FTSE for Friday & UK AIM thoughts too.

#FTSE #Nasdaq

In celebration of the first really sunny day for an age, the little tractor was coaxed into life, and the lawn given its final cut of the year. Hopefully! Provoking the panic was the sight of a particular patch of grass, suddenly sprouting, a real puzzle as this area of the lawn usually needs cut the least. Only once the tractor was hosed down and back in the shed did the completely obvious penny drop.

It’s Autumn and the trees have lost their leaves, creating a situation where the early morning sun is now shining through the office windows, the forest no longer shielding our eyes. This sunshine, while making its autumnal way to the office, also illuminates about a 10 metre wide strip of lawn, which has waited the entire summer to frantically grow.

If only something similar would happen with the UK’s AIM market…

 

We’re waiting with baited breath for the FTSE to burst into life, the UK’s index again achieving a “higher high” since closing above the point of trend-break on Tuesday. Okay, so far things are proving about as exciting as a report on Facebook (Meta) share price, something we still suspect shall bottom by $77. It’s currently in the 80’s. But for the FTSE, on Tuesday it closed a whole 6 points above the trend-break level and Thursday found us asthmatic with a closing price now 8 points above the trend level. However, it’s the AIM which is of immediate concern.

Currently trading around 809, the AIM needs exceed 861 points to exceed its personal Pandemic trend-break level and cause an outbreak of enthusiasm. Thankfully, this index doesn’t need try terribly hard to kick itself into life.

At present, we’d regard 825 as a viable trigger level for the AIM, a number which should trigger movement to an initial 842 with secondary, if exceeded, working out at 867 points. This should permit this index to close above the critical 861 points and as a result, discover itself trading in a zone where a longer term attraction should be viewed at 1098 points.

Perhaps it shall be the case the AIM will discover its own little patch of sunlight and start some recovery, maybe even with one of these mythical Santa Rally events. Otherwise, it’s actually trading in a zone where our ultimate bottom works out at a silly looking 575 points.

 

 

FTSE for Friday Things are becoming a little concerning, thanks to efforts in the USA and UK to derail economic hopes with interest rates. The latest BoE projections suggesting they’ve successfully forced the UK into recession for the next couple of years will prove especially worrying for folk with variable mortgages, reminding of a lyric from a (terrible) David Bowie song “Puting out the fire with gasoline”. We’re more than a little puzzled “they” opted to wait until the FTSE was showing signs of recovery before acting. In the USA, things are already looking quite fragile and now, it appears the Nasdaq intends bottom around 9200 points. Similarly, the S&P 500 looks like it may struggle to avoid a visit to the 3000 point level but conversely, Wall St isn’t showing any great signals for calamity, needing below 31550 to raise the first eyebrow.

Near term, the FTSE below 7075 points looks capable of reversal to an initial 7031 with secondary, when broken, down at 6968 points and hopefully a bounce. If triggered, the tightest stop looks reasonable at 7121 points.

Our alternate, happier, scenario from a world which promotes the concept of the UK market heading to 7467 points, suggests strength above 7208 points should take aim at an initial 7251 with our longer term (or later that day) secondary ambition working out at 7331 points. Hopefully our little bit of sunlight also shines on the FTSE.

Have a good weekend.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
8:59:04PM BRENT 94.27 93.8 92.745 95.24 96.27 96.77 94.95
9:09:59PM GOLD 1629.95 1617 1612 1629 1633 1638 1624 Success
9:11:50PM FTSE 7191.99 7133 7126 7166 7201 7244 7167
9:18:44PM STOX50 3591.8 3560 3549 3586 3598 3611 3578
9:56:02PM GERMANY 13127.5 13018 12943 13151 13197 13216 13160 ‘cess
9:58:16PM US500 3716 3695 3663 3749 3767 3776 3746 ‘cess
10:00:32PM DOW 31987.2 31713 31546 32035 32240 32418 32060 ‘cess
10:04:16PM NASDAQ 10677 10667 10583 10780 10957 11057 10856 ‘cess
10:07:33PM JAPAN 27277 27251 27137 27361 27407 27471 27298 ‘cess
3/11/2022 FTSE Closed at 7188 points. Change of 0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,482,607,171 a change of -6.53%
2/11/2022 FTSE Closed at 7144 points. Change of -0.58%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,796,024,351 a change of -6.77%
1/11/2022 FTSE Closed at 7186 points. Change of 1.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,144,430,090 a change of -18.4%
31/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7094 points. Change of 0.67%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,304,594,565 a change of 56.13%
28/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7047 points. Change of -0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,038,109,035 a change of -18.02%
27/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7073 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,925,692,743 a change of -22.87%
26/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7056 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,386,400,567 a change of 43.51%

