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Global markets were higher on Friday, with Europe up strongly while the US market once again edged higher. There was positive economic news in terms of US monthly payrolls (employment data) which strengthened the US Federal Reserve’s bias toward tighter m

Global markets were little changed overnight and traded in a narrow band. Investors remain focussed on quarterly profit reports especially as the market has been counting on earnings to support the relatively high valuations for equities. Overnight on Wa

Global markets were generally lower overnight, although Apple shares lifted the US Dow Jones market index to a fresh high. Apple shares jumped +5% to a record high powered by healthy iPhone sales which boosted investor sentiment. Investors remain focusse

Global markets were higher overnight as volatility remains low. There were strong gains across Europe while optimism was somewhat more contained on Wall Street ahead of Apple’s results after the closing bell. In addition, the latest US economic data cont

Global markets traded in a narrow range overnight as investors await a heavy week in terms of earnings announcements in the US from the likes of Apple and Tesla. As we touched on yesterday US profit figures have been sound so far, with 73% of major US com

Global markets were generally lower on Friday although the US Dow Jones index managed to touch a new high. US quarterly profit reports continue to dominate news flow especially as investors have been counting on earnings to support the relatively high val

Global markets were generally lower on Friday although the US Dow Jones index managed to touch a new high. US quarterly profit reports continue to dominate news flow especially as investors have been counting on earnings to support the relatively high val

Global markets were mixed overnight as Wall Street reversed gains in early afternoon trading on Thursday as tech stocks, including heavyweights Apple and Google parent Alphabet, edged lower. A Tourism boom across Australia and New Zealand is one of our k

Global markets continued to rally overnight as investors digested more quarterly earnings figures and the US Federal Reserve made an interest rate announcement. Wall Street was in positive territory and at record highs before the Fed announcement given a