ADVFN News

London open: Miners pace the advance as May faces Commons backlash London stocks rose in early trade on Thursday, underpinned by solid gains in the mining sector as investors tried to take stock of the latest Brexit developments amid ministerial resignations. At 0830 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.5% to 7,065.72. Sterling initially was […]

London open: Stocks drop as May faces cabinet showdown over Brexit deal London stocks fell in early trade, with sterling little changed after Theresa May agreed the text of a draft withdrawal agreement with the EU. At 0830 GMT, the FTSE 100 was down 0.7% to 7,002.98, trading at its worst levels since the end […]

Clem Chambers, journalist, author and CEO of ADVFN, has won Journalist of the Year in the Business Market Commentary category in the State Street UK Institutional Press Awards 2018. The awards, now in their seventeenth year, recognise outstanding performance in institutional financial services reporting in the UK. The 2018 awards honour the contributions of journalists […]

London open: Stocks rally amid US-China optimism; Vodafone gains after results London stocks rose in early trade on Tuesday, shrugging off a downbeat session on Wall Street thanks to some well-received corporate news and optimism over Sino-US relations. At 0915 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.5% to 7,087.49, firmly in the green despite heavy […]

London open: Miners and energy stocks fire up FTSE as pound slumps London stocks rallied in early trade on Monday, boosted by a weaker pound as miners and oil companies advanced. At 0830 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 1.1% to 7,182.74 as sterling slumped 1% against the dollar to 1.2844 and 0.2% versus the […]

London open: Resources stocks lead slide after hawkish Fed London stocks fell in early trade on Friday as investors digested a hawkish policy statement from the Federal Reserve, with miners and oil companies under the cosh. At 0830 GMT, the FTSE 100 was down 0.7% to 7,093.41, while the pound was off 0.3% against the […]

London open: Stocks rise on strong US cues; Fed announcement eyed London stocks rose in early trade on Thursday, taking their cue from strong gains on Wall Street as investors prepared for the latest policy announcement from the Federal Reserve. At 0835 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.4% to 7,148.15, while the pound was […]

London open: Stocks rally as investors digest US mid-terms; M&S drops on results London stocks rose in early trade on Wednesday as investors digested a broadly in-line outcome to the US mid-terms, helped along by a strong performance from the mining sector. At 0840 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.8% to 7,099.22, while the […]

The weekly Crypto update from NKB Group’s Head of Brokerage. Click here For an in depth analysis.    

Investors seeking safe haven assets and aggressive buying from Central Banks and ETF investors have been spurring the latest increase in gold prices across the globe. Gold prices have been rising over the past couple of months, driven by the sharp stock market selloff and the growing trust and interest of buyers in the gold […]