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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LSE:BT.A British Telecom Close Mid-Price: 116.4 Percentage Change: -8.88% Day High: 123.45 Day Low: 113.95

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 39.6 Percentage Change: + 14.78% Day High: 41.5 Day Low: 36.25

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LSE:NG. National Glib Close Mid-Price: 963.6 Percentage Change: -0.19% Day High: 966.6 Day Low: 950

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 211.6 Percentage Change: + 6.95% Day High: 212.5 Day Low: 199.15

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LSE:SCLP Scancell. Close Mid-Price: 18.62 Percentage Change: + 7.97% Day High: 18.75 Day Low: 17.12

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 223 Percentage Change: + 2.86% Day High: 223.2 Day Low: 215.4

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Firering Strategic Minerals looking hot.

#Gold #SP500

It appears Lithium is hot this week as a bunch of emails appeared, asking our thoughts on Firering. It was easy to make the assumption their activities were based in The Ring Of Fire, around the Pacific ocean, due to the company name. Instead, it transpires they operate in West Africa. But first, some thoughts on the US interest rate change, the UK expected to follow suit.

The whole interest rate thing is, personally, an enigma. A common refrain from governments is of the need to raise interest rates to control inflation, mindset which appears counter intuitive. By increasing interest rates, the cost of money increases, the cost of living increases, and of course, inflation goes up. Is it really the case governments want to harm industry and business by forcing prices higher, to reduce demand, necessitating business’ to reduce margins and cut prices in the hope of creating demand.

Simply from viewing the price of crude oil alone, the (almost) worldwide gambit of price gouging was clearly agreed before Russia did anything to Ukraine, oil and gas prices being seen as a leading cause in the current inflationary cycle. Perhaps there’s a little magic from interest rates we’re all unaware of, maybe provoking the cost of refining a barrel of crude to reduce from $49 back closer to the original $9 at the start if this year. Alas, rather than dare question why this occurred in a synchronised event among the oil majors , politicians just shake their heads and shrug about the dangers of inflation. It’s all a little crazy, the logic surely ensuring the statue of economist Thomas Malthus spins on its plinth when no-one is watching.

 

For those who want to learn more about Firering activities, a visit to their website is recommended where the reader can discover all about Lithium and Coltan in Cote D’Ivoire.

 

However, we’re more interested in their share price as it looks like it’s being primed for some positive movement, gapped up substantially at the market open on 2nd November. Our inclination is to treat the immediate near term target of 13.5p as a trigger level.

Above 13.5p calculates with the potential of a lift to 15.8p next with secondary, if exceeded, calculating at 20.5p. Visually, it certainly looks like our initial target of 15.8p should provoke some sort of hesitation, given this ambition marginally exceeds the opening price in November last year. At present, the highest we dare project into the future is 20.5p but should such a hope come to fruition, we shall certainly revisit the numbers and calculate things again.

The share price requires below 8.5p to indulge panic but, given the strength of the opening price manipulation on the 2nd Nov, it appears the market may have strong plans for the future.

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
9:38:08PM BRENT 95.42 ‘cess
9:40:20PM GOLD 1635.71 1634 1631 1618 1642 1649 1652 1658 1639
9:44:38PM FTSE 7110.5 ‘cess
9:48:09PM STOX50 3585.8 Success
9:50:31PM GERMANY 13160 Shambles
9:52:55PM US500 3761.77 3750 3726 3669 3785 3819 3845 3877 3772 Success
10:30:11PM DOW 32137 Success
10:32:36PM NASDAQ 10892.47
10:35:01PM JAPAN 27287 Shambles

 

