Stock Markets Post Large Gains as Risk Appetite Returns

The Financial Fixed Odds update from David Evans, Market Analyst, BetOnMarkets. Yesterday stock markets and “risky” forex pairs pole vaulted a wall of worry to post huge gains into the close. The Dow Jones closed up 2.85%, its second biggest gain this year. The FTSE 100 closed up 3.12%, marking its biggest 2 day [...]

Dow Jones Closes Below 10000

The Financial Fixed Odds update from David Evans, Market Analyst, BetOnMarkets. The big headline from last night’s close is that the Dow Jones closed below 10,000 for the first time since February. However markets are already look like they will continue their seesaw action with shares futures indicating a positive start to the day. [...]

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 [...]

Have the Financial Spread Betting Markets Bottomed Out?

The Financial Fixed Odds update from David Evans, Market Analyst, BetOnMarkets. After plunging down throughout the morning and the US open, investors found enough confidence to step back into the market, forcing a rally that lasted well into the evening. The day’s action formed what is known as a Hammer candlestick pattern, which is [...]

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 fact [...]

Futures Markets Dip and Euro/Yen Offers a Trading Option

The Financial Fixed Odds update from David Evans, Market Analyst, BetOnMarkets. Last night US markets suffered a late session collapse. That negativity continued in the overnight futures market indicating that the FTSE 100 spread will open up down near the 5000 level. The US markets are in danger of breaching the ‘flash crash’ low [...]

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 [...]

Forex Spread Betting: Euro Down and Pound Up

The Financial Fixed Odds update from David Evans, Market Analyst, BetOnMarkets. This morning, forex markets are returning to relative normality, ie the euro is selling off again, but at a manageable pace, as has been mostly the case since April. The Euro-Dollar is down 0.56% and the Euro-Yen down 0.34%. However, the most interesting [...]

Some Relief for the Currency Markets

The Financial Fixed Odds update from David Evans, Market Analyst, BetOnMarkets. This morning there is relief at last as a broad based rally has set in across the worst affected currency pairs. The euro has been rallying for a couple of days against the dollar, but today is the first time in a few [...]

Spread Betting – Fear Pushes the FTSE 100 Down to 5000

A look at the Markets from Joshua Raymond, Market Strategist, City Index. European markets plummeted another 2% on Thursday as investors fretted about the Euro Zone debt situation and the divisions within Europe after Germany’s decision to ban naked short selling. Early Index gains were quickly used as an opportunity to sell offload stocks at [...]