#FTSE #STOXX A surprise invitation to go see the new Superman movie provided a perfect waste of a few hours on Tuesday evening. The film itself was utter rubbish, nonsense designed to neither inform nor enlighten viewers. Instead, it provided a couple of hours of mindless entertainment, without taking itself seriously and falling into the trap Marvel movies discovered, when they decided their film series was important! A personal opinion is fairly simple, movies should offer escapism, a chance to escape the tedium of real life. And for now, with the markets treading water during the hell which is August, Superman provided exactly the escape needed. And importantly, one of the stars was a flying dog with a cape…
Talking of dogs, the last three years has seen some truly dreadful behaviour by Diageo share price, moving from the 40 quid level down to below 20 pounds, giving the visual impression of being a complete dog of a share, one which felt incapable of flying. It has been a dreadful journey, placing the share in very real danger of returning to levels not seen since 2009. Perhaps it shall prove the case their recent results and optimistic outlook shall provide an arrest from the force which feels like it’s driving the price to the gutter.
To be real, there is a danger price movement below 1797p shall provoke reversals down to an initial 1492p, a potential fake bounce, but if 1492p is broken, our eventual “bottom” calculates at a ridiculous sounding 871p. Unfortunately, visually it isn’t ridiculous, imagination not requiring greatly stretched to accept the potential of such a vile low level for the price.
However, the release of results and subsequent 4.9% gain over the session, tends imply the market shall be quite happy for Diageo to escape from its cycle of doom. Should the share price continue to display some optimism, above 2072p has the potential of triggering gains in the direction of 2590 next with our secondary, if bettered, an amazing (and perhaps difficult) 3184p sometime in the future.
Our problem with this secondary level is it substantially exceeds a hypothetical 2727p, the level of the trend break of Red on the chart. In a scenario where Diageo Plc exceeds such a level, our conventional logic suggests happy days will be ahead for the share, the price theoretically absorbing a power to once again rejoin the Red uptrend. We suspect interesting times may be ahead for this price.
FUTURES
FUTURES
| Time Issued | Market | Price At Issue | Short Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop | Long Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop | Prior |
| 10:46:59PM | BRENT | 6750 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 10:50:38PM | GOLD | 3380.11 | |||||||||
| 11:23:11PM | FTSE | 9147.7 | 9093 | 9065 | 9026 | 9128 | 9183 | 9215 | 9275 | 9142 | |
| 10:59:54PM | STOX50 | 5245.9 | 5235 | 5228 | 5213 | 5255 | 5271 | 5288 | 5332 | 5235 | |
| 11:27:26PM | GERMANY | 23862 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 11:31:42PM | US500 | 6296.5 | |||||||||
| 11:34:23PM | DOW | 44118 | |||||||||
| 11:38:40PM | NASDAQ | 22960 | |||||||||
| 11:40:34PM | JAPAN | 40511 |
5/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9142 points. Change of 0.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,696,529,731 a change of -2.04%
4/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9128 points. Change of 0.66%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,815,366,472 a change of 5.59%
1/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9068 points. Change of -0.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,507,518,764 a change of -29.16%
31/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9132 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,774,577,039 a change of 48.3%
30/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9136 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,242,351,161 a change of -7.33%
29/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9136 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,656,845,157 a change of 28.68%
28/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9081 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,395,992,123 a change of -22.42% 
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
Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY** **LSE:FRES Fresnillo** **LSE:MRO Melrose** **
********
Updated charts published on : BALFOUR BEATTY, Fresnillo, Melrose,
LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY Close Mid-Price: 547.5 Percentage Change: -0.36% Day High: 553 Day Low: 545.5
Further movement against BALFOUR BEATTY ABOVE 553 should improve accelera ……..
</p
View Previous BALFOUR BEATTY & Big Picture ***
LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 1520 Percentage Change: + 6.00% Day High: 1581 Day Low: 1483
Target met. In the event of Fresnillo enjoying further trades beyond 1581 ……..
</p
View Previous Fresnillo & Big Picture ***
LSE:MRO Melrose. Close Mid-Price: 575 Percentage Change: + 4.89% Day High: 577.6 Day Low: 550.4
Target met. In the event of Melrose enjoying further trades beyond 577.6, ……..
</p
View Previous Melrose & Big Picture ***