Market Insight

DAILY MARKET REPORT – 17/04/2025Some further upward movement seen in yesterdays session, seemingly without any clear rationale as to a particular driver.Indeed, some news surrounding Venture Global LNG to begin commercial operations after a 3 year commissioning phase and the European Commission seeking to find legal options to…

DAILY MARKET REPORT – 16/04/2025An unwinding of Mondays small gains seen in yesterdays session as the market ‘holds station’ after the whirlwind of the last few weeks.Whilst we wait for the next dramatic turn of events, likely a geopolitical one, the markets turn more towards the fundamentals which currently show…

DAILY MARKET REPORT – 15/04/2025A slightly bullish start to the week seen in yesterdays session.US officials have said that negotiations on trade deals, including those with the European Union, are making good progress – whilst they temporarily sit on 10% tariffs for 90 days.Meanwhile European countries are starting to realise…

DAILY MARKET REPORT – 14/04/2025Not a great deal of movement to end last week, after yet another rollercoaster of sessions seen in the previous days.Much of the movement was of course related to the impact of President Trumps tariffs, which are now on pause for 90 days at 10% whilst…

DAILY MARKET REPORT – 11/04/2025Despite showing plenty of upside early on in yesterdays session, as markets reacted to President Trump announcing a 90 day pause in full tariffs being applied, there is still a 10% baseline application and 25% on motor vehicles still in force.After the initial knee-jerk upwards movement,…

DAILY MARKET REPORT – 10/04/2025Markets showed yet more downside in yesterdays session as the trade war with China escalated with both sides adding further additional tariffs to each other.That was of course until after market close when President Trump announced that, with the exception of China, all those countries that…

DAILY MARKET REPORT – 09/04/2025More downside seen yesterday as, despite financial markets initially showing some promise of recovery, it seems China are set on holding firm with their 34% retaliatory tariffs and so the additional 50% from the US has come into effect.Overnight Asian financial markets have shown decline, as…

DAILY MARKET REPORT – 08/04/2025A weak start to the markets at the open seen yesterday but strengthened later on in the session as countries started to accept the US standing strong on its tariffs and comments appeared to show that most were seeking to ‘do a deal’ in order to…

DAILY MARKET REPORT – 07/04/2025Markets had a further hard push on Friday as fears resulting from the outcome of President Trumps tariff announcement took hold.Over the weekend plenty of companies were making decisions, with JLR announcing they would pause exports to the US for a month. Countries around the world…