Equities in Europe ended higher on Thursday, overcoming some earlier uncertain trade, as comments from a US official calmed some geopolitical worries which kept a lid on investor enthusiasm.Nonetheless, Brent remained above the $73 mark, supporting oil majors.Moscow's ambassador in London said Thursday Britain was 'now directly involved' in Russia's war with Ukraine, following reports Kyiv had fir

Blue-chips in London traded in the green around midday on Thursday, as the escalating conflict in Ukraine pushed oil and gold prices higher.The FTSE 100 index added 25.97 points, 0.3%, at 8,111.04. The FTSE 250 lost 45.77 points, 0.2%, at 20,198.99, and the AIM All-Share rose 2.00 points, 0.3%, at 724.34.The Cboe UK 100 was up 0.3% at 815.30, the Cboe UK 250 was down 0.2% at 17,701.10, and the Cbo

Share price drifts as investors take a breatherAge of AI in full steam, states CEO Jensen HuangExpect analyst upgrades to flood inWhichever way you look at it, Nvidia's (NVDA:NASDAQ) Q3 earnings crushed it, surging past forecasts while continuing to demonstrate remarkable growth across its key business segments. 'The numbers speak for themselves', said AJ Bell investment analyst Dan Coatsworth. 'N

European equities were mostly in the red on Thursday morning amid a threat of higher for longer interest rates, following a lofty UK inflation reading and a caution against turbocharged US easing from a Federal Reserve official.The FTSE 100 index added just 0.40 of a point at 8,085.47. The FTSE 250 lost just 7.21 points at 20,237.55, and the AIM All-Share rose 3.18 points, 0.4%, at 725.52.The Cboe

Whether you love or hate cryptocurrencies, you cannot deny the spectacular performance. Since Donald Trump's White House race victory (5 November) Bitcoin has surged 35% to an all-time $94,795 high. Since the start of 2024 it has more than doubled. Ethereum and Elon Musk pet crypto Dogecoin, are up 33% and 300% respectively this year.If you own crypto assets, or are considering doing so, it's valu

With the 'sugar rush' of the US elections fading, attention turned back to the state of the global economy last week with a couple of data points worth mentioning.UK third-quarter GDP came in short of expectations due to poorer manufacturing output, prompting a good deal of hand-wringing and laments that the nation was 'stagnating' due to restrictive interest rates.For our money, however, the IEA

It's been a prosperous time to have invested in the markets. Each one of the major share indices around the world has delivered a positive total return over the past 12 months, factoring in share price performance and dividends.At the top end, the US has returned 32.5% as measured by the S&P 500 index; Japan's Nikkei 225 index has returned 15.3%; and even 'unloved' UK has lined investors' pockets

To date, a small, exclusive club of UK retailers have exceeded £1 billion in annual profits, a high street elite that includes Tesco (TSCO), Marks & Spencer (MKS) and Kingfisher (KGF). Some may view this £1 billion figure as merely symbolic, but breaching this barrier is no mean feat and demonstrates a retailer has a lasting place in consumers' affections and the scale to win in a competitive ma

Markets seem to approve of the election of Donald Trump as the 47th US president. The S&P 500 has hit a record high in the wake of the election result, crossing over the 6,000 mark for the first time. This latest bump comes on the back of an exceptional run for US stocks, which has put other regional markets firmly in the shade, including the UK's own stock market.The historic performance differen

International Biotechnology Trust (IBT) 716pMarket cap: £263.2 millionWarren Buffett tells investors to be greedy when others are fearful and take advantage of depressed prices. That in a nutshell is the investment proposition for International Biotechnology Trust (IBT), which sits on an 11% discount to NAV (net asset value).The discount is not quite as extreme as it was when we highlighted the t

Cerillion (CER:AIM) £18.90Gain to date: 19.8%Genuine growth stocks may be hard to come by on the UK market but Cerillion (CER:AIM) is a rare gem which qualifies. Forecast-beating full year results had analysts gushing, with Canaccord Genuity talking up the stock's chances of more than doubling. The broker observing 'more market share gains likely; we see a path to £38 on four to five-year view'.

Media giant Walt Disney (DIS:NYSE) showed investors on 14 November it was capable of a turnaround delivering record fourth-quarter streaming and box office numbers.Disney Pixar's Inside Out 2 became the highest-grossing animated movie of all time this summer, surpassing Frozen II at the box office.The company ended the quarter with more than 120 million Disney+ Core subscribers, 4.4 million more t

Stocks in London were mixed at Wednesday midday, as investors digested a hotter-than-expected consumer price growth reading in the UK, while focus across the Atlantic turns to Nvidia's earnings.The FTSE 100 index climbed just 3.66 points at 8,102.68. The FTSE 250 fell 59.75 points, 0.3%, at 20,367.87, and the AIM All-Share was up 1.04 points, 0.1%, at 725.27.The Cboe UK 100 was flat at 814.74, the

European equities traded higher on Wednesday morning, as stocks in London shrugged off a hotter-than-forecast UK inflation reading for now.Sage shone on the FTSE 100, while Severn Trent also impressed.The FTSE 100 index climbed 23.61 points, 0.3%, at 8,122.63. The FTSE 250 edged up 22.23 points, 0.1%, at 20,449.85, and the AIM All-Share was up 2.56 points, 0.4%, at 726.79.The Cboe UK 100 was up 0.

Stock prices in London were in the red at midday Tuesday as eurozone consumer prices were confirmed to have risen as expected in October, while global geopolitical tensions rose.Ukraine is utilising its new ability to hit Russia with US missiles, reportedly prompting stocks to fall as investors lose their appetites for risk.Investors are also starting to scale back expectations for interest rate c

Stocks jumps 30% after appointing new audit firmRally added nearly $4 billion to market capDark clouds hanging over Super Micro since Ernst & Young resignedComputer servers maker Super Micro Computer (SMCI:NASDAQ) saw its share price surge overnight after it named BDO USA as its auditor and said it had submitted a plan to Nasdaq seeking more time to comply with listing rules. In a wild trading ses

The FTSE 100 on Tuesday morning outperformed its French and German peers, as investors await consumer price inflation data from the eurozone.The UK government is having a busy week. Downing Street has confirmed that the UK is set to relaunch trade talks with India, while ministers continue to face calls from farmers and opposition parties to scrap its changes to agricultural inheritance tax. The N

Stock prices in Europe were in the green on Monday morning including all UK stocks, as the energy price cap in Great Britain is now expected to rise in January, as opposed to fall.Meanwhile, Swissquote's Ipek Ozkardeskaya commented: 'US retail sales and the inflation data came in higher than expected last week, and the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that the US economy is strong enough a

Stocks in London edged lower on Friday, while equities in New York dropped in early trade following some hawkish comments from the chair of the US Federal Reserve.The FTSE 100 index lost 7.58 points, 0.1%, at 8,063.61. The FTSE 250 declined 46.17 points, 0.2%, at 20,476.64, and the AIM All-Share gave back 2.24 points, 0.3%, at 727.14.For the week, the FTSE 100 slipped 0.1%, the FTSE 250 declined 0

US stock markets were a little quieter this week following the election excitement of the prior week with 'Trump trade' stocks and sectors giving back some of their gains.Cautious comments from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell (15 Nov) on the cadence of further interest rate cuts sent markets lower with the benchmark S&P 500 index off 0.7% and the small-cap Russell index losing 2%.!function(){"