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BP share price up

BP PLC share price is up 3.2% at £4.60 as on 01/08/17 at: 11.25am after good results issued today – better than analysts expected.

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Rolls Royce Group PLC share price up

Rolls Royce Group PLC reported positive earnings with pre-tax profits up. Its share price was up by 9.2% at £9.69 on (01/08/17 at: 11:00). Good news and something for investors to be happy about.

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UK Interest Rates & Service Sector PMI data due on Thursday 3rd August

On Thursday 3rd August 2017 the Bank of England (BOE) is due to announce the rate decision. PMI figures for the service sector are also due. Three sets of data are due out on Thursday (03/08/17) – interest rate decision from the Bank of England (BOE), the quarterly inflation report …

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UK Manufacturing PMI pushes up

Latest survey data of purchasing managers out today (01/08/17) from IHS Market/CIPS show its index rose from 54.2 in June to 55.1 in July. PMI data for the service sector due on Thursday 3rd August 2017

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Energy price increases

Centrica PLC – British Gas to you and me, have announced price increases of around 12.5% – Apparently this increase is based on ‘lower’ wholesale energy costs, higher distribution costs and government policy? ‘Lower wholesale’ costs – and prices still go up? Is that right? If you check back through …

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Asian market up

The NIKKEI index closed just short of 20000 & the Hand Seng reached a two year high following the DOW up! Australia keeps interest rate at 1.5%

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Another record high for Dow Jones

The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached yet another record high today closing at 21891 – That’s now four record highs on four consecutive days. 22000 is just on the horizon.

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Snap shares lower

Snap Inc. share price lower at $13.45 (31/07/17 at 18:45) down from the IPO price of $17.00 – Where now for the Snapchat owner?

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UK housing market activity slowing

UK house purchases fell with fewer mortgages approved in June – a nine month low. New buyer enquiries were down.

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FTSE 100 Performers Today

FTSE 100 best performing stock today was: Severn Trent PLC (SVT) – up 4.1% FTSE 100 worst performing stock today was: Imperial Brands PLC (IMB) – down 5.9%

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FTSE 100 companies going ex dividend this week

FTSE 100 companies going ex dividend this week on 28th September 2017… Worldpay Group PLC (WPG) Intertek Group PLC (ITRK) Smurfit Kappa Group PLC (SKG) Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets PLC Hargreaves Lansdown PLC  

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Federal Reserve meeting update

Federal Reserve meeting update. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday (20/09/17) announced it will start reducing the size of its balance sheet. At something like $4.5 trillion it will now, after nine years finally start reducing the balance in October 2017 on a monthly basis. US interest rates were held at …

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Dow Jones Industrial Average up again

Dow Jones Industrial Average up again I don’t know how many more times I will report on the rise of the Dow but it did it yet again yesterday (19/09/17). A new high was reached and at close the DJIA was: 22370 The outcome of the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting …

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Record breakers

Record breakers. The record breaking highs just keep on coming as the Dow Jones Industrial Average yet again sets another record high on 18/09/17. The Dow Jones closed up at: 22331 The S&P 500 closed up at: 2503 The NASDAQ closed up at: 6454 For how much longer can these …

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Dow Jones flying high again

Dow Jones flying high again New record high set by the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The DJIA closed up at: 22268 – yet another new record high!

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FTSE 100 companies going ex dividend this week

FTSE 100 companies going ex dividend this week on Thursday 21st September 2017 Old Mutual PLC (OML) Taylor Wimpey PLC (TW.    

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Sterling continues upward march

Sterling continues upward march. The pound bashed through $1.36 against the dollar on Friday (am 15/09/17) as the FTSE 100 falls back. Will it hold on to these gains?  

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J D Wetherspoon reports

J D Wetherspoon reports. End of year accounts from J D Wetherspoon report sales and profits up! Profit before tax is reported at: £102.8 million (up from £80.60 million in 2016). Sales up by: 4% (like-for-like). Where else can you get such good value? J D Wetherspoon PLC (JDW) is …

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Asian stock markets end the week subdued

Asian stock markets end the week subdued Investors appear to largely shrug off the latest provocation from North Korea as another missile is fired over Japan. Japan’s NIKKEI index closed up to end the week at: 19909 and South Korea’s KOSPI index closed up at: 2386. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng …