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#Brent #GermanyDax #ElonMusk_please_re-x!   Sunday was “one of these days…” It was a bit windy up here in Argyll. For instance, when I decided to do the dog walk and habitually picked up one of the kitchen bins, the contents were tipped – correctly – into the recycle bin. Leaving the kitchen bin outside, the walk commenced with the intention of taking the bin indoors when we returned.  But on return, the black kitchen recycle bin had vanished, not embedded in the hedge and not across the road on the sea shore. It was just “gone”. My wife returned home, couldn’t believe I’d been so stupid as to lose a bin and undertook her own search, even including checking the gully down to the stream which was really a dangerous torrent. Somehow or other, the big flip top kitchen bin had vanished, presumably picked up by one of the wind tornadoes slicing across the surface of the sea.

The dog walk hadn’t even gone as planned. In winter, the typical SUV or pickup will have a rope concealed somewhere, able to pull folk out of ditches. Also carried habitually is a chainsaw, able to cope with a fallen tree blocking the road. Our usual route to the dog walk was blocked by a downed tree. Actually, the road was blocked by a couple of pickups and a bunch of guys slicing the tree up to clear the road. It’s one of these things, fallen trees happen all the time but it’s a rare event when you and your chainsaw are on hand. Wandering into the scene, there were actually four chainsaws in use, a bloke coming across to advise the road would be clear in a minute. And nope, they really didn’t need someone else with a chainsaw… After a complicated three point turn (more like 8 points on single track road) we headed back to a beach, confident no trees would spoil the day. Of course, a beach with loads of seaweed on the shore is dog heaven, so a smelly and wet Golden Retriever ensured the afternoon was ruined.

Finally deciding a quick perusal of the rear garden was in order, my little red tractor was in full view. When I last used it a few weeks ago, I’d decided to leave it outside its shed, so I could “winterise” the nasty little brute. But plans fell apart due to rain, so a big tarpaulin had been covering the thing, tied in place by heavy duty rope and a few big fenceposts holding the tarpaulin down on the engine cowl and the seat. The tractor was naked, the 6 metre by 3 metre cover now a thing of the past, vanished into  the Land of Oz, a destination clearly in need of a kitchen bin and big tarp.

Sunday decided to finish amusing as by finding our daughter and grand-daughters, visiting for Xmas, were stranded across on the mainland, the ferries cancelled due to the winds. Worse, her electric Renault was low on battery power and all the charging stations she could find were either out of order or occupied. For some reason, she wanted heating on, especially as it was a little cold. After 3 hours, the ferries decided to run again and scare their passengers silly with mountainous seas. But the worst part of the day was still to come, when some Maris Piper potatoes decided to spoil our calm.

My wife has decided a range of wire frame baskets look great in the kitchen and I designed some funky custom brackets, printing them on my 3d printer. The array of basked look great but I wasn’t prepared for her emptying 3kg of potatoes into one of the baskets, my brackets immediately breaking with gravity bringing a domino effect against the other baskets below.. Sunday evening has been a task of “printing” another batch of redesigned brackets, hopefully impossible to break even if the decision is made to dump a bunch of heavy coconuts into one. The irritation with the 3d printer is how absolutely EVERYTHING lies to you. According to the software, the print job should take just 28 minutes and use 1.74 metres of plastic filament cable. Instead, nearly 2 hours and just under 5 metres of cable were used. It’s irritating, because I find it safest to keep an eye on print jobs as left to their own devices, a 3d printer will cheerfully deliver a bowl of spaghetti rather than whatever they were programmed for. Next Xmas, I think a more expensive printer shall be on my wish list!

 

And as for Natwest, reviewing the share potentials after such a rotten Sunday, there’s obviously a risk of ones brain being in the wrong place but there’s a serious risk the share price is about to bounce again. From our perspective, the recent visit to 420 confirmed happy days were ahead and despite reversals to around 390p, we’re not particularly concerned. Yes, there is a risk of below 391 bringing a trip down to 373p but it really doesn’t feel such a great threat. Share price reversals since December 9th had prove rather contrived, presenting a visual effect of the market “just” playing games. Natwest currently requires below 350p to induce panic!

More probably, if our suspicion of a bounce from current levels is justified, above just 398 should trigger recovery to an initial 402p with our secondary, if bettered, a rather more Christmassy 406p. Okay, neither are especially interesting, but the ruling attraction is being views as 415p and chance of some hesitation, due to the share price matching prior highs.