2/11/2022 FTSE Closed at 7144 points. Change of -0.58%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,796,024,351 a change of -6.77%
1/11/2022 FTSE Closed at 7186 points. Change of 1.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,144,430,090 a change of -18.4%
31/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7094 points. Change of 0.67%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,304,594,565 a change of 56.13%
28/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7047 points. Change of -0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,038,109,035 a change of -18.02%
27/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7073 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,925,692,743 a change of -22.87%
26/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7056 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,386,400,567 a change of 43.51%
25/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7013 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,450,107,561 a change of -2.44%

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…

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LSE:AGM Applied Graphene Close Mid-Price: 12.5 Percentage Change: -10.71% Day High: 14.68 Day Low: 12.5

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LSE:AML Aston Martin Close Mid-Price: 89.58 Percentage Change: -15.25% Day High: 99.98 Day Low: 87.5

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 514.1 Percentage Change: -1.85% Day High: 532.5 Day Low: 512.9

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LSE:HUR Hurrican Energy. Close Mid-Price: 7.6 Percentage Change: + 11.76% Day High: 8.5 Day Low: 7.51

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital. Close Mid-Price: 177 Percentage Change: + 1.43% Day High: 177 Day Low: 174.5

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Glencore Plc lse:glen looking positive presently

#FTSE #NK225  It’s time for our annual Big Picture glance at Glencore, a company which has enjoyed a truly confusing 2022 with regard their share price. However, there are some early signs some clarity of movement is coming, something also shared with (cue: sardonic drum roll) the FTSE. Last week, we continually visited the FTSE, mentioning 7180 points as a key level of interest.

The UK market celebrated the start of November by closing the session at 7186.16 points. While not substantial, this closing price is above our trigger level of 7180.17, allegedly pointing at great things for the future, along with the hope of some strength in the UK market as 2022 staggers toward the year end. Generally, when a price exceeds such a crucial level, the point of a historical trend break, it’s party time for the next few sessions and our wish is for the UK to enjoy the exuberance experienced by ALL the other major markets, when they each exceeded their own Pandemic trend break level. We’re now hoping for great things, hopefully not derailed by political mischief making. Essentially, apparently we should anticipate a cycle above 7222 points to bring an initial 7276 points with secondary, if bettered, 7467 points. Or as we know it in-house, it’s now fingers crossed time!

To return to Glencore Plc, similar to the FTSE, a fair amount of optimism is now present for future price movements. Currently trading around 523p, we’ve a ‘Jobsworth’ type of requirement demanding the share price close above 525p to give early warning for the potential of the share attaining some new all time highs. Our bias is to treat the immediate closing price as “close enough” as movement near term above 529p should make an attempt at an initial 538p with secondary, if exceeded, a more useful 565p.

Achieving 565p will prove important, painting a new high for the share price and despite the visuals implying such an ambition would make a perfect price level to provide an entertaining back-test to around the 510p level. However, it would be churlish not to admit Glencore reaching new all time highs has a serious Big Picture potential as a future 696p becomes a perfectly viable aspiration.

 

At present, Glencore needs break Red at 430p to cause panic.

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop PriorFUTURES
 9:07:40PM BRENT 94.53 Success
9:22:48PM GOLD 1648 Success
9:25:34PM FTSE 7179.32 7128 7101 7061 7175 7222 7257 7301 7130 Success
9:27:18PM STOX50 3660.5 Success
9:52:53PM GERMANY 13357
9:54:56PM US500 3855 ‘cess
9:57:07PM DOW 32637.9 ‘cess
9:58:48PM NASDAQ 11298 Shambles
10:00:27PM JAPAN 27554 27494 27392 27260 27590 27732 27778 27872 27580 Success

 

 

1/11/2022 FTSE Closed at 7186 points. Change of 1.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,144,430,090 a change of -18.4%
31/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7094 points. Change of 0.67%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,304,594,565 a change of 56.13%
28/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7047 points. Change of -0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,038,109,035 a change of -18.02%
27/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7073 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,925,692,743 a change of -22.87%
26/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7056 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,386,400,567 a change of 43.51%
25/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7013 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,450,107,561 a change of -2.44%
24/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7013 points. Change of 0.63%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,561,328,828 a change of -1.86%

