City Index

Three issues are dominating the markets this morning: the return of China’s coronavirus, the European Central Bank meeting and the approval of the final Brexit bill. FTSE stocks with exposure to...

When : Thursday 23rd January Key points: No change to policy expectedLearning to read Christine LagardeStrategic reviewNo change to policy expected The ECB are not expected to alter monetary policy....

European markets are notching higher this morning as the outbreak of the coronavirus in China seems to have slowed down for the moment. According to Chinese authorities the outbreak started in Wuhan,...

Risk aversion is dominating early trade on Tuesday, with losses in Asia spilling over into Europe. The FTSE is on track for its worst day in 7 weeks as traders fret over the outbreak of coronavirus in...

The FTSE plunged more than 1% after opening as China was hit with a SARS-like virus just days before the start of the Chinese New Year. Chinese and Hong Kong shares dropped 1.7% and 2.8%,...

The FTSE is trading lower on unimpressive volumes with the session quieter than usual because of the U.S. markets holiday. Shares in NMC Health (LON:NMC) have dropped another 4% this morning as...

UK data this week has been dismal. UK retail sales was the latest release to disappoint:MoM -0.6% vs +0.6% exp. YoY +0.9% vs 2.9% exp.Expectations were running high for December retail sales as the...

Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) breaking through the $1 trillion barrier of market capitalization and the newly approved trade deal between the US, Canada and Mexico helped the market rally at the end of the...

Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) Q1 revenue +4% yoy, reflecting overall sales growth from both Primark and the sugar business. Not even Primark’s UK business has been able to outsmart...

EUR/USD is holding gains from the previous session after ending Wednesday 0.2% higher. Improved sentiment following the signing of the US – China trade deal (finally!) helped lift the common...

Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS) is trading 1.7% lower in pre-market trading as investors digest a mixed set of results.EPS -24% to $4.69 vs $5.20 exp.Revenue +23% to $9.96 billion vs $8.601...

Despite kicking off today’s session on the front foot, the pound has fallen back through $1.30 following weak UK inflation data. CPI December +1.3% vs +1.5% exp. (yoy) and 1.5% in November...

There is just no stopping the King of AIM right now. Boohoo's (LON:BOOH) most recent trading update was more than impressive. In the 4 months to end of December overall sales increased 44%. Revenue...

Add business sentiment to the growing list of economic data that continues to outperform expectations in NZ. Back in Q3 the index has dropped to its lowest level since 2009 at -40. And...

European markets are trading higher despite a dip in Asian markets with local investors pegging their hopes on a recovery in trade following the signing of the US-China trade deal. There is no...

As of Tuesday 7th January: Net-long exposure to USD fell to $4.3 billion. At -$10.2 billion from the prior week, it’s the least bullish investors have been to the dollar since June...