Global equity markets have started August in a positive mood, with the FTSE-100 closing yesterday (Monday 3 August 2020) up over 130 points, or nearly 2.3% […]

Markets settled lower yesterday as we await the finalisation of a fiscal stimulus package in the US, in addition to Q2 reporting season continuing to be […]

Yesterday was slow in terms of data, and saw markets close out the trading day mixed. Much like the anticipation-driven markets that we saw in the […]

Yesterday was a quiet day for economic data and news, which saw the majority of markets draw breath closing the day marginally lower, driven primarily by […]

European markets opened the week marginally down following the emergence of a second wave of the coronavirus in Spain. Health ministry officials announced there were approximately […]

There was little change in European equity markets yesterday as the FTSE 100, and most other equity markets on the continent, closed practically unchanged. However, a […]

The path for global equities is never smooth or easy – and as we have previously said, because equity markets hate uncertainty (and the coronavirus outbreak […]

After an initial positive start to the week, European equity markets gave up most of their weekly gains yesterday (Wednesday 22 July 2020) with the Stoxx […]

Yesterday morning (Tuesday 21 July 2020) the 27 members of the EU reached a historic agreement to support Europe’s economic recovery from coronavirus which lifted equity […]

The euro hit a four-month high against the dollar and the Stoxx 600 closed up 0.75% yesterday (Monday 20 July 2020) after talks between European leaders […]