Shares and Markets
Shares and Markets - May 14, 2016 23:37
UK Markets Reverse, Results Round-Up 14th May
It was a day of a straight reversal on the main UK markets Friday, with an early fall being retraced back into the late afternoon with the FTSE 100 closing up at 6138.50. A slight bit of strength in Crude Oil towards the end of the session helped add to gains. Some results were out […]
Has The Rally In Mining Shares Finished?
If there’s a story in the stock market in 2016 it most certainly it has to include shares on the mining index. Since the turn of the year mining stocks have been extremely bullish, partly due to a rise across the board in commodities, particularly base and precious metals among other minerals. Also contributing to […]
Is Santander Share Price Due A Rise?
The Banking Sector is weak, with Barclays, Lloyds and HSBC all near the 2015 lows. But Santander share price made a sharp move from its low of 352 last week, could this share be ready to buy before any pre-festive rally? Santander’s share price seems to have been pulled back by the sentiment within the […]
US Markets: Figures Beat Expectations and Dollar Continues Astounding Run Higher
US Markets were up for a 6th consecutive week with the prospect of a rate hike becoming increasingly likely, the date being earmarked by many as December 16th. Speculation of a rate hike has affected the Bond markets, with falls accelerating on Friday with a 10 base point fall on T-Bond. Wall Street closed with […]
WANdisco Share Price When Big Data is Booming
For those who don’t know, Big Data is big business. Its data so large that traditional database tools find it difficult to process. Utilizing and managing big data properly allows companies to get accurate statistics and results by performing complex analytic tasks. It can be used in many industries, from fraud protection to managing traffic. […]
Glaxosmithkline Share Price Rebound Halts On Slower Sales
The sharp mid-April rebound in Glaxosmithkine share price was halted yesterday when the company announced a fall in profits. GSK the UK drug giant is embroiled in a staff corruption scandal from the allegation that senior staff had used bribery in an effort to boost sales. The company reported that Advair was losing market share […]
Royal Mail Share Price Will Not Be Investigated
Since the floatation last November Royal Mail share price has risen as much as 87%, giving investors, which were lucky enough to grab a holding from the IPO, a decent return. However, it’s a much mooted subject that the Government priced the stock too low, and the UK tax payer lost out, to the tune […]
GKP Share Price: Is This A Slide That Can Be Stopped?
Recently Gulf Keystone Petroleum announced settlement of $250m in debt financing. However, the announcement did not bring back investors as GKP share price remains near the multi-year low, and at 92p at the time of writing. Once a star for many market commentators, GKP is a Kurdistan based Oil firm which has recently announced a […]
SXX Share Price: Global Potash Exploration Loses Investor Attention
Sirius Minerals is listed on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market. It is a small, but intriguing, Potash exploration and mining company. Of late, SXX share price has been on a slow and gradual slide from its 2014 high of around 0.15p. But why is this and what has this company got to offer? Firstly, […]
BP Share Price: Are The Risks About To Increase?
It was covered extensively, but there is no doubt that the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico was a crashing body slam for the BP share price. But aside from this, are there other possible risks to the price on the horizon? Firstly, there is an obvious exposure to the effects of any sanctions that […]
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