 

Have a great Christmas. We might produce a headline section on Monday evening, even though no-one will read it and the markets shut at lunchtime Tuesday. And as usual, the most market activity will occur between 12 noon and 12.30, so the UK can pretend to be working on Xmas Eve. Apparently, this year we are to follow a Polish tradition of feasting and swapping presents on Xmas Eve but, to be honest, we suspect this is our grand-daughters inventing a reason to get their presents a day early. There is certainly an attraction to enjoying a seriously lazy Xmas day, snacks, cheese & crackers, wine, and more snacks!

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
10:52:04PM	BRENT	7273	7177	7160	7080	7245	7306	7321	7369	7260
11:17:14PM	GOLD	2621.55								2619
11:38:04PM	FTSE	8085.8								8065
11:40:17PM	STOX50	4863.5								4867
10:53:48PM	GERMANY	19906.7	19643	19586	19273	19864	19959	20004	20123	19889
11:11:09PM	US500	5956								5942
12:02:19AM	DOW	42971								42938
12:06:44AM	NASDAQ	21393								21365

 

20/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8084 points. Change of -0.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,715,072,684 a change of 85.06%

19/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8105 points. Change of -1.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,790,138,165 a change of 13.02%

18/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8191 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,123,160,668 a change of -23.19%

17/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8195 points. Change of -0.81%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,670,012,289 a change of 49.11%

16/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8262 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,473,170,966 a change of 7.01%

13/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8300 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,180,122,576 a change of -10.3%

12/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8311 points. Change of 0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,660,074,740 a change of -19.71%

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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AV. Aviva** **LSE:BLOE Block Energy PLC** **LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra** **LSE:IAG British Airways** **LSE:IPF International Personal Finance** **LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc** **LSE:TLW Tullow** **LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey** **

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LSE:AV. Aviva Close Mid-Price: 457.2 Percentage Change: -0.31% Day High: 459.1 Day Low: 451.9

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LSE:BLOE Block Energy PLC Close Mid-Price: 0.68 Percentage Change: -3.57% Day High: 0.7 Day Low: 0.68

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 352.9 Percentage Change: -0.34% Day High: 354.25 Day Low: 348.35

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 305.8 Percentage Change: + 1.26% Day High: 305.8 Day Low: 300.6

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 126 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 127.5 Day Low: 124.5

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc. Close Mid-Price: 305 Percentage Change: + 2.97% Day High: 309.3 Day Low: 293

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LSE:TLW Tullow Close Mid-Price: 19.64 Percentage Change: -6.48% Day High: 21.08 Day Low: 19.42

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey. Close Mid-Price: 122.15 Percentage Change: + 0.37% Day High: 122.75 Day Low: 120.75

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#FTSE hashtags don’t work in X!

When Bank of England economists concluded maintaining high interest rates and therefore, high prices and damage to the UK economy, was the way to fight prices going up, remains a jaw dropping type of logic from some sort of mirror universe. When the fact the Government recently increased the tax on jobs (Employers National Insurance), it’s hard not to conclude both the UK Government and the Bank of England are at war with the country, doing their best to dampen down any hope of things getting better. The whole shambles starts to feel like surgeons deliberately botching heart surgery to ensure the patient dies, thus “curing” the patient of any future cardiac problems. When the UK got to the point where unemployment levels were actually falling, it’s questionable why hitting employers with an additional tax on jobs made any sense.

As expected, the FTSE reacted negatively to the news about UK Interest Rates, actually managing to exceed the drop on Budget Day at the end of October!

 

From an immediate perspective, we’re inclined to anticipate further reversals on the market, perhaps even testing the Red uptrend since 2023. But of course, our software is giving a UK inspired miserable view as below 8078 points calculate with the potential of travel down to an initial 8015 points. This certainly comes close to the Red uptrend but our secondary if a worry, calculating at 7900 points and the potential for breaking the most recent uptrend, spelling a miserable start to 2025.

Should this trigger, the tightest stop is at 8125 points.

 

Our scenario, if things intend go right for the UK index, it needs above 8125 points to hopefully trigger an initial 8144 points with our secondary, if bettered, at 8168 points. Despite this being a vaguely attractive points gain, it presents a visual issue, making it harder for the index to climb higher… Unless, of course, some index chaos kicks in. Perhaps the UK government will discover people need air to breath and it isn’t being taxed yet?

