Balfour Beatty Plc  (LSE:BBY) Trading around 726 at time of writing.

#Gold #Nasdaq The headline below certainly caught our interest. As the owner of a 1970’s electric guitar signed by all the members of Slade, it’s probable an accusation of being a fan of the group would be fair. And suddenly, with “Construction News” reporting the band are leading their efforts in the UK regions, makes a lot of sense, after all the senior decision makers in all these councils were also doubtless Slade fans back in the day.

Alas, it was another reason to distrust a headline. The truth was someone called Kay Slade had become their new MD. She looks nice but probably was not born when Slade outsold the Beatles… But doubtless, many conversations with her begin with “Merry Christmas !!!”, which has probably become an irritant over her life.

Balfour Beatty share price, obviously trading at all time high levels, still surprises us with some useful Big Picture potentials.

Above 736p currently indicates the chance of triggering movement to an initial 886p with our secondary, of bettered, at 904p. The close proximity of these target levels certainly indicates the potential of a ceiling level. Om the distant future, we can also indicate  a future 1030p as exerting a distant attraction.

 

Our alternate scenario, if things decide to go wrong, suggests weakness below 74p would now be required to provoke reversals to an initiatl 694 qith our secondary, if broken, working out at a hopeful bottom of 665p.

 

FUTURES


FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
9:52:25PM BRENT 6378.5
9:55:12PM GOLD 4670.48 4566 4511 4451 4625 4692 4721 4827 4591
10:12:56PM FTSE 10180 Success
10:16:30PM STOX50 5918.7 Shambles
10:19:56PM GERMANY 24941.9
10:22:16PM US500 6877.9
10:24:02PM DOW 48960.9
10:27:32PM NASDAQ 25243.4 25085 25039 24789 25195 25265 25319 25396 25175
10:30:18PM JAPAN 53475 53082 53049 52563 53455 53755 53970 54266 53497

 

19/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10195 points. Change of -0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,701,087,965 a change of -48.92%
16/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10235 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,203,782,063 a change of 3.12%
15/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10238 points. Change of 0.53%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,925,069,676 a change of 39.46%
14/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10184 points. Change of 0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,399,572,065 a change of -4.73%
13/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10137 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,717,140,321 a change of 16.41%
12/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10140 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,770,093,543 a change of -6.73%
9/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10124 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,186,252,560 a change of -4.13%

SUCCESS above means both FAST & SLOW targets were met. ‘CESS means just the FAST target met and probably the next time it is exceeded, movement to the SLOW target shall commence.

Our commentary is in two sections. Immediately below are today’s updated comments. If our commentary remains valid, the share can be found in the bottom section which has a RED heading. Hopefully, this will mean you no longer need to flip back through previous reports. HYPERLINKS DISABLED IN THIS VERSION

Please remember, all prices are mid-price (halfway between the Buy and Sell). When we refer to a price CLOSING above a specific level, we are viewing the point where we can regard a trend as changing. Otherwise, we are simply speculating on near term trading targets. Our website is www.trendsandtargets.com.

UPDATE. We often give an initial and a secondary price. If the initial is exceeded, we still expect it to fall back but the next time the initial is bettered, the price should continue to the secondary. The converse it true with price drops.

We can be contacted at info@trendsandtargets.com. Spam filters set to maximum so only legit emails get through…


Section One – Outlook Updated Today. Click here for Section Two – Outlook Remains Valid shares

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