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DAILY MARKET REPORT – 04/04/2025As we know when Donald Trump speaks it usually has a big impact and his tariff announcement on Wednesday evening has done exactly that.Whilst financial markets saw declines, mostly on the back of concerns for the impact on the economy, investment and jobs being affected, energy…

DAILY MARKET REPORT – 03/04/2025Yesterday saw an unwinding of the previous sessions upward movement.With little progress on peace talks, publicly at least, the rumour mill of what may or may not be included in any deal made seems to have run out of steam for now.Instead, President Trump has been…

DAILY MARKET REPORT – 02/04/2025An upward jolt seen yesterday, perhaps as the market starts to think about the fundamentals of what is ahead.As we reach the end of winter and start to think about the plan to refill gas storages, there is quite a hill to climb in order to…

DAILY MARKET REPORT – 01/04/2025Welcome along to April.A muted start to the week seen in yesterdays session as the various recent news stories give us little to progress the market in either direction.Concerns around gas storage refilling ahead of next winter continue to play out with a third of capacity…

DAILY MARKET REPORT – 31/03/2025A quiet end to a week that saw little movement overall seen on Friday.Whilst much of the focus is on progress around peace talks, it seems clear that there are gaps that seem difficult to close in those ongoing discussions.President Trump appears to be losing patience…

DAILY MARKET REPORT – 28/03/2025A fairly quiet session seen yesterday, whilst the market deciphers all of the mixed messaging out there.Some European leaders met yesterday and continue to double-down on support for Ukraine, potentially including some form of peacekeeping force in the country. At the same time there is plenty of…

DAILY MARKET REPORT – 27/03/2025Whilst in theory there appears to be some form of agreement on a partial ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine – to at least avoid energy infrastructure – both sides continue to claim the other has broken the agreement multiple times.Further developments in the safe passage of…

DAILY MARKET REPORT – 26/03/2025There seemed to be mixed messages coming out of the talks held in Saudi Arabia, albeit with a positive undertone throughout the day, keeping the market guessing.However later on it seemed clearer that much was discussed and agreements in principle reached which appeared to give the…

DAILY MARKET REPORT – 25/03/2025A flat day overall to get this week started after an eventful end to last week, although the market did fluctuate a little up and down throughout the session.Much of the anticipation over progress of peace talks between the US, Russia and Ukraine held in Saudi…