Trading the British Pound

One of the most challenging financial environments in over a decade faces the UK gilts market and chancellor Rachel Reeves this week.

The UK's borrowing costs have just shot past the highs we saw during the Truss budget crisis of 2022: what next for the pound?

Investors of all types are piling into surging Bitcoin following Donald Trump's election victory, but is there a risk of price correction?

No Halloween Horror from Rachel Reeves in this year's autumn budget, but is it enough to restore confidence in UK stocks and bonds?

As the US election noise ramps up, traders also face the challenge of messy US nonfarm payrolls and a massive week of US corporate earnings

As the dust settles from the UK's election campaign, how have markets reacted in the aftermath and what will traders focus on?

The pound's gains come despite inflation being reported as at its slowest pace in more than two and a half years.

The FX market has been subdued, to say the least. We explore why that may be, and what might spur a resurgence in volatility

As interest rates hikes impact the economy, less than two in five UK retail investors have faith in the Bank of England’s decision making.

We take a closer look at the current UK inflation numbers ahead of the August Bank of England meeting: should you be optimistic?

While the Fed stepped away from raising rates this month, the ECB pushed higher, creating new dynamics in the GBP/EUR trade.

The latest hike by the Bank of England has divided analysts and economists and prompted selling of the pound.

The pound moved higher after the UK’s GDP data came in slightly above expectations but the currency still remains fragile.

Our regular end of year look at the potential risks in capital markets active investors will need to look out for in 2023.

Euronext pushed ahead of the LSE in value last month on sustained sterling weakness, low investment, strong luxury goods performance in France

Experts talk to The Armchair Trader about the main impact on investors and on the wider financial markets of the UK autumn budget.

Bevan Blair, Chief Investment Officer of One Four Nine Portfolio Management, looks at the current contradictions in monetary policy.

With such lively news flow and so many conflicting cross-currents, we look at how traders could act into the new week

the connection between British politics and the capital markets will almost certainly result in increased volatility for the GBP this week.

The number of people trading GBP/USD increased by 23% in Q3 vs Q2, with UK and Middle East traders accounting for the largest volume.

Trader educator Chris Tubby takes a look at what has been happening in the forex and energy markets recently.

After a catastrophic mini-budget speech on Friday, many investors are wondering what the Bank of England can do to repair things.

All eyes are on Central Bankers who are out in force this week from the Fed, ECB and BoE as traders look for further strategic insight

With interest rate futures pricing 65bp of hikes, this week’s Bank of England meeting is likely to spart plenty of movement in GBP

With Liz Truss confirmed as the new PM of the UK, we look at the prospects for sterling, tax, the economy and interest rates.

Looking at the calendar this week, Aussie wages and employment, and UK CPI jump out as event key risks and potential price catalysts

The Bank of England has raised rates again, but what are the implications for the GBP and the UK economy we ask?

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show the UK economy grew by 0.5% in May - higher than the rate of growth many were expecting.

Boris Johnson's resignation gives temporary relief for the pound but uncertainty continues as underlying economic issues persist for next PM

More short side action on sterling at the back end of the week, although FOMC minutes will also be a factor on Thursday.

With the cost of living crisis going from bad to worse, it didn’t make sense to continue offering pay hikes in pounds says TallyMoney CEO.

The pound has been selling off this week as forex traders reckon the Bank of England is not going to raise rates.

A solid set of UK employment figures demonstrates the country is emerging smoothly from furlough, but what about that inflation?

Tony Cross looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the US, UK and Eurozone for the week of 4th October, 2021

The FOMC and the BoE meeting are firmly in our sights now, and positions and exposures will need to be managed accordingly

Economists were taken by surprise this week as UK inflation dropped back, although GBP and FTSE were largely undecided.

Giles Coghlan, Chief Currency Strategist at HYCM, explains why it is important for traders to read bank statements in more detail.

Tony Cross looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the US, UK and Eurozone for the week of July 19th, 2021

Central banks are starting to feel the heat: the latest CPI read out of the US Tuesday has many traders wondering what from the Fed?

Tony Cross looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the US, UK and Eurozone for the week of July 12th, 2021

The Pound and FTSE were both up despite worse than expected economic growth figures out of the UK this morning.

As the FCA puts the heat on Binance, we take a quick tour of three FCA regulated solutions still providing crypto trading in the UK.

Spectrum Markets has published its SERIX European retail investor sentiment data for May, including bearish sentiment towards the UK pound.

