UK – retail sales –

Market Report: Global investors try their hardest to look past the latest US tariff news

Matt Britzman
  • FTSE 100 opens at new all-time high
  • Entain’s CEO drama
  • Tui’s strong quarter slightly dampened by softening demand
  • UK retail sales top forecasts in January
  • US futures dip as Trump signs in new tariffs
  • OpenAI in the headlines
  • Oil prices rise on supply concerns

Matt Britzman, senior equity analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown:

“UK markets are shrugging off Trump’s latest tariff storm, with the FTSE 100 rising at the open, extending gains from yesterday to reach another all-time high. But the...

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Stocks weak overnight in US and Asia, Fed turns increasingly hawkish and UK Retail Sales fall by more than expected in March

22 April 2022 – Comment from Steve Clayton, HL Select Fund Manager:

“Stocks were weak overnight in the USA and Asia. Once more Tech shares led the way lower, with the Nasdaq Composite index losing 2% in value, whilst the broader S%P 500 index lost half that much. Tokyo saw the Nikkei index slide 1.6% with a similar fall in Australian stocks. Futures markets are indicating a bumpy start to trading in Europe.

Rising inflation is undermining bond prices – the yield on UK 10 year government bonds has...

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