#FTSE #Japan As always, September is bringing some strange events here in Argyll. The most surprising one has been the current plague of Red Squirrel, it being virtually impossible to go anywhere without one of the things bouncing across the path or road in front of you. The funny thing, this year it seems black bushy tails are in fashion with the argumentative little monsters. Another unusual event has been the reverse frog stampede. Usually, around March, the amphibians cross the road in their thousands at night, returning to their favourite pools on the mountain. But it’s rare when we see the hatched little frogs making their way back to the river, making it easy to mistake a tiny little 2cm frog from a small leaf blowing on the road. And finally, there’s the most annoying issue, thanks to buying a bag of Nectarines which included a mouldy one. Our fruit bowl turned into Fruit Fly central, the little sods remaining despite the contents of the bowl being bagged and binned. Within a day, it became painfully obvious the fruit flies had decided they’d found a good home, so it was time for YouTube videos.
Needless to say, as with many issues, the answer lay with Apple Cider Vinegar. In this instance, it was mixed with water and a drop of fairy liquid added, fruit flies finding the liquid a wonderful method of drowning themselves. We’ve never had such a fly infestation before, becoming instantly paranoid about food cleanliness and bins being sealed. It was only when my wife was chatting at work did she discover there’s a fruit fly epidemic here in Argyll, doubtless due to surprisingly warm weather and discrete battles being fought everywhere! It seems we can talk about our Red Squirrel invasion, boast about our tiny Frog migration, but keep quiet at the horror of tiny little flies being everywhere…
Unfortunately, unable to dovetail this into a lesson about share prices and Beazley Plc, the best we can do is moan about a lack of insurance to cover sodding fruit flies being everywhere. And wonder aloud what sort of winter is coming, due to wildlife behaving differently. The squirrel clearly have a plan, the frogs are jumping ship, making it easy to suspect we’ve a “bad ‘un” ahead. Thankfully, we’ve now got at least a years supply of cut firewood which hopefully will not be needed. Oil fired heat, on demand, is a nicer way to handle cold mornings, rather than the chore of lighting the wood burner.
When we reviewed Beazley Plc just a couple of months ago, we used our “Cover Your A**” final paragraph to give some potentials if the share price dropped. Guess what?
The drop triggered, the share price exactly hitting our drop target at 762p. Will it bounce?
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Visually, the immediate situation with Beazely Plc share price is fairly encouraging, though – perhaps oddly – we wish it hadn’t actually hit our drop target exactly as we’re generally happier if a price bounces before a target. Such a demonstration implies some strength but in this instance, there’s a problem.
Apparently, above 800p should now bring movement to an initial 832p with our secondary, if beaten, an eventual 902p. This sort of projection, while sounding impressive, has a major problem as the share price needs above 918p to signify happy days ahead. In such an instance, we shall feel able to discuss a long term target at 1064p but unless the market starts gapping the share price upward at the open, this seems a naive ambition.
Should things intend go wrong, below 762 would now be problematic as it allows weakness to an initial 722p with our secondary, if broken, an eventual bottom of 637p, a target level we’d hope the share actually bounces before.
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| Time Issued | Market | Price At Issue | Short Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop | Long Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop | Prior |
| 9:36:37PM | BRENT | 6636.7 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 9:38:30PM | GOLD | 3630.7 | |||||||||
| 9:54:49PM | FTSE | 9261.1 | 9210 | 9188 | 9162 | 9240 | 9266 | 9276 | 9334 | 9224 | ‘cess |
| 9:56:52PM | STOX50 | 5387.9 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 9:59:21PM | GERMANY | 23806.1 | |||||||||
| 10:03:58PM | US500 | 6522.8 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 10:18:27PM | DOW | 45657.5 | |||||||||
| 11:55:15PM | NASDAQ | 23855.2 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 11:57:56PM | JAPAN | 43582 | 43073 | 42963 | 42735 | 43325 | 43650 | 43868 | 44133 | 43431 | Success |
9/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9242 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,225,634,176 a change of 25.23%
8/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9221 points. Change of 0.14%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,172,667,369 a change of -14.19%
5/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9208 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,862,590,557 a change of 7.19%
4/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9216 points. Change of 0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,536,344,047 a change of -21.07%
3/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9177 points. Change of 0.67%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,747,395,783 a change of -1.83%
2/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9116 points. Change of -0.87%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,854,446,717 a change of 77.93%
1/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9196 points. Change of 0.1%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,290,341,623 a change of -43.81% 
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.
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Section One – Outlook Updated Today. Click here for Section Two – Outlook Remains Valid shares
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Updated charts published on : Anglo American, BALFOUR BEATTY, Fresnillo, Hikma, British Airways, Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust,
LSE:AAL Anglo American. Close Mid-Price: 2490 Percentage Change: + 9.07% Day High: 2524 Day Low: 2312
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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY Close Mid-Price: 612 Percentage Change: -1.05% Day High: 623.5 Day Low: 613
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LSE:FRES Fresnillo Close Mid-Price: 2136 Percentage Change: -1.93% Day High: 2206 Day Low: 2144
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LSE:HIK Hikma Close Mid-Price: 1691 Percentage Change: -0.47% Day High: 1708 Day Low: 1683
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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 397.9 Percentage Change: + 0.94% Day High: 397.8 Day Low: 390.7
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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1110 Percentage Change: + 0.41% Day High: 1110.5 Day Low: 1099
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