Sky shares drop on Fox-Disney deal, taking FTSE-100 into the red

News that Disney will snap up a raft of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets including Sky sent the broadcaster’s shares to the bottom of the FTSE 100 and dragged the blue chip index into the red. The FTSE 100 ended the day down 0.65% or 48.39 points at 7448.12, with Sky among its biggest fallers …

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What does 2018 have in store for investors?

Last year, a third (33%) of managers thought the FTSE 100 would end 2017 between 7,000 and 7,500 and, so far, the market is on track to do so. Managers remain optimistic towards the FTSE 100 with 64% believing it will continue to grow in 2018 and end t…

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LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Stocks Down As Brexit, Disney-Fox Take Focus

The FTSE 100 index closed down 0.7%, or 48.39 points, at 7,448.12. …. Back in London, BT was the best FTSE 100 performer after being raised to Buy from Neutral by UBS, whilst Standard Life Aberdeen was among the worst performers, closing down 2.2% at…

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Stochastic Oscillator Settings & Trading Strategy in Forex

The Stochastic oscillator is a technical analysis tool. It is used to measure the closing price in comparison to the price range over a given period of time. Traders are using it as a momentum indicator to determine the best time to buy or to sell a financial instrument. The working theory is that, as the price high increases, it will tend to close at its highest point of a given period of time. Conversely, as the price declines, its close price […]

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FTSE 100 continues to flounder

Heading into the last half-hour of trading the FTSE 100 was floundering close to its low point of the day. The top-shares index was down 19 at 7,478, some seven points above its intra-day low. Investors had plenty of news to chew on – the Tories defeat in parliament on a Brexit vote; yesterday’s rate hike …

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Do you believe in the Santa Rally, IG Smart Portfolios does

Rather than simply repeating that the FTSE 100 tends to rise in December, we wanted to find out when the best time to be invested in December is, as different sources offer different results. Is it the whole of December, the week running up to Christma…

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A FTSE 100 stock I’m avoiding like the plague

The market breathed a sigh of relief in Thursday trading after a much-needed batch of good news for the retail sector. To say that sales data has been underwhelming in recent months can be considered something of an understatement as a cocktail of risi…

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The markets’ apparent calm over Brexit is deceptive

In both dollar and sterling terms, the FTSE 100 index has been one of the worst-performing developed markets in 2017. A survey of global fund managers by Bank of America Merrill Lynch in November found that a net 37% have a lower-than-normal weighting …

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A FTSE 100 stock I’m avoiding like the plague

In its latest trading statement in November the FTSE 100 share once again highlighted the difficulties washing over the sector. It advised that full-price sales had dipped 0.3% during February-October, and added that a similar fall is expected in the final quarter of the fiscal year. While the firm’s Next …

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U.S. Business Inventories Edge Slightly Lower In October

A report released by the Commerce Department on Thursday showed a modest decrease in U.S. business inventories in the month of October.

The Commerce Department said business inventories edged down by 0.1 percent in October after showing no change in …

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FTSE 100 unimpressed by solid opening on Wall Street

US stocks opened higher but this had zero impact on sentiment in London, and neither did the European Central Bank leaving its interest rate unchanged. The FTSE 100 remained resolutely in the red, down 13 at 7,483. Across the pond, the Dow Jones was up…

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Oil Prices Falling amid IEA Forecasts

Sentiment in the oil market is rather pessimistic and crude prices are heading towards weekly lows. The Brent Crude Benchmark fell by almost 2% falling to $62.16 per barrel. The report delivered by the Energy Information Administration disappointed oil traders. While US Crude Oil stockpiles decreased by 5 million 117 thousand barrels, the US gasoline inventories advanced by 5 million 664 thousand barrels, which points to hydrocarbon oversupply […]

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Euro Advances As ECB Draghi Lifts Inflation, Growth Forecasts

The euro climbed against its key counterparts in the European session on Thursday, after the European Central Bank President Mario Draghi lifted the inflation and growth forecasts for the euro area citing higher oil and food prices.

In his customary …

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House builder CEOs bag MILLIONS while housing supply tumbles

The top bosses of FTSE 100 house builders are set to receive millions of pounds in shares of part of their bonus packages over coming months, an analysis by City AM shows. The boss of Persimmon Jeff Fairburn is set for the biggest payout. If the firm p…

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Euro Strengthens Ahead of ECB Meeting

Today, traders focus on the meetings of the ECB and the Bank of England. Experts note that the ECB will have more influence on the forex market than the BOE. Although investors do not expect the ECB to change its monetary policy, they are still waiting for hints about the future of the QE program, which determine the movement of the single European currency. Meanwhile, the euro is growing against the US dollar. Yesterday, the US dollar weakened […]

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Daily Forex News and Analysis — December 14th 2017

US stocks closed mixed on Wednesday, as gains in Consumer Goods, Healthcare, and Industrials were offset by losses in Financials, Telecoms, and Oil & Gas sectors. The Dow Jones rose by 0.33%, the S&P 500 fell by 0.05%, and the NASDAQ added 0.20% to its value. The US dollar fell against a basket of major currencies on Wednesday after economic data pointing to ongoing inflation weakness eased expectations of the Federal Reserve adopting a more aggressive stance […]

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U.S. Import Prices Climb In Line With Estimates In November

A report released by the Labor Department on Thursday showed U.S. import prices increased in line with economist estimates in the month of November, while export prices rose by much more than anticipated.

The Labor Department said its import price in…

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U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Drop To 225,000

First-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits unexpectedly decreased in the week ended December 9th, according to a report released by the Labor Department on Thursday.

The report said initial jobless claims dropped to 225,000, a decrease of 11,00…

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