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…

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LSE:AFC AFC Energy. Close Mid-Price: 22.86 Percentage Change: + 7.63% Day High: 23.16 Day Low: 20.14

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LSE:BLVN Bowleven Close Mid-Price: 2.25 Percentage Change: -25.00% Day High: 2.75 Day Low: 1.75

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 486.45 Percentage Change: + 1.39% Day High: 486.9 Day Low: 474.2

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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 703 Percentage Change: + 0.98% Day High: 732.2 Day Low: 695.4

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LSE:DARK Darktrace Plc. Close Mid-Price: 362.2 Percentage Change: + 1.31% Day High: 376.5 Day Low: 351

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 523.8 Percentage Change: + 4.86% Day High: 528.9 Day Low: 511.3

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 123.44 Percentage Change: + 1.55% Day High: 125.82 Day Low: 121.98

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 4705 Percentage Change: + 0.19% Day High: 4779 Day Low: 4689

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LSE:JET Just Eat. Close Mid-Price: 1599.2 Percentage Change: + 7.13% Day High: 1649.6 Day Low: 1533.6

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 110.8 Percentage Change: + 5.02% Day High: 112.45 Day Low: 104.75

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 962.8 Percentage Change: + 1.52% Day High: 965 Day Low: 952

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc. Close Mid-Price: 654.6 Percentage Change: + 38.57% Day High: 671.4 Day Low: 530

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 81.5 Percentage Change: + 4.29% Day High: 82.42 Day Low: 79.19

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 217.8 Percentage Change: + 1.26% Day High: 219.2 Day Low: 216.5

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital. Close Mid-Price: 174.5 Percentage Change: + 5.76% Day High: 176 Day Low: 166

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Will Atlantic Lithium LSE:ALL catch fire?

#Gold #SP500

Our fascination with Lithium batteries continues, most recently due to a little accident with the battery pack of a Bosch electric drill. As happens, the 14v drill needed a new battery pack, the old one being laid aside for disposal. Unfortunately, the old battery made its way into a box and was completely forgotten about, until it was time for a garden bonfire.

We’ve a big tree stump at the top of the garden, now almost 50% destroyed by occasional bonfires, and a glorious amount of delivery packaging had accumulated, all needing burnt. As usual, a bonfire lasagne was created, cardboard at the bottom layer, some scrap wood comprising the next layer, some packaging padding and debris from the shed making another layer, and the top layer comprising rotten wood which theory demands will dry out and burn. An added level of interest came from the discovery of a parachute flare on the shore outside, a plastic tube which is supposed to be aimed at the sky when it’s time to panic. The boating fraternity are notorious for tossing them overboard when they exceed their sink-by dates but they actually cook off quite nicely if placed in the very heart of a hot bonfire.

On this occasion, the fire was lit, fighting hard against the inevitable Scottish rain, and a retreat to the house made a lot of sense. After a while, bonfires do get a little boring.

This time around proved interesting, a rolling cloud of white smoke giving a horror movie theme, and immediately the problem was apparent. The Bosch battery pack had been accidentally burnt, the Lithium batteries contained therein providing a toxic addition to the flames. Shortly afterward, it was obvious the parachute flare was also lit, briefly attempting to out-dazzle the brilliantly bright Lithium flames which were determined to outlast anything else on the fire.

It was a reminder of one of Richard Hammonds car crashes, where he dropped an electric supercar off a hill, the batteries still burning a few days later. When they place disposal instructions on Lithium packs, it’s best to take them seriously, the stuff burning quite energetically. My own brother, a volunteer village fireman In Sutherland, Scotland, recently sent photographs of an electric car fire he was attending, none of the firecrew able to identify the make of vehicle which was cheerfully lighting and heating up the night sky. When the event was over, there was nothing in the burnt out grass at the roadside which would event attest to a car as the cause. The owner, still pretty stunned, mentioned smoke came from the dashboard and he pulled off the road. By the time he’d got through to the emergency services, the flames were already out of control. Due to a previous Tesla fire, the volunteer firemen already knew they’d nothing in the fire engine capable of dealing with large scale lithium fires.