Brace yourselves for a busy week ahead with Scottish elections and a much watched Bank of England MPC meeting as UK economy picks up.

There will be a lot of focus on Wednesday's budget but we are not expecting too many surprises - can Sunak afford to rock a boat in a storm?

It looks like the Bank of England is slowly taking the idea of negative interest rates off the table and sterling traders like what they hear.

The GBP/NZD currency pair broke trend at the end of the year as the Reserve Bank flirted with negative interest rates and the USD applied pressure

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 11th January

New data from fund manager FJP Investments shows that many investors will make changes to their portfolios if the Bank of England goes to negative rates.

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 14th December

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 7th December

The US Dollar looks under pressure as the Fed tries to print its way out of COVID; so what are your options as its dominance is threatened?

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 30th November

Selling a bit of time over Christmas could force governments into buying disproportionately far more next year at great cost to the economy and society

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 23rd November

Analyst Chris Weston looks at the likelihood of a big GBP move as the Brexit trade deal deadline looms and what traders can expect in the coming months

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 16th November

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 26th October

Olivier Desbarres explores three possible broad outcomes with very different implications for Sterling as the Brexit negotiations deadline approaches

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 19th October

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 12th October

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 5th October

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 28th September

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 21st September

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 14th September

Brexit tensions and resulting headlines have come to the fore this week after the UK government published legislation on Wednesday which threatens to undermine the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 7th September

The resignation of the Japanese prime minister has given the pound a further boost against the yen but how long can this go on for?

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 31st August

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 24th August

Sterling finally seems to be losing some of its momentum against the USD as Brexit talks start to run out of runway and traders get worried.

The US economy is heading for a fiscal cliff and the dollar index and gold price are responding accordingly as investors scramble for safe havens.

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 29th June

Find out where the UK economy is heading through the “Anatomy of economy on lockdown life-support” - the first of five Fixed Income Research & Macro Strategy reports produced by Olivier Desbarres

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 22nd June

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 15th June

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 11th May

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 4th May

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 27th April

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 20th April

Seismic daily currency moves have given way to a range-bound US Dollar in the past fortnight with a number of major currencies currently trading broadly in the middle of comparatively narrow ranges

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 13th April

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 30th March

Markets, it would seem, are giving greater billing to imaginative fiscal measures than to old “tried-and-tested monetary measures. All eyes are now on the US Senate

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 23rd March

Olivier Desbarres of 4X Global Research reflects on developments in global currency markets after the week that was for forex traders.

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 16th March

The draconian measures which governments have enacted in recent weeks to stop the coronavirus epidemic are having a disproportionately negative impact.

Last week was a dramatic one for global currency markets as central banks began to respond to the anticipated slowdown in the global economy. What can FX traders expect next?

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 9th March

The draconian measures which governments have enacted in recent weeks to stop the coronavirus epidemic are having a disproportionately negative impact.

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 2nd March

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 24th February

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 17th February

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 10th February

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 3rd February

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 27th January

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 20th January

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 13th January

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 6th January

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 23rd December

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 16th December

Investment writer Tony Cross picks out three things you need to know about the markets. This morning, Tony's focus is on GBP, the FTSE 100 and Hollywood Bowl

Brokers are warning traders to expect extremely high levels of volatility in sterling and FTSE over the next 48 hours as UK voters go to the polls.

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 9th December

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 1st December

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 25th November

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 11th November

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 4th November

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 28th October

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 21st October.

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 14th October.

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 7th October.

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 30th September

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 23rd September

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 16th September

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 9th September

We take a quick look at what is happening in financial markets on Friday 6th September.

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 2nd September

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 12th August

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 5th August

Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell looks at the macroeconomic picture and its effect on the markets in the US, UK and the Eurozone for the week of 22nd July

The short trade against sterling has been yielding plenty of profit for traders over May and into June. It is being driven by further comments about a hard Brexit coming out of Westminster. Has the pound got further to fall though?

Many investors in UK government bonds are becoming increasingly worried about the prospects of a Labour party election victory and what the implications are for gilts.

European financial markets could be in for some turbulence in June and it has nothing to do with Brexit or the China-US trade war, according to one hedge fund manager.

