#Gold #Nasdaq Investec Plc, listed on the FTSE 250, bear the honour of being the first company dual listed in both South Africa and the UK back in 2002, so they’re far from being new kids on the block. The international banking and wealth management group were named in 2025 as the Best Performing Bank in the UK and 2nd best in South Africa by publication, “The Banker”. We’re inclined to take the accolades with a similar doze of scepticism to their Wikipedia pages, a wonderful entry which paints a picture of a company which could do no wrong!
However, recent share price movements demand we place our sarcasm on hold as something seems to be happening with the company share price, a positive something which is basically in keeping with the feel of the UK’s retail banks. It is probably important to mention the share price has finally closed above the downtrend since 2007. It has also achieved a significant higher high (judged by the important closing price) above anything since 2018. Two fairly important boxes are thus ticked, promising happy days ahead.
Investec share price needs close below 615p to spoil the party for the longer term.
The immediate situation suggests movement above 627p should bring recovery to an initial 642p with our secondary, if beaten, at 689p. While this scenario is pretty useful, a glance at the Big Picture potentials should be more useful, suggesting keeping an eye on Investec until such time the share price actually closes above 642p as – for those with patience – the price should trigger longer term growth to 713p with our secondary, if bettered, at 785p, matching the highs of 2007 and providing quite a sensible visual picture.
This one certainly appears worth watching, whether chasing a Big Picture movement or perhaps a “safer” movement for the relatively near future.
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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 |
| 8:18:40PM | BRENT | 6874.9 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 8:23:08PM | GOLD | 5077.21 | 4970 | 4932 | 4882 | 5025 | 5082 | 5184 | 5360 | 4996 | |
| 8:26:32PM | FTSE | 10398.5 | |||||||||
| 8:29:55PM | STOX50 | 6062.5 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 8:32:40PM | GERMANY | 25024.8 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 8:35:38PM | US500 | 6964.8 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 9:13:23PM | DOW | 50105.9 | |||||||||
| 9:16:04PM | NASDAQ | 25278 | 24867 | 24764 | 24571 | 25148 | 25342 | 25465 | 25902 | 25128 | |
| 9:20:28PM | JAPAN | 57274 |
9/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10386 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,950,643,906 a change of 17.72%
6/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10369 points. Change of 0.58%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,754,046,507 a change of -27.29%
5/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10309 points. Change of -0.89%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,288,693,358 a change of 0.23%
4/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10402 points. Change of 0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,267,141,152 a change of 9.85%
3/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10314 points. Change of -0.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,436,122,979 a change of -7.8%
2/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10341 points. Change of 1.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,149,750,720 a change of 23.3%
30/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10223 points. Change of 0.51%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,420,952,174 a change of -6.19% 
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 : BALFOUR BEATTY, Carnival, British Airways, ITV, Parkmead, Spirax, Zoo Digital,
LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 756 Percentage Change: + 1.61% Day High: 756.5 Day Low: 740
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LSE:CCL Carnival Close Mid-Price: 2406 Percentage Change: -0.37% Day High: 2487 Day Low: 2394
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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 448.5 Percentage Change: + 2.28% Day High: 449 Day Low: 439.2
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LSE:ITV ITV. Close Mid-Price: 83.75 Percentage Change: + 0.06% Day High: 85 Day Low: 82.5
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LSE:PMG Parkmead. Close Mid-Price: 18.25 Percentage Change: + 4.29% Day High: 18.25 Day Low: 17.5
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LSE:SPX Spirax. Close Mid-Price: 7565 Percentage Change: + 2.23% Day High: 7560 Day Low: 7405
All Spirax needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 7560 to improve acceleration ……..
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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital. Close Mid-Price: 16.25 Percentage Change: + 4.84% Day High: 16.75 Day Low: 15.5
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