 

Lithium batteries, already changing our lives by making everything cordless, continue to enjoy increased demand and Atlantic Lithium, working in Africa, headquartered in Australia, and traded in London and New York certainly make all the right noises on their website for production. Something certainly appears to be going on with their share price as currently, there’s a heck of an argument which proposes 41p as an immediate target level. Given the share is currently trading around 38p, we’re inclined to treat 41p as a potential trigger level as above this level should become interesting.

The immediate situation suggests above 41p as being capable of triggering price recovery to an initial 49.5p. If bettered our secondary calculates at a problematic 64p, rather neatly matching the high of earlier this year. Closure above 64p shall prove crucial for the longer term as this could easily ignite game changing potentials for the future.

If things intend go wrong for Atlantic, their share price needs melt down below 29p as this could force the price back to an initial 20p with secondary, if broken, an ultimate bottom of just 4p, a target which makes no sense visually.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
10:30:54PM BRENT 93.79 ‘cess
10:32:26PM GOLD 1634 1631 1624 1616 1642 1645 1648 1653 1635 ‘cess
10:34:48PM FTSE 7115.38 ‘cess
10:36:36PM STOX50 3626.3
10:39:06PM GERMANY 13269 ‘cess
10:41:31PM US500 3877.47 3862 3856 3840 3888 3900 3910 3926 3872
10:43:14PM DOW 32752
10:45:13PM NASDAQ 11425.22
10:47:08PM JAPAN 27562

 

31/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7094 points. Change of 0.67%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,304,594,565 a change of 56.13%
28/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7047 points. Change of -0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,038,109,035 a change of -18.02%
27/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7073 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,925,692,743 a change of -22.87%
26/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7056 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,386,400,567 a change of 43.51%
25/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7013 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,450,107,561 a change of -2.44%
24/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7013 points. Change of 0.63%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,561,328,828 a change of -1.86%
21/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 6969 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,647,659,700 a change of -14.5%

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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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 696.2 Percentage Change: + 5.17% Day High: 704.2 Day Low: 668.8

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 37 Percentage Change: + 1.37% Day High: 38.75 Day Low: 37

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 4696 Percentage Change: + 0.19% Day High: 4752 Day Low: 4673

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper Close Mid-Price: 9.8 Percentage Change: -24.32% Day High: 11 Day Low: 9

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 78.15 Percentage Change: + 1.51% Day High: 79.41 Day Low: 77.03

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 215.1 Percentage Change: + 1.13% Day High: 216.6 Day Low: 212.9

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital. Close Mid-Price: 165 Percentage Change: + 2.17% Day High: 169 Day Low: 161.5

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Natwest Group LSE:NWG, a share in stand-by?

#Brent #Stoxx

Our ‘three weekly’ visit to Natwest is becoming as exciting as guessing who the next UK Prime Minister shall be. Prior to the current incumbent being selected, the media appeared to be giving the Downing St cat worrying degrees of press coverage, leading to suspicions the party of government was about to try something completely new and no sane human would take the job!

It’s maybe not the worst idea, considering a cat as Prime Minister, a species of animal always completely unaware of what it intends do next. Our own unwelcome cat is perfectly capable of sitting, gazing out of a window for hours on end. Equally, she uses similar levels of concentration on a wall and eventually, we guessed these periods of peace and quiet come from the animal replicating modern electronics, going into “stand-by” mode for a while.

 

Perhaps Natwest share price is enjoying its own version of “stand-by”, the value failing to go up sufficiently to meet targets nor able to head down sufficiently to meet targets! The single time where an attempt to head upward on October 27th with a surge to 247p was treated quite harshly, the share price gapped down to 230p the following morning. It was clear the market was not ready to allow the retail bank to run free, despite reports of record profits. The share price drop of 8.3% was blamed on the bank warning it was keeping an eye on any change in behaviour from its customers…

The immediate situation for Natwest is a bit troubling, movement below 223 pointing at the potential of near term reversal to 213p next. Hopefully such a target level proves capable of provoking a bounce as now, closure below 213p looks capable of entering a reverse cycle to 191p next. Perhaps the market shall deem 200p as sufficient to provide a rebound but we’ve some doubts as it’s almost a mite too obvious. The 200p level, as the chart shows, has proven sacrosanct on 4 previous occasions since 2021 as we’ll not be aghast if the market opts to let such an obvious glass floor break.