Have a good weekend.

 

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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
10:36:16PM	BRENT	7241.5	7233	7160	7078	7283	7369	7411	7471	7288	Shambles
10:38:44PM	GOLD	2593.9	2584	2564.5	2544	2601	2626	2641	2660	2603
10:42:49PM	FTSE	8110.7	8079	8061	7953	8139	8140	8160	8187	8108
10:47:53PM	STOX50	4870.9	4864	4849	4796	4911	4911	4931	4953	4879	Success
10:58:15PM	GERMANY	19945	19934	19906	19840	20001	20105	20177	20258	19973
11:02:10PM	US500	5868.4	5864	5831	5796	5890	5936	5948	5976	5880
11:05:47PM	DOW	42351.5	42289	42113	41895	42509	42758	42885	43076	42500	‘cess
11:10:05PM	NASDAQ	21093.4	21072	21011	20881	21182	21402	21555	21735	21231	‘cess
11:12:50PM	JAPAN	38885	38713	38495	38202	38930	39376	39430	39666	39100	Success

 

19/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8105 points. Change of -1.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,790,138,165 a change of 13.02%

18/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8191 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,123,160,668 a change of -23.19%

17/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8195 points. Change of -0.81%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,670,012,289 a change of 49.11%

16/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8262 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,473,170,966 a change of 7.01%

13/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8300 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,180,122,576 a change of -10.3%

12/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8311 points. Change of 0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,660,074,740 a change of -19.71%

11/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8301 points. Change of 0.25%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,804,184,495 a change of 29.66%

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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AV. Aviva** **LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:CPI Capita** **LSE:GENL Genel** **LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra** **LSE:IPF International Personal Finance** **LSE:NG. National Glib** **LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc** **LSE:SDY Speedyhire** **

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LSE:AV. Aviva Close Mid-Price: 458.6 Percentage Change: -1.14% Day High: 460.4 Day Low: 456.1

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LSE:CAR Carclo. Close Mid-Price: 25.8 Percentage Change: + 2.38% Day High: 25 Day Low: 23.6

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LSE:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 14.26 Percentage Change: -2.46% Day High: 14.5 Day Low: 13.9

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LSE:GENL Genel Close Mid-Price: 62 Percentage Change: -2.82% Day High: 62.6 Day Low: 58.8

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 354.1 Percentage Change: -2.26% Day High: 358.55 Day Low: 353.7

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance Close Mid-Price: 126 Percentage Change: -1.56% Day High: 128.5 Day Low: 125.5

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LSE:NG. National Glib Close Mid-Price: 921.6 Percentage Change: -0.50% Day High: 923 Day Low: 915.2

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 296.2 Percentage Change: -2.15% Day High: 301 Day Low: 294.9

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LSE:SDY Speedyhire Close Mid-Price: 27.9 Percentage Change: -3.96% Day High: 29.5 Day Low: 27.7

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#Gold #WallSt  This is a share which we’ve decided to include in our December “advent calendar” listings.  It’s quite fascinating how the market decided to gap the share price up, then stop the price moving. If we’d to guess, it looks like fairly standard takeover behaviour, shareholders now waiting to see if the board of directors opt to accept whatever part of the deal is best for their own pockets, rather than bothering about shareholders. However, in this instance, something very positive has happened, the market clearly allocating some interest in the future.

With the price being gapped above the Blue downtrend, it also now resides in “higher high” territory at levels not seen since 2021. This is one of these illogical situations, the opposite to the truism of “never catching a falling knife” when trying to assume a price cannot fall further. This attitude is rarely rewarded with anything other than a bunch of shareholders walking funny, their investment going horribly wrong. In this instance, the converse could be true as while you should never try and catch the falling metaphorical knife, it often can prove wise to grab hold of something which is heading up. And this is what the market are enacting with payment provider, Eckoh.

 

The situation now suggests traffic above 53.7p should next trigger gains to an initial 60p which, if bettered, allows for a secondary at 70p. Visually, there is certainly ample excuse for some hesitation to occur at the 60p level but applying conventional charty wisdom, the strong suggestion given is of this intending to head up.

Our problem comes from a Big Picture argument, presented by our software, as it presents a Long Term 96p as a viable ambition, now the share resides in recovery territory. We suspect this shall be worth keeping an eye on in case whatever potential deal is currently being offered falls apart.

