LSE Market News

London open: Stocks inch up as investors sift through corporate news; inflation data eyed London stocks nudged higher in early trade on Tuesday as investors sifted through a raft of corporate news ahead of the release of the latest UK inflation figures. At 0830 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.1% to 7,778.23, while the […]

London open: Stocks nudge lower as Carillion collapse sours sentiment London stocks ticked lower in early trade on Monday, with sentiment undermined by the collapse of contractor Carillion. At 0830 GMT, the FTSE 100 was down 0.1% to 7,774.02,while the pound was up 0.1% against the dollar at 1.3747 and flat versus the euro at […]

Royal Bank of Scotland shares (LSE:RBS) are going upwards. The general bias on the market is up, especially since September 2017. The market consolidated a bit during December and has now experienced a strong bullish breakout. Price is expected to continue going upwards because it is above the EMA 21, while the Williams’ % Range […]

London open: Stocks nudge higher after record close; GKN surges after bid London stocks nudged higher in early trade on Friday following another record close the day before, with engineering group GKN leading the charge. At 0830 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.1% to 7,772.98, having hit a record intraday high of 7,774.41 earlier, […]

London open: Stocks flat as Tesco, M&S updates disappoint London stocks were little changed in early trade on Thursday, with mixed Christmas trading updates from the likes of Tesco and Marks & Spencer disappointing analysts and investors. At 0850 GMT, the FTSE 100 was flat at 7,751.09, with the pound down 0.1% versus the euro […]

London open: Stocks nudge up with retail in focus again; Sainsburys gains on update London stocks rose in early trade on Wednesday, with retailers in focus again following updates from Sainsbury’s, Ted Baker and Superdry, but gains were small after the top-flight index closed at a record high in the previous session and as investors […]

London open: Stocks rise as Morrisons rallies on Christmas update London stocks rose in early trade on Tuesday, helped along by a solid Christmas trading update from Morrisons. At 0830 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.4% to 7,724.36, after hitting a fresh intraday high of 7,733.39 on Monday, while the pound was flat against […]

London open: Stocks nudge lower with retailers in focus London stocks nudged lower in early trade on Monday as a profit warning from Mothercare kept investors on edge ahead of a big week for retailers. At 0830 GMT, the FTSE 100 was down 0.1% to 7,713.86, while the pound was flat against the euro at […]

Gulf Keystone stock (LSE:GKP) has assumed a bullish movement, which may translate into something spectacular this year. 4 EMAs are used for this analysis and they are EMAs 10, 20, 50 and 200. The color that stands for each EMA is shown at the top left part of the chart. The EMAs 10, 20 and […]

London open: Stocks nudge up as investors await non-farm payrolls London stocks nudged a touch higher in early trade on Friday as investors eyed the latest non-farm payrolls report out of the US, with little in the way of UK corporate or economic news flow to move markets. At 0830 GMT, the 100 was up […]