Spread Bettors and Investors Look for Bargains
Investors hunted for bargains today in the first positive sign for weeks helping European Indices to rally as much as 2%. The miners, banks and energy firms were all in high demand helping to drive Indices higher across the board.
One of the pressures on the markets of late has been a vacuum of stock demand [...]
FTSE 100 and DAX 30 Slump
Investors continued to flee risky asset classes on Tuesday, using yesterday’s small gains as an opportunity to close out positions at higher levels, causing European Indices to slump 2.5%.
Worries about the potential for high sovereign debt to destabilise growth is weighing down any appetite for risk. One prime example of this is the [...]
Indices Spread Betting - Nervous Trading Helps Markets Slightly Higher
Investors remained nervous in the opening trading session to the week, with Eurozone sovereign debt concerns still weighing on sentiment and keeping a leash on small market gains.
Trading remains choppy with most Indices switching between small gains and losses in the opening session as investors tussle between uncertainty and appetite for risk.
There is an air [...]
Spread Trading - Shares Bounce as Investors Look for Bargains
European shares recovered some of yesterdays 2% losses as investors hunted for bargains in the banks after news that Dubai World has reached a deal to restructure its large debt. However, continued weakness in the miners kept gains on a leash.
The main gainers today are the banks, which are having a bit of a [...]
Spread Betting - Swiss Franc Harmed by Euro
Sterling added a scant half cent on the week, rising from SFr1.6350 to SFr1.64. The mid-week high was SFr1.67 and the low on Friday was SFr1.6250.
Financial markets initially had faith in the European Union’s €750 billion financial stability fund but it did not take long for that support to evaporate.
This was a [...]
Spread Betting: Indices Rally in Choppy Trading
Indices across Europe rallied on Monday, recovering some of the ground lost after Friday’s heavy losses before gains succumbed to a late sell off helping Indices to close largely flat.
Trading has remained particularly choppy and with the euro zone debt problems still weighing on sentiment, Indices across Europe are struggling to hold onto gains.
The [...]
Spread Betting Stock Market Indices Tumble
European Indices tumbled on Friday with the FTSE 100 and DAX falling at least 1%, whilst the IBEX was the main sufferer, losing 4% as deficit issues continued to weigh on sentiment.
Investors are having to recognise that as economies start to get to grips with the important fiscal cuts needed to reign in deficits, consumers [...]
FTSE and DAX Spread Betting Markets Edge Higher
Major European bourses held onto their modest gains in a choppy trading session, after a brief mid day wobble saw indices drift back to parity.
By mid afternoon FTSE and DAX had edged higher by 1 per cent, buoyed by strong results from the likes of BT and Sainsbury’s and a confident push from mining [...]
Spread Betting - Swiss Franc Stronger on Euro Problems
Swiss Franc temporarily benefits from euro doubts
It was a rather more exciting week for sterling than investors might have wished. Starting from SFr1.6550 it managed to spike above SFr1.69 on Thursday before suffering a massive setback to SFr1.61. Thereafter it recovered to SFr1.64.
There were not many Swiss ecostats but they were uniformly good. [...]
European Equities Improve on Low Rates and Spain Tackles Deficit
European equities rallied between 1%-2.5% on Wednesday as investors bought into stocks after the MPC hinted that UK interest rates would need to stay low for longer and as Spain announced budget cuts to save €15bn over the next 2 years.
Investors are keenly watching for European economies to spell out how they are going to [...]