Market report: FTSE pulls back from record high despite rosier GDP picture

Derren Nathan
  • UK GDP grows 0.4% month-on-month
  • FTSE down slightly after record close
  • Dax also tests record highs
  • Wall Street pulls back after stubborn inflation print
  • Palo Alto, Applied Materials, Deere in focus today
  • Brent crude weakens on Trump’s push for peace in Ukraine
  • BATS outlook disappoints as noose tightens on cigarettes
  • Nestle cooks up a solid set of results
  • Barclays sets positive tone for UK bank earnings

Derren Nathan, head of equity research, Hargreaves Lansdown:

UK GDP for...

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Commodity rollercoaster continues – a fortnight on from the invasion of Ukraine

Commodity rollercoaster continues – a fortnight on from the invasion of Ukraine

Susannah Streeter

10 March 2022

Price moves since the invasion began

  • Brent crude up 18%
  • Wheat up 15%
  • Nickel up 91%
  • Palladium up 32%
  • Gold up 4%
  • Bitcoin up1.%  
  • FTSE 100 down 1%
  • DAX down 2.4%

Susannah Streeter senior investment and markets analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown:

“The white knuckle ride for commodities continues as investors speculate about the latest sharp moves on the diplomatic and economic front in reaction to...

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Losses accelerate on FTSE 100 as commodities rocket in price and spectre of stagflation hovers

Losses accelerate on FTSE 100 as commodities rocket in price and spectre of stagflation hovers

Susannah Streeter
  • Oil and gas rocket in price as Russian energy ban mooted.
  • FTSE 100. DAX and CAC 40 losses accelerate on the open.
  • Travel, banking and retail stocks hit hard amid worries.
  • Difficult decisions ahead of central bank policymakers.

Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown:

‘’As oil and gas rockets in price and worries about the effect on global growth...

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