London's FTSE 100 edges 11.3 points higher to 7,038 points as the market gets its first proper chance to price in yesterday's Budget, from which there will be numerous winners and losers.One company on the up is unloved bookie William Hill (WMH), bid up 1.1p to 206.1p as the remote gaming duty hike from 15% to 21% is perhaps less severe than some had expected.Kier (KIE) clips ahead 2.3% to...

Data analytics tiddler Rosslyn Data Technologies (RDT:AIM) is expected to have to raise further funding in 2016 as it continues to burn through its own cash balance.Rosslyn joined AIM almost exactly two years ago (29 April 2014) raising roughly £10 million at 33p a share. That money is fast running out, with the company confirming £1.8 million remains on the books as of its year-end to 30...

China lift for stocksInvestors shouldn't be too shocked at 6.8% GDP growth for China in the fourth quarter of 2015 as this was close to guidance from Beijing. It fuels speculation that China will unveil a new monetary stimulus programme which could benefit so-called 'risk assets' such as shares and commodities. (TS)NetNames market returnHgCapital-backed domain name specialist NetNames has...

London shares open on the up in early trade on Tuesday as markets track gains in Europe and the US in the previous session. However, mining stocks act as a drag on gains after a surprise interest rate cut in Australia. The benchamrk FTSE 100 index is trading around 60 points higher, or 0.8%, at 7,045, with midcaps matching the Footsie rally, the FTSE 250 up to 17,614.Banking giant HSBC (HSBA)...

Thanks for the team's excellent writing in Shares, I really enjoy it. A while back (I guess in June time) Steven Frazer wrote a piece on Rosslyn Analytics, renamed as Rosslyn Data Technologies (RDT:AIM) post IPO, which discussed the company. You took a very cautious view and emphasised that it was all about execution.How do you feel they are doing nine months in? I noticed they won big...

Big data opportunities are increasingly emerging but it is arguable that the market is getting a little too carried away over Rosslyn Data Technologies (RDT:AIM) today. The company flags several strategic partnerships, new contracts and accounts, product development and a 'healthy and growing' sales pipeline alongside half year results to end October. Investors have spoken, in early trading...

UK market nudge higher as marginally better-than-expected growth figures from China offset global growth target cuts by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Washington-based lender now sees the world's economy expanding at 3.5% in 2015, down from the 3.8% pace projected in October.UK Banking group Barclays (BARC) leads the FTSE 100 higher in early trade Tuesday, with Britain's blue-chip...

UK markets hit the skids as the World Bank spooks investors over too greater reliance on the single engine of the US for global growth, while cutting its own global growth prediction this year from 3.4% to 3%. 'Europe has been pretty sluggish, China's still got that property overhang, Japan's entered recession - you've got the US and UK going fine, so it's a patchy global growth picture,'...

Investor education is the core theme in this issue of Shares as well the central message of our major investment event being held this weekend in London, The Stock Market Show. Changes to the way the industry charges for advice mean more and more consumers have been taking control of their financial planning over the past few years. Investment markets can be a minefield if you don't know where...

After a year or more of speculation Rosslyn Analytics has finally arrived on Aim. Well, not exactly, it actually decided to change its name pre-IPO to Rosslyn Data Technologies (RDT:AIM) but it remains the same cloud-based analytics platform business.Set-up in 2007, Rosslyn is part of a wave of enterprise technology suppliers aiming to help companies organise and analyse the increasingly vast...

I hope you are well. Thanks for the article on Accumuli (ACM:AIM) a couple of months ago. You also mentioned you were looking into Rosslyn Data Technologies (RDT:AIM). I'd love to hear Shares' thoughts on this company. Are you planning anything in the near future?Tim Gaunt, via emailSteven Frazer replies: I had a little chat with CEO and co-founder Charlie Clark last week Tim, and it is an...