We do have concerns below the 191p level as a visually ridiculous long term target calculates at 130p, should such a trigger occur.

 

If things intend come up rosy in the Natwest garden, trades above 237p shall prove important as this now calculates with the potential of a lift to 254p with secondary, if bettered, a rather encouraging longer term 273p.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
5:43:43PM BRENT 94.23 93.1 92.235 91.16 94.41 95.46 96.06 98.76 93.7
5:45:38PM GOLD 1644.41 Success
5:48:11PM FTSE 7085.88
5:50:46PM STOX50 3655.4 3609 3592 3571 3622 3655 3668 3697 3634 Success
5:52:46PM GERMANY 13383.57 Success
6:20:58PM US500 3900.52 Success
6:27:33PM DOW 32860.3 Success
6:30:24PM NASDAQ 11540 ‘cess
6:32:11PM JAPAN 27515 Success

 

28/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7047 points. Change of -0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,038,109,035 a change of -18.02%
27/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7073 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,925,692,743 a change of -22.87%
26/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7056 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,386,400,567 a change of 43.51%
25/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7013 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,450,107,561 a change of -2.44%
24/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7013 points. Change of 0.63%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,561,328,828 a change of -1.86%
21/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 6969 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,647,659,700 a change of -14.5%
20/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 6943 points. Change of 0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,436,111,933 a change of 16.23%

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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LSE:DGE Diageo. Close Mid-Price: 3554 Percentage Change: + 0.91% Day High: 3550.5 Day Low: 3488

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 36.5 Percentage Change: + 3.11% Day High: 37.25 Day Low: 35.5

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LSE:IGAS Igas Energy. Close Mid-Price: 30 Percentage Change: + 8.30% Day High: 29.5 Day Low: 24.6

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments Close Mid-Price: 2005 Percentage Change: -0.74% Day High: 2110 Day Low: 1988

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 76.99 Percentage Change: + 0.85% Day High: 77.54 Day Low: 74.78

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered Close Mid-Price: 519.6 Percentage Change: -3.02% Day High: 525.6 Day Low: 515.6

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital. Close Mid-Price: 161.5 Percentage Change: + 3.53% Day High: 163.5 Day Low: 156

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Our famed FTSE for FRIDAY

#FTSE #GOLD

Our brief comment yesterday on Meta (Facebook) appears to be proving quite prescient, the share price currently 25% down and looking increasingly capable of achieving our threatened bottom at 77 dollars. As for the FTSE, it’s astounding to note it’s almost hopeful for the future. But only “almost”…

The FTSE had ample opportunity to close slightly higher than its previous closing price high, 7086 points on October 4th. Instead, the UK market closed, despite a fairly happy day, just up 0.2% at 7073 points, below the previous high. This is a bit of an issue, thanks to a potential which was making a grudging appearance this week.

We’ve been banging on about how important it is for a falling market to exceed a point of trend break, effectively cancelling any immediate reversal predictions. The FTSE broke its Pandemic Trend back on September 23rd, the exact level of trend break calculating at 7180.17 points. In accordance with our in-house rules, the index needs close above this level to make the first step to escape from a market region which sports a potential bottom around 6350 points. To be fair, if the UK index would even trade above 7180 points, our inclination will be to ease up on the doom and gloom and instead allow a bias toward optimism, that feeling everyone has until they look in a mirror. Or maybe that’s just me!

Humour aside, the FTSE achieving a high of 7093 on Thursday was almost a big deal as movement above 7094 points calculates with the potential of gains in the direction of 7146 next with secondary, if beaten, working out at 7197. This secondary is obviously important, residing above the trend break level of 7180 and hopefully giving the UK index a chance to close in the realms of relative safety. If triggered, the tightest stop looks wide at 7034 points.

 

If trouble is planned, below 7034 looks capable of issues as reversal to an initial 6995 calculates as possible. If broken, our secondary comes in at 6970 and hopefully a proper bounce.