The results of the European elections have been largely priced-in for the Pound, but happens next will determine if Sterling will prolong its run of losses

The pound could benefit from a relief rally – but little else has changed - as Theresa May is forced…

The Turkish lira was focusing mind on emerging markets currency trading desks this morning, as the government in Ankara sought…

Tonight will see an unusual process take place in Parliament, with the use of ‘indicative votes’. Here are five possible scenarios for the Pound

How much could the UK pound fall? Why? Could it bounce back? What’s the long-term expectation for the pound if…

 AxiTrader Analyst, James Hughes looks ahead to next week After what has been a huge few days for markets with…

 AxiTrader Analyst, James Hughes on The Bank of England's interest rate decision this week We have what could be a…

AxiTrader Analyst, James Hughes looks at the economic data due out this week in the UK and how it may affect the Pound

AxiTrader Analyst, James Hughes looks at the effect on the major currencies of upcoming economic data and political turmoil

Poor retail sales and economic growth in Q1 has the market believing the Bank will shy away from a rate rise on Thursday.

Britain’s vote to leave the European Union has had a major impact on world financial markets

Three things you need to know from the markets this morning from investment writer, Tony Cross

Sainsbury's post Christmas trading update has failed to excite as investors focus on UK production data. Meanwhile, the S&P breaks more records

US Tax Reform Bill hold up keeps investors waiting as FTSE treads water. The Dollar is unmoved while the Pound awaits BoE Parliament address

A stronger Pound holds back the FTSE while US tax reform concerns offset positive economic news for the Dollar

As the Bank of England ponders its next moves, we think inflation will be a major factor for traders to consider in 2018

The US tax reform Bill continues to dominate with the FTSE following Wall Street's negative close. Meanwhile, the Pound struggles to shake its Brexit worries

FTSE up with the Pound falling on news of a hold up in Brexit talks while the passing of the US Tax Reform Bill boosts the Dollar and the Dow Jones

FTSE and Pound look to UK manufacturing data for direction; OPEC agreement boosts Oil and US Equities rise in anticipation of tax cuts approval

The FTSE is down on the back of a stronger Pound while the Dollar shows signs of improvement. Bitcoin receives a boost and Tech-stocks recoil

US and European politics dominate this morning despite North Korea's best efforts to spoil the party with their latest missile test

It's the Dollar that has been dominant in early trading today

Britain's opposition party says it is planning for a major sell-off in the pound should it win the next election

A quick look at some interesting spread betting markets you may be ignoring on your trading platform

There is still plenty of potential disaster lying in wait in UK financial markets one year on, says Editor, Stuart Fieldhouse

The Euro and Sterling in focus for investors as ECB and BoE talk up possibility of interest rate hikes

The FTSE found buyers at Friday’s open, as the Bank of England meeting temporarily dented the appetite in the pound market

A snap election call has currency pundits revising their forecasts for the pound, but can it really go to $1.35?

Build up to this weekend's first round of the French Presidential election, the release of the Eurozone Manufacturing and Services PMI and UK's Retail Sales are all in today's mix

With two thirds of MPs required to approve a general election and the Labour party backing the move, it will likely be confirmed after Prime Minister’s Questions at midday

The services sector steps into focus this Wednesday, providing investors with another chance to assess the state of the UK economy

The main focus for both the FTSE 100 index and the Pound this morning will be the construction PMI data

The UK’s final fourth quarter GDP reading, German employment data and Eurozone inflation figures are due out later

Following yesterday's triggering of Article 50, there's little in the diary to give the markets real focus this morning

In focus today will be the UK’s triggering of Article 50 to commence divorce proceedings from the European Union

A light economic calendar today suggests investors focus will turn to the UK's triggering of Article 50

Buying a property abroad this year will be much more expensive than it has been historically

Inflation is the name of the game today with the UK markets keen to see what level the metric crept to last month

An empty economic calendar this morning has left the door open for last week’s trading trends to creep in

Having closed above 7400 for the first time in its history last night, the FTSE took a justified breather after the bell, starting the day relatively flat at yesterday’s highs

This evening’s Fed rate decision will claim top billing where markets are already factoring in another hike

A relatively empty economic calendar kept the UK market’s eyes firmly on macro concerns this Tuesday morning.

Dutch elections and Brexit will also be helping to churn up the markets as short positions reach 10 year low.

Things are off to an inauspicious start this Wednesday, investors perhaps not willing to show their hand until after the Spring Budget later today.

