Global stock markets gave up some ground last week, on the back of hawkish comments from Central Banks and higher bond yields. This weighed on growth stocks and markets such as the US and Japan. UK stock markets continued to out-perform, with the FTSE 100 driving gains. The main casualties for the week were in…
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Equity markets had a decent rise last week, boosted by reports over a possible ceasefire in the Russia / Ukraine war and also on news of record share buybacks by US companies. This helped repair some of the damage to the global share market in the first quarter of this year, with the index finishing…
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Global share markets posted modest gains last week and are now over 5% higher than they were on 24th February when Russia invaded Ukraine and some 8.5% higher than their lows in early March. Concerns about rising inflation and rising interest rates were offset by some solid economic data, strong commodity share price performance and a…
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Stock markets rebounded strongly last week, with the global index of shares enjoying its best week since November 2020. Optimism about a peace deal in Ukraine, falling oil prices, promises of more stimulus from China and rate hikes that recognised the strength of the economy were all amongst reasons for the rally, but in reality,…
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Further escalation in sanctions over the war in Ukraine put pressure on global share markets last week, with US consumer-related stocks feeling the brunt of the pain last week. This, combined with some higher inflation data and concerns over monetary tightening, saw bond yields rise and UK gilts fall by over 3% on the week.…
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Uncertainty over the war in Ukraine made for another very choppy week in markets, with UK and Continental European stocks bearing the brunt of the selling. Commodity markets were the main beneficiary, as prices squeezed higher, with the Bloomberg Commodity Index returning its best week ever. This theme is very much in play this morning,…
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It was a very eventful last week for markets which saw Russia launch an invasion of its neighbour Ukraine early on Thursday morning. This remains a deeply distressing and tragic situation. Stock markets initially met the news in firm “risk-off” mode and global equities briefly moved into correction territory (with the US Nasdaq index entering…
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Stock markets had another choppy week, with positives on corporate earnings ultimately outweighed by the negatives associated with higher interest rates and tensions between Russia and Ukraine. These will likely remain in focus this week for markets and could well lead to more choppiness as other scheduled data is relatively thin on the ground. Last…
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Last week was a very choppy, but ultimately positive week for global stock markets, with the Japanese and US markets delivering the best gains. The US stock market had an earnings driven rollercoaster, dragged lower on Thursday by Meta suffering the biggest daily market cap fall ever for a company and then boosted on Friday…
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