FTSE gains 1% after investors see excellent Land Securities results combined with broker upgrades for energy and mining equities.
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FTSE on the rise after Land Securities results – IG Markets Daily Market Update 18.05.11.
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Why Quality Oil and Gas Exposure is Risky Business for Aussie Investors
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Put Sellers Predict Short-Term Support for ReneSola Ltd.
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Financial Spread Betting Update: FTSE falls after spike in jobless claims but Spanish and Italian Indices higher again
Saturday, March 19th, 2011Joshua Raymond is Market Strategist at financial spread betting provider City Index (http://www.cityindex.co.uk/). Here, he takes a look at the EU markets on 13th January, as the FTSE falls and the Spanish and Italian indices rise.
“The FTSE 100 fell back on Thursday weighed down by weakness in mining firms but stock markets across wider Europe enjoyed another strong day with the Spanish Ibex and Italian Mib posting gains of 2.6% and 0.7% respectively as sovereign debt fears continue to wane with successful Spanish and Italian bond sales.
The successful Spanish and Italian bond sales, particularly when aligned with that of Portugal’s successful sale yesterday, are being seen as a vote of confidence in the ability of those nations to meet their debt requirements and importantly it plays into the EU’s hands a bit as it lessens the need for quick and potentially rash action. The bond sales and overall heightened optimism of increased liquidity in rescue funds for indebted nations with the eurozone has had a hugely positive effect on the Spanish Ibex and Italian Mib Indices this week, which have both now rallied 10% and 6% respectively in the last three days trading.
This renewed confidence in the region has given a good lift in buyer demand for euros, which has rallied against the US dollar from .29 to over .33 in the last few days.
Decisions by both the Bank of England and European Central Bank to hold interest rates at 0.5% and 1% respectively was met with a muted stock market reaction as both decisions were widely anticipated. The FTSE 100 suffered losses of 0.5% as weakness in mining stocks weighed on the UK Index. A bigger-than-expected jump in US jobless claims also helped to lock in the day’s losses.
The 6050 continues to put a ceiling on the FTSE’s charge higher recently and this has stayed true for today’s session. Tonight we see Intel, the tech bellwether, announce their fourth quarter earnings and should they outperform expectations, this could certainly give the markets a strong start tomorrow. However traders may hold fire until Friday lunchtime when JP Morgan report their earnings. Should these two firms deliver a strong set of results, it could give the market enough buying power to lift the FTSE 100 beyond 6050 and towards two and a half year highs of 6090.
Tesco shares fall 4% after results We have seen strong selling in Tesco’s shares after the UK’s supermarket leader missed analyst forecasts by reporting a 0.6% rise in underlying sales. Tesco’s is the third largest retailer in the world and many look to them as a bellwether of UK retail sector with one pound in seven being spent by consumers in their stores. Today’s earnings unfortunately did not tow some of the more outperforming themes to that of some of their peers such as Sainsbury’s and Morrison’s, and this has left a rather sour taste in investors’ mouths.”
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How come I can put a spread bet on the FTSE 100 after market is closed?
Saturday, December 11th, 2010Question by mC: How come I can put a spread bet on the FTSE 100 after market is closed?
The Uk 100 rolling spread continues to move after the market is closed, is this because of orders being placed to buy shares tomorrow morning? i don ‘t understand how the index can still be moving. thanks
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Answer by tanneth
I think it depends on what company you are using as some providers base their index prices on futures prices (with a fair value discount) which can often continue trading even when the underlying market is actually closed. Futures markets generally open earlier and stay open longer than the underlying market (they trade during and outside of the underlying market trading hours). Regarding precise times, it all depends on the market.
I asked the same question to the company I use, called gnutrade.com and this was the answer they gave me. They have a live chat help desk during trading hours which is really helpful. They have a great animated trading screen as well by the way.
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Spread Betting Market Commentary: FTSE charges higher after company earnings and broker actions lift optimism
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011Financial spread betting and CFD trading expert Joshua Raymond of City Index (http://www.cityindex.co.uk/) takes a look at the EU markets as the FTSE charges higher on 11th January.
“A combination of positive factors including company earnings, broker recommendations and bid speculation has helped to encourage investors to buy into equities today, pushing the FTSE 100 higher by 1% and back above the 6000 level once again.
There are a lot of positive catalysts to today’s markets that is helping to boost optimism that the last few days of losses were more about profit taking than a change in sentiment. The fact that the FTSE 100 has quickly regained the 6000 level once more raises confidence that the recent bull trend could continue, particularly if the UK Index can consistently maintain above the 6050 level.
Alcoa’s numbers brighten hopes for a good Q4 Earnings from US miner Alcoa, which beat markets expectations, has boosted hopes for a strong earnings season and this has helped to encourage higher risk appetite in some of the key miners this morning. A stronger Copper price, which has shunned the stronger dollar, has also helped to facilitate buyer demand for mining shares.
That said, investors are likely to want to see earnings from tech bellwether Intel and bank JP Morgan later in the week before buying into an outperforming US earnings season.
ARM jumps another 6% Bid talk continues to lift the market with shares of ARM Holdings this time taking flight to lead the FTSE 100 winners list, jumping 6%. Bid talk has surrounded the chip designer for some time now with Apple, Intel and Microsoft being widely speculated by some of the UK press. We have seen high investor interest in ARM’s shares since the announced Microsoft deal, both in terms of what the deal could bring ARM but also how its rivals may react.
CSR shares leap on patent settlement CSR shares leapt 13.5% on Tuesday after the chipmaker settled a legal battle over patents with US rival Broadcom. The settlement figure comes in at .5m, which will be paid over the next 5 years, and will be offset by a reduction in legal costs of at least m. Some analysts have also predicted the settlement could result in a 10% jump in both operating profit and EPS.
The patent legal issue had created a cloud of uncertainty over the firm, and this has kept its shares pinned down of late whilst rival chip makers such as ARM have enjoyed a good run. Investors clearly are taking the settlement as drawing a line in the sand and this has helped to free up strong buyer demand for its shares.”
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