Investors are going to have to wait a bit longer for all the juicy stuff in the back end of the week

Despite a flurry of M&A action the European indices weren’t indulging in any excitement this Monday

Given the light macro calendar for data, the fallout from a busy weekend for corporate news will be on the agenda today

Most of the morning’s services data was absorbed by the forex markets this Friday, which didn’t do much for the red-tinged indices

PMI Services readings will be the order of the day alongside this afternoon’s raft of Federal Reserve speakers

Yesterday saw another Trump-inspired record finish on Wall Street but a calmer start to trading seen this morning

Investors simply weren’t interested in the European markets this Tuesday, saving their energy for a US-dominated afternoon

GBP dropped following a report over the weekend that claimed that Prime Minister May is preparing for Scotland to call for a new referendum in light of the Brexit decision

The main focus this Thursday morning was on the banking sector again. This time, it's Barclays, the latest to reveal its annual results

There was a lot to unpack in this morning’s 2nd estimate fourth quarter GDP report, something that has helped dampen the market’s good vibes

With little in the way of economic news, and no US open on the horizon, the European markets were a mixed bag this Monday

It's been a productive start to the new trading week after US bourses closed positive on Friday and despite a mixed session in Asia overnight

It's another light one for macro data today while day two of the G20 meeting of Foreign Ministers may provide some direction

For a morning that has seen the MSCI’s World Index hit a fresh all-time high, it hasn’t been very exciting

After the data drama of the past two days things look a bit quieter today. The focus is likely to be speakers at the meeting of G20 Foreign Ministers in Berlin

Following yesterday’s inflation increase the focus of this morning’s UK jobs report was rightly on wage growth – and the news wasn’t good

Inflation data in focus on both sides of the pond as growth improves against a backdrop of accommodative monetary policy

Inflation was the name of the game this morning, the latest figure out of the UK surging to its highest level since June 2014

After a pretty quiet week in the markets last week, investors will today get to grips with some key data releases that will offer some momentum

The US open only increased the swell in positive trading this Monday, the Dow Jones surging to yet another record peak

The markets are still being buoyed by the ‘phenomenal’ tax promises floated by Donald Trump last week, promises that helped send the Dow Jones to yet another record high

The market seems keen to build on yesterday’s last minute growth, investors’ interest piqued by Donald Trump’s promise of ‘something phenomenal in terms of tax’

The markets remained where they were just after the bell this Thursday, with little to shake things up as the morning progressed

Thursday morning continued the week’s string of data-less, largely news-less European sessions forcing investors to focus on the political issues buzzing around the continent

The forex markets dominated things this morning, with both the pound and euro having a rough time of it

By the looks of things Tuesday could rival Monday in the dullness stakes, with precious little new for the European markets to grapple with this morning

It’s hard to know what to say about the markets this morning, with Monday so far devoid of anything noteworthy

After a slow start there was a lot in play this Friday, and that’s before this afternoon’s non-farm jobs report from the US

You’d be forgiven for thinking the UK markets hadn’t opened this morning, as was the sluggishness of the FTSE and pound

Sterling suffered through the Bank of England’s ‘Super Thursday’ this afternoon, the currency displeased with what Carney and co. dished up

The pound became far more jittery as the morning progressed, much to the benefit of the FTSE

The UK markets started this morning in a jittery mood, investors waiting for the Bank of England’s latest ‘Super Thursday’

Decent manufacturing figures from China and Japan lifted the European indices ahead of their own PMIs this Wednesday morning

Despite a weaker pound AND a huge increase from Tesco the FTSE barely budged this Friday morning

With little on the economic agenda until this afternoon the pound saw little reason not to give back some of its earlier growth

The FTSE is still struggling to join in with the Trump rally this Thursday, the index floundering as it awaits the first glimpse at the UK’s fourth quarter GDP figure

While Trump pushes the global indices higher, the pound has been benefiting from the increasingly Brexit clarity following yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling

Following on from a late rally in the US last night, thanks to the second round of Trump executive orders, the markets looked a lot perkier this Wednesday morning

The Supreme Court’s Article 50 ruling failed to massively move the markets this Tuesday, with BT’s scandalous struggles drawing a lot of focus

It’s another big day for sterling, with the UK’s Supreme Court set to rule whether or not Theresa May and her Brexiteers can trigger Article 50 without first seeking parliamentary approval

The pound broke through the $1.24 ceiling this morning, climbing more than half a percent against the dollar to hit a one month high

Not a lot happened this morning beyond the pound gradually chipping away at the gains it has made since the start of the week

