registering 1%+ gains at the halfway stage on Wednesday …
BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT/PARIS (Alliance News) – The Pending Home sales, Mortgage Applications, and the Red book data are the major economic announcement on Wednesday. The market is still in a subdued in its activity. Asian shares finished broadly higher. Fo…
Bitcoin may be the wonderkid of the financial markets this year, with the price of the cryptocurrency, once dismissed as something reserved for the geeks, cryptography enthusiasts and the darknet, skyrocketing to unprecedented levels, alternating with…
The FTSE 100 was 0.1% firmer at 7,603.12, while the pound was up 0.4% against the dollar at 1.3422 and 0.1% higher versus the euro at 1.1285. Oanda analyst Craig Erlam said: “This period between Christmas and New Year is often very quiet, with politicians and central banks endeavouring to wrap …
UK traders returned from the Christmas holidays in an upbeat mood on Wednesday, sending the benchmark stock index higher and setting it on track for a record close, MarketWatch reports. What is the market doing: The FTSE 100 index rose 0.3% to 7,611.40…
The UK market is up marginally, with its benchmark FTSE 100 gaining 13.50 points or 0.18% at 7706.19. Provident Financial, Fresnillo, Glencore, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Anglo American, Mediclinic, Burberry Group, Antofagasta, Babcock International, Hik…
Wall Street finished in the red on Tuesday, weighed down by losses among big technology companies. The Dow Jones fell by 0.03%, the S&P 500 by 0.11%, and the NASDAQ lost 0.34% from its value. The US dollar traded in a tight range against major currencies on Tuesday, wavering around the unchanged mark, while trading volumes remained thin during the holiday season. Today, the CB Consumer Confidence is expected at 128.2 vs. 129.5 […]
LONDON (Alliance News) – Commodities were helping to boost the FTSE 100 at midday on Wednesday, with gains for oil majors and copper and gold miners lifting the index of large-caps amid a quiet post-Christmas trading session. The mid-cap FTSE 250 also …
StockMarketWire.com – The FTSE 100 advanced 8 points to 7,600 as trading resumed following the festive period, led by the mining, oil and food retail sectors. The top … FTSE 100 miner Rio Tinto (RIO) said it has completed its $1.5bn share buyback pro…
Swiss investor confidence strengthened further in December to its highest level since early 2010, thanks to stronger economic expectations, survey data from the Credit Suisse and the CFA Society Switzerland showed Wednesday.
The Credit Suisse CFA Soc…
Good morning/afternoon, it’s Paul here.
I hope everyone has had a smashing Christmas break.
As you would expect, there’s very little news today. A couple of items caught my eye.
DFS Furniture (LON:DFS)
Share price: 198.25pNo. shares: 211.7mMarket cap: £419.7m
Acquisition – this is only of passing interest. DFS has bought 8 stores, and the intellectual property of MultiYork, a smaller competitor which went bust not long ago.
This sector is looking quite interesting, as there are several up and coming new entrants. Plus, Harveys amp; Bensons Beds are reported to be in financial trouble, due to a reduction in trade credit insurance. People often forget that it’s not just banks which extend credit to many companies, but also trade credit insurers can be even more important. If the trade credit insurers lose confidence in a company, and refuse to insure its suppliers against bad debts, then that can kill a business, as supplies dry up. An example was the original Game Group (now in a new incarnation of Game Digital), which went bust in Mar 2012, when suppliers refused to supply products due to withdrawal of credit insurance.
For me, its awful balance sheet rules…
Good morning/afternoon, it’s Paul here.
I hope everyone has had a smashing Christmas break.
As you would expect, there’s very little news today. A couple of items caught my eye.
DFS Furniture (LON:DFS)
Share price: 198.25pNo. shares: 211.7mMarket cap: £419.7m
Acquisition – this is only of passing interest. DFS has bought 8 stores, and the intellectual property of MultiYork, a smaller competitor which went bust not long ago.
This sector is looking quite interesting, as there are several up and coming new entrants. Plus, Harveys amp; Bensons Beds are reported to be in financial trouble, due to a reduction in trade credit insurance. People often forget that it’s not just banks which extend credit to many companies, but also trade credit insurers can be even more important. If the trade credit insurers lose confidence in a company, and refuse to insure its suppliers against bad debts, then that can kill a business, as supplies dry up. An example was the original Game Group (now in a new incarnation of Game Digital), which went bust in Mar 2012, when suppliers refused to supply products due to withdrawal of credit insurance.
For me, its awful balance sheet rules…
Good morning/afternoon, it’s Paul here.
I hope everyone has had a smashing Christmas break.
As you would expect, there’s very little news today. A couple of items caught my eye.
Sorry, I’m having technical problems, and have just lost the first part of today’s article. Please bear with me as I reconstitute it.
Finland’s business sentiment strengthened in December to the strongest level in more than ten years, survey conducted by the Confederation of Finnish Industries EK showed Wednesday.
The manufacturing confidence index climbed to 18.0 in December from …
Elon Musk promises a pick-up truck and a range of new features for existing Tesla vehicles.
Swiss Dec CS-CFA Society Investor Confidence 52 Vs. 40.7 In November
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Two farmyard ducks have been reminding people to pay their tax – but have now retired to the country
The U.K.’s FTSE 100 index rose 0.2% to 7,603.76, flirting with a record high (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/miners-lead-ftse-100-higher-toward-record-in-holiday-thinned-trade-2017-12-27). The euro rose to $1.1880 from $1.1859 late Tuesday in New York. “A thin volume trading is a general theme …
… DAX 30 index was trading around the flatline at 13,069.83, while France’s CAC 40 index was flat 5,364.97. The U.K.’s FTSE 100 index rose 0.2% to 7,603.76, flirting with a record high (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/miners-lead-ftse-100-higher-toward-record-in-holiday-thinned-trade-2017-12-27).
Of everyone’s favourite cryptocurrency, Craig Erlam of OANDA says: ‘Bitcoin is going to continue to fascinate traders heading into the new year and while volatility by its own standards has been tame today, it’s likely to remain very active. ‘Speculators appetite for Bitcoin has been tested in the run up to …
Will equity funds “managed” by artificial intelligence (AI) outperform human investors? To investigate, we consider the performance of AI Powered Equity ETF (AIEQ), which “seeks long-term capital appreciation within risk constraints c…
European equity benchmarks were struggling for direction on Wednesday morning following a two-day Christmas holiday, with oil prices lower ahead of the release of US inventory data and rising shares in mining stocks lifting London’s commodity-heavy FTSE 100 Index. Oil futures prices touched a …