 

Have a good weekend. For us, it’s Nacho’s Sunday for Formula 1 from Mexico.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
9:43:18PM BRENT 94.84 93.25 92.87 94.58 95.58 98.77 93.3 ‘cess
9:47:26PM GOLD 1662.02 1654 1650 1665 1674 1678 1660
9:50:48PM FTSE 7040 6994 6984 7035 7077 7096 7044 ‘cess
9:55:18PM STOX50 3579.8 3540 3521 3593 3619 3631 3587 Shambles
9:57:34PM GERMANY 13126 13026 12972.5 13136 13236 13269 13134 ‘cess
9:59:40PM US500 3784 3747 3724 3812 3839 3861 3808 Success
10:09:53PM DOW 31980 31849 31676 32067 32290 32431 32060 ‘cess
10:15:26PM NASDAQ 11075 11005 10902 11115 11422 11509 11184 Success
10:17:44PM JAPAN 27040 26923 26813 27062 27208 27241 27074 Success

 

27/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7073 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,925,692,743 a change of -22.87%
26/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7056 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,386,400,567 a change of 43.51%
25/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7013 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,450,107,561 a change of -2.44%
24/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7013 points. Change of 0.63%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,561,328,828 a change of -1.86%
21/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 6969 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,647,659,700 a change of -14.5%
20/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 6943 points. Change of 0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,436,111,933 a change of 16.23%
19/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 6924 points. Change of -0.17%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,677,060,342 a change of 1.53%

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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LSE:IGAS Igas Energy Close Mid-Price: 27.7 Percentage Change: -3.15% Day High: 29.5 Day Low: 26

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LSE:IGG IG Group Close Mid-Price: 796.5 Percentage Change: -0.31% Day High: 802 Day Low: 790

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 4659 Percentage Change: + 0.15% Day High: 4730 Day Low: 4609

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LSE:ITM ITM Power Close Mid-Price: 83.7 Percentage Change: -19.87% Day High: 87.66 Day Low: 66.02

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LSE:ITV ITV. Close Mid-Price: 69.6 Percentage Change: + 1.31% Day High: 70.12 Day Low: 67.62

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LSE:JET Just Eat Close Mid-Price: 1501.6 Percentage Change: -0.56% Day High: 1533.8 Day Low: 1476.4

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 247.7 Percentage Change: + 1.27% Day High: 247.4 Day Low: 240.3

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 76.34 Percentage Change: + 2.51% Day High: 76.64 Day Low: 73.88

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LSE:SRP Serco Close Mid-Price: 163.3 Percentage Change: -0.12% Day High: 167 Day Low: 162

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 212.8 Percentage Change: + 0.28% Day High: 215.6 Day Low: 210.8

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QinetiQ Plc LSE:QQ. Hitting new targets?

#Gold #Brent

This is proving to be a funny old week, unexpectedly giving chart updates against 6 world markets to “prove” how poorly the FTSE is performing. Finally, there are signs the FTSE could be about to sit up and take note of what’s happening everywhere else, aside from a tiny little problem. We’d mentioned other markets had early signs of running out of short term “oomph” and this came to fruition on Wednesday.

For Thursday, at present, things certainly look quite rosy for the FTSE…

Wall St managed to close Wednesday unchanged while the S&P dropped by 0.7%. And the weakest of the American party, the Nasdaq, decided to see what would happen if it reversed by 2.3%. The damage to the Nasdaq could be easily ascertained as it’s US Earnings season and two major Nasdaq constituents, returned some dodgy numbers, provoking Google to fall by 10% and Microsoft by 7.8%. With Meta (Facebook), Intel, Amazon, amongst many Nasdaq constituents due to report by the end of this week, there’s plenty of reason to wonder if bad behaviour on this index shall spread to the wider market place. We glanced at Meta earlier and quick calculations mentioned a potential of weakness coming to 77 USD. At time of writing, the share is trading around 107 USD.

 

As for QinetiQ, we’re mildly surprised their share price isn’t doing better, our thinking being the company must relish current conditions in Europe as military conflict must surely form a pretty big part of a defence contractors business plan. A quick glance through news stories relating to QinetiQ for recent months indicate the company isn’t sitting around, awaiting governments filling their online shopping baskets but instead, continues to expand the company, most recently acquiring an Australian aviation company who go by the interesting name of Air Affairs.