There isn’t much economic news on offer this Friday, as the world turns to watch America make a huge mistake and inaugurate Donald Trump

The markets got off to a familiarly flaccid start this Thursday, the main draw being this afternoon’s ECB meeting

Despite a couple of positive surprises the UK jobs report failed to change much this morning, the market’s continuing to trade in the shadow of yesterday’s Brexit speech from Theresa May

Continuing its topsy-turvy week the pound took a turn south this Wednesday ahead of the latest UK jobs report

As some expected the pound had worked out most of its negative feelings about Theresa May’s Brexit-intensions already

Despite Theresa May’s looming Brexit speech the pound has continued to perform fairly well this Tuesday, bolstered by a greater than forecast inflation increase

It’s another big day for the pound, with Tuesday’s economic calendar centred on sterling

There wasn’t much change this afternoon, the markets lacking the enlivening spark of a US open

Market News Focus remains on GBP at the start of this week after GBPUSD dropped 1% on the open yesterday…

Monday kicked off with a sterling bloodbath, the currency suffering from a severe case of the hard Brexits

Once again the FTSE managed to hit a fresh high in the least interesting way possible this Wednesday, creeping near 7300 off the back of a fresh bout of sterling-weakness

Given the lack of economic news it is no surprise that Monday’s Brexity trading has leaked into Tuesday, with a weak pound continuing to fuel a high-hitting FTSE

Market appears cautious in the early New Year

The FTSE can create a new record for the number of consecutive days it has ended a session at a new all-time high today

Be it Theresa May’s weekend interview or more general fears about the omnishambles of Britain’s ‘negotiating’ position with the EU, Brexit continued to drive sterling lower this morning

Friday’s US Non Farm Payroll report was slightly softer than expected but provided no big surprises

The FTSE failed to find any momentum this morning, hampered by a bloody retail sector and an increasingly sour set of commodity stocks

In the aftermath of the PMI release sterling jumped 0.6% against the euro, taking it back above 1.18 for the first time in a week and a half

A dearth of positive news has prevented the European indices from posting any growth this Wednesday

The European markets endured another slow start this Wednesday, continuing the week’s distinctly Santa-less trading

The European indices maintained a sluggish pace this Tuesday, with little to disturb the quiet pre-Christmas trading

The European markets got off to another slow start this Tuesday, investors struggling to find a reason to send the region’s indices any higher

The general lack of excitement continued this Monday afternoon, the US open bringing little fresh to the table

There was little change from the tone set at the start of the day, with the post-Fed rate hike reaction still dominating proceedings

Despite some strong figures there were a few things to fret over in the UK’s latest jobs report this Wednesday

Though this evening’s Federal Reserve meeting is Wednesday’s main draw, there is still a decent chunk of UK data to deal with this morning

There were some distant sleigh bells heard on the markets this Tuesday, the major indices all climbing higher as the day progressed

As expected October’s dip in UK inflation was proven to be an anomaly, with November’s reading coming in at a weak pound-inspired 2 year high of 1.2%

Sterling gained yesterday against the USD, recovering some of the ground lost last week as investors focus on a busy week of UK economic releases and the BoE policy meeting

Some more Monte dei Paschi drama brought bit of much-needed excitement to proceedings this afternoon, even if the wider market didn’t pay too much attention to the news

Things have become increasingly jittery this Thursday as investors await the result of this month’s ECB meeting

The Eurozone leapt into the spotlight this Monday morning, with Italy’s decision to vote ‘No’ to historic constitutional reforms creating a fresh headache for the euro

After a slow start the pound has begun to stretch its legs this Thursday, making the most of a quiet Thanksgiving for the dollar

The FTSE continued to barrel ahead this Tuesday as the pound began to shed some of the surprise growth it produced before yesterday’s close

This Wednesday the UK’s new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Phillip Hammond, delivers his first Autumn Statement

While the markets remained relatively placid there was still some big news from Europe this Tuesday morning

Compared to the recent drama the market has been treated (or should that be subjected) to this Monday has been…

The way trading has been this week it honestly seems like the market had collective amnesia between the end of…

The European markets haven’t really moved from the stalls they set out early in the session, with weariness from the FTSE joined by despair from the pound.

The divergence between FTSE and pound became even starker this Tuesday morning, each instrument lurching towards fresh highs and lows…

With less than two days to go until the results of the Brexit vote are released, the markets seem a bit calmer at time of writing