24 June 2022 Higher end grocers weaker in early trade as the penny-pinching habits rise. Brent crude drops below $110 amid global recession fears. The pound hovers around $1.22 brushing…
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY HIGHLIGHTS June 23 2022 Global Markets Addressing the Senate Banking Committee in the context of the Fed’s semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, Fed Chair Powell…
Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown ‘’The latest temperature check of the UK economy shows the mercury rising again, with no end yet in sight to feverish price…
The Governments of Finland and Sweden, Seas at Risk, Ocean Care, Clean Shipping Coalition, Clean Arctic Alliance together with the Technical Research Center of Finland (VTT) and Research Institutes of…
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY HIGHLIGHTS June 21 2022 Global Markets ECB’s President Lagarde affirmed a 25bps rate hike in July followed by further rate hikes in September and beyond, the magnitude…
ECB to design new anti-fragmentation instrument By Lewis McLellan The return of inflation and a backdrop of rising rates have led to a rapid widening of European government bond spreads.…
Market report: Chilly start to the week for financial markets as worries persist about a global downturn Lacklustre start for the FTSE 100 as chill descends over global markets. Bitcoin…
Bungled monetary policy raises stakes for issuers and investors By Philip Moore Inflation and geopolitics have become the primary concerns of global public investors, supplanting the winding-down of central bank…
The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) was up 116 points since yesterday and now stands at 2,578 points. Same was also up 258 points since last Friday the 10th of June…
Leading brokers open up IPO and secondary fund-raising markets to retail investors AJ Bell and Hargreaves Lansdown launch new retail share offer service The service enables: Increased retail investor participation…
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY HIGHLIGHTS June 15 2022 Global Markets All eyes today are on the FOMC monetary policy outcome and Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference afterwards, with money…
Nervousness among investors ahead of US Federal Reserve meeting. Chinese industrial data shows recovery but concerns over Covid curbs remain. US bond yield curve inverted – one indicator a US…
The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) fall continued both on a daily as well as on a weekly basis. Geopolitics given the Ukrainian mess will bother us for the foreseeable future……
European indices slide after falls on Wall Street Inflation causing a fresh jump in anxiety Traders await the US Consumer Price Index for May Fresh Covid curbs in China helps…
Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown: ‘’The bunting has stayed in position for the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 with a feel good factor rippling through the…
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY HIGHLIGHTS June 6 2022 Global Markets Oil continues its rising streak on Monday, after Saudi Arabia raised prices for its crude sales in July, with Brent…
The BDI (Baltic Dry Index), due to the public holidays for HM the Queen’s Platinium Jubilee, wasn’t published on 2 and 3rd of June, hence the figures are those of…
ATHENS, GREECE, June 03, 2022 – OceanPal Inc. (NASDAQ: OP) (the “Company”), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of vessels, today reported net income of $414 thousand and…
FTSE 100 opens up just 0.2% as EU cuts off most Russian oil Chinese economic data not as bad as feared Value chain B&M sees sales fall 2.4% Brent crude…
The Dry Market had one of its worse weeks with the BDI (Baltic Dry Index) diving down to 2,681 points, thanks to the volatile Capes – losing 660 points since…
ATHENS, GREECE, May 24, 2022 – Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), (the “Company”), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels, today reported…
71% of people picked up at least one new habit during the pandemic. The most common habits we picked up over the past two years were eating out less, going…
The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) went over and above the 3,300 points and now reads 3,344, thanks once again for the Capes’ excellent performance; the Wets remain an enigma. The…
20 May 2022 Susannah Streeter senior investment and markets analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown: ‘’The FTSE 100 has been lifted by a surprise 1.4% rise in retail sales as for now consumers…
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY HIGHLIGHTS May 20 2022 Global Markets Japan’s April CPI shot up to 2.5%YY from 1.2%YY in March, increasing at the fastest rate since October 2014; in…