Any hope this was an organisation facilitating comfortable membership of the Mile High Club was disappointed. Instead, it’s a company who provide Threat Representation and Mission Rehearsal products to the Australian military. Presumably, this means they fly drones or tow targets through the sky.

Presently trading around 357p, QinetiQ share price needs exceed 363p to look capable of triggering share price movement to 380p next. Should this initial target level be exceeded, our longer term secondary calculates at 411p, an amazing ambition as it will represent a new all time high. Invariably, in such a situation, some hesitation can be expected but crucially, closure above the 400p level shall be regarded as important, moving the price into a zone where a future 477p works out as possible.

 

If QinetiQ intend spoil the party, their share price needs sink below 325p as this risks triggering reversal to 294p with secondary, if broken, at 272p and hopefully a bouncy bottom. But for now, similar to the FTSE, we suspect some hope for the future is allowed.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
9:26:29PM BRENT 94.27 92.1 91.87 91.02 93.2 94.42 95.15 95.97 92.73 Success
9:28:57PM GOLD 1664.03 1654 1652 1645 1665 1672 1676 1689 1660 Success
9:31:14PM FTSE 7033 ‘cess
9:33:14PM STOX50 3593 ‘cess
9:35:42PM GERMANY 13155 Success
9:38:02PM US500 3838 ‘cess
9:41:30PM DOW 31932 ‘cess
9:46:05PM NASDAQ 11413
9:48:50PM JAPAN 27411

 

26/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7056 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,386,400,567 a change of 43.51%
25/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7013 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,450,107,561 a change of -2.44%
24/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 7013 points. Change of 0.63%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,561,328,828 a change of -1.86%
21/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 6969 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,647,659,700 a change of -14.5%
20/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 6943 points. Change of 0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,436,111,933 a change of 16.23%
19/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 6924 points. Change of -0.17%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,677,060,342 a change of 1.53%
18/10/2022 FTSE Closed at 6936 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,606,547,755 a change of 0%

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 : AFC Energy, Asos, Barrett Devs, British Telecom, Carnival, Centamin, Diageo, Glencore Xstra, Igas Energy, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Intertek, Just Eat, Natwest, Ocado Plc, Oxford Instruments, Serco, Standard Chartered,

LSE:AFC AFC Energy. Close Mid-Price: 20.3 Percentage Change: + 8.21% Day High: 20.82 Day Low: 18.02

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LSE:ASC Asos. Close Mid-Price: 639 Percentage Change: + 8.49% Day High: 658 Day Low: 573

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LSE:BDEV Barrett Devs. Close Mid-Price: 378.3 Percentage Change: + 1.45% Day High: 385.5 Day Low: 372.9

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LSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 126.4 Percentage Change: + 0.56% Day High: 127.25 Day Low: 125.5

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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 681.8 Percentage Change: + 3.81% Day High: 690.6 Day Low: 653

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LSE:CEY Centamin. Close Mid-Price: 94.8 Percentage Change: + 1.28% Day High: 95 Day Low: 93.42

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 3581.5 Percentage Change: -1.32% Day High: 3616.5 Day Low: 3505

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 515.9 Percentage Change: + 2.63% Day High: 515.2 Day Low: 500.4

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LSE:IGAS Igas Energy Close Mid-Price: 28.6 Percentage Change: -27.41% Day High: 41.4 Day Low: 27.8

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 4652 Percentage Change: + 1.64% Day High: 4650 Day Low: 4561

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 3863 Percentage Change: + 1.21% Day High: 3888 Day Low: 3806

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LSE:JET Just Eat. Close Mid-Price: 1510 Percentage Change: + 3.23% Day High: 1519.4 Day Low: 1430

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 244.6 Percentage Change: + 0.08% Day High: 246.7 Day Low: 242.5

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 501.4 Percentage Change: -0.67% Day High: 523.6 Day Low: 487.2

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 2075 Percentage Change: + 3.49% Day High: 2090 Day Low: 1986

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 163.5 Percentage Change: + 0.49% Day High: 164.1 Day Low: 161.6

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered Close Mid-Price: 526 Percentage Change: -5.12% Day High: 567.4 Day Low: 521.2

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