Friday Close and Weekend Wrap: 23 November

Key Points: US indices close in the red DXY unchanged at 92.35 Brexit deal 95% done according to EU Fridays US session was a mix of hope and disappointment in numerous areas with US fiscal stimulus still driving price. All major indices closed in the red but less than 1% whilst the Russell closed in […]

Overnight Market Wrap: 20 November

Key Points: Risk sentiment turns positive on proposed stimulus talks USD weaker as DXY back to support at 92.20 BTC reaches 18200 for first time since Dec 2017 The Nasdaq bounced back during the US session as Tesla pushed to new ATH and news that the Democrats and Republicans are planning to get back to […]

Overnight Market Wrap: 19 November

Key Points: Risk slips into the US close as NY announces further restrictions BTC surges to 18,500 US fiscal stimulus talks at a standstill US indices have all slipped during the US session with DJ & S&P500 both -1.16% and the Nasdaq faring slightly better at -0.82%. The Dow looked like it wanted to press […]

Overnight Market Wrap: 18 November

Key Points: BTC surges towards $18,000 USD slightly weaker with DXY at 92.40 Risk sentiment sours and moves lower Markets euphoria around further vaccine news tapered off during the US session with major indices closing in the red, the Russell the exception closing at a new all-time record high. The S&P500 closed down almost 0.5% […]

Overnight Market Wrap: 17 November

Key Points: DJA and S&P500 soar to new all time highs Moderna announces 94.5% efficacy in vaccine trials Several US states announce further lockdown restrictions As expected further good news was unleashed on the world yesterday as Moderna announced 94.5% efficacy on their vaccine trials, beating Pfizer’s 90% last week. That leaves room for another […]

Friday close and Weekend Wrap: 16 November

Key Points: US coronavirus daily cases escalate to almost 200,000 Risk sentiment improves to close out the week US consumer confidence misses expectations US consumer confidence slipped to 77 from 82 expected but was largely shrugged off as markets still try to digest the potential vaccine news and how long it will take to distribute. […]

Overnight Market Wrap: 13 November

Key Points: US jobless claims better than expected Risk remains soft with all major US indices lower USD mixed, DXY remains around 93.00 Once again stocks dominated markets with all major indices in the red, the Nasdaq for the 3rd time in four days. Some profit taking was also seen in Dow Jones which couldn’t […]

Overnight Market Wrap: 12 November

Key Points: No Brexit deal this week as talks continue Nasdaq bounces back 2% DXY creeps higher to 93.00 With the US bond market closed for Veterans Day market volatility was contained. The switching between tech stocks and those that have been hit hard due to Covid reversed somewhat during the US session as the […]

Overnight Market Wrap: 11 November

Key Points: Longer dated US yields tick up Move from tech sector stocks continues with Nasdaq -1.37% Trump administration remains defiant and continues to fight result A sort of calm returned to markets after Mondays session. Dow was up just under 1% but S&P500 and Nasdaq closed in the red with tech under pressure once […]

Overnight Market Wrap: 10 November

Key Points: Global stocks rally on Biden win and Pfizer vaccine news Gold falls over $100 on the day USD slightly stronger as DXY moves to 92.80 An extremely volatile day for US stocks had seen a huge rally on the open after the futures soared on the back of Pfizer announcing their Covid19 vaccine […]