UK stocks keep on rallying buoyed by energy climbers July 27, 2009 BUOYANT energy stocks and miners helped Britain’s top share index rise for a record-equalling 11th straight session, though gains were limited by falls on Wall Street after corporate earnings disappointed. The FTSE 100 was up 9.52 points, or 0.2 per cent at 4,586.13, hitting its highest closing level since 5 January. The index has risen [...]
Strong home sales cheer US investors July 27, 2009 US stocks rose slightly yesterday in a late rally as investors rotated into financial shares, which had lagged in the recent two-week run-up. Upbeat data on new home sales underpinned financial stocks, the session’s strongest sector, and prompted investors to snap up the shares of several regional banks, which had been among the worst hit [...]
Canny traders should look to buy crude oil on the correction July 27, 2009 CRUDE’S inexorable rise over the past few weeks in line with rallying equity markets pushed September Brent through the $70 a barrel mark in intraday trading yesterday, touching a session high of $71.28. Signs of an improving world economy and resilient Chinese GDP growth as well as relatively upbeat second quarter earnings in the US [...]
CHINA LOOKS OVER-COOKED RIGHT NOW July 27, 2009 DAVID MORRISONSENIOR DERIVATIVES TRADER, GFT YESTERDAY saw the result of the first Chinese initial public offering (IPO) in over a year since Chinese regulators suspended IPOs in September 2008 after worries that too many companies were anxious to tap investors for funds. And what a success the debut was. On the first day of trading [...]
Results season begins as BT and National Express report July 26, 2009 THE company reporting season gets into full swing this week, with a slew of companies issuing numbers including BP, Shell and BT to name just three FTSE 100 giants. National Express, the rail and coach operator that recently became a takeover target after losing its franchise for the East Coast main line, reports on Thursday [...]
Successful day traders choose their stocks with precision July 26, 2009 THE market volatility we have experienced over the past 18 months or so has encouraged private investors to try their hand at the fast-moving, risk-riddled strategy of day trading because of the large daily moves in stocks combined with overnight uncertainty. And opportunistic spread betters have been all too keen to jump on the back [...]
UK DEFICIT TO HINDER RISE OF STERLING July 26, 2009 JANE FOLEYRESEARCH DIRECTOR, FOREX.COMECONOMICS textbooks would have you believe that a currency should adjust lower if it belongs to a country with a large current account deficit or an increasing budget deficit and for years US dollar bears have been citing the current account deficit as a reason why the greenback should depreciate. In 2008 [...]
Data from the US will reign on stocks July 26, 2009 US corporate earnings will continue to spur market direction this week, although some higher-tier economic data also from the States may try and hog the limelight. Verizon – number one mobile service provider in the US– kick the week off, out today at 12.30. Oil giants Exxon Mobil and Chevron report Thursday and Friday. Much [...]
THE TIPSTER RESISTANCE HAS FINALLY BEEN BROKEN July 26, 2009 WITH the Dow Jones Industrial Average breaking solidly through the 9,000 mark, it should come as no surprise that the FTSE 100 has also been making steady gains over the past week. Fuelled by the optimism from US earnings figures, the FTSE 100 breached significant resistance levels last week. All eyes will be on the [...]
US stock rise seen as over-extended July 26, 2009 ASTONISHINGLY, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) has remained above the 9,000 mark after breaching the psychological level on Thursday evening for the first time for what felt like ages. Back in early March when the Dow plummeted to 6,440.08, only the ultra-bullish investors thought 9,000 would be on the cards this year. But after [...]