If things intend go wrong, the share price needs close below 47p, this being a perfect point to invest in running shoes…

 

 

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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
11:09:17PM	BRENT	7279
11:14:54PM	GOLD	2589	2585	2572	2535	2596	2625	2640	2659	2604	Success
11:35:11PM	FTSE	8118.3									Success
11:38:34PM	STOX50	4888									Success
11:41:36PM	GERMANY	19988.2									Success
11:44:54PM	US500	5881.5									Success
11:48:45PM	DOW	42405.5	42162	42119	41137	42422	42535	42674	42844	42329	Success
11:52:26PM	NASDAQ	21229.6									Success
11:55:51PM	JAPAN	38665									Success

 

18/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8191 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,123,160,668 a change of -23.19%

17/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8195 points. Change of -0.81%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,670,012,289 a change of 49.11%

16/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8262 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,473,170,966 a change of 7.01%

13/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8300 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,180,122,576 a change of -10.3%

12/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8311 points. Change of 0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,660,074,740 a change of -19.71%

11/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8301 points. Change of 0.25%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,804,184,495 a change of 29.66%

10/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8280 points. Change of -0.86%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,476,630,300 a change of -11.71%

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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AV. Aviva** **LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:HSBA HSBC** **LSE:IAG British Airways** **LSE:NG. National Glib** **LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc** **LSE:QED Quadrise** **

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LSE:AV. Aviva Close Mid-Price: 463.9 Percentage Change: -0.79% Day High: 468.9 Day Low: 462.9

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LSE:CAR Carclo Close Mid-Price: 25.2 Percentage Change: -6.67% Day High: 27 Day Low: 24.8

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 767.9 Percentage Change: + 1.35% Day High: 769.4 Day Low: 759.6

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 302.8 Percentage Change: + 1.85% Day High: 304.9 Day Low: 300.1

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LSE:NG. National Glib Close Mid-Price: 926.2 Percentage Change: -1.11% Day High: 938.8 Day Low: 924.6

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 302.7 Percentage Change: -0.85% Day High: 305.8 Day Low: 296.2

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LSE:QED Quadrise Close Mid-Price: 5.35 Percentage Change: -8.55% Day High: 6.3 Day Low: 5.3

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#FTSE #Stoxx  Now the Formula 1 season is over, there’s perhaps a chance Aston Martin share price shall recover, the company reputation decline no longer being televised live every week or two. They’re a team which often appear set up for disaster, employing Alonso and his history as one driver and, one the other hand, employing Lance Stroll as the second driver, his place earned by the size of his fathers chequebook. Perhaps 2025 shall see a significant change in the team fortunes with the legendary Adrian Newey joining the gang, a bloke regarded as one of the greatest engineers in the history of the sport.

With his prior experience working at McLaren before Red Bull, perhaps he shall immediately point at Alonso and announce “there’s your problem!”.

Unfortunately, this is doubtful but his departure from Red Bull must surely effect the moral of the team, something which will be amusing to watch next year. However, if Mr Newey is able to wield his magic wand with Aston Martin, perhaps the company share price shall reflect success in the sport. It’s certainly the case an interesting year potentially awaits but personally, I suspect I shall be watching recorded highlights rather than live races, still being jaded due to F1 management manipulating race results.

 

It was certainly interesting to see Aston Martin share price experience a 4% rise from nowhere on 17th December, perhaps optimism due to the company not being shown to fail on television.

This being the case, we shall pay attention if their share price exceeds just 106.5p anytime soon as this should trigger price recovery to an initial 118.5 and probable hesitation, as the price donks against the Blue downtrend since 2023. Our secondary, if the share price manages to close above Blue works out at a future 131p, an indication the price may have finally started some proper recovery. We do suspect some hesitation around the 131 – 141 level, if only due to the share price being forced down at the end of September. It is probable next will will require share price closure above 121p to confirm a recovery cycle has commenced.

Should things intend go wrong, the price needs reverse below 100p as a visit to 83p has become possible with our secondary calculating at a visually ridiculous 50p.

 

Who knows, next year we will probably not be watching F1 but shall take some time to keep an eye on Aston Martin!

 

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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
11:39:11PM	BRENT	7315.9
11:45:31PM	GOLD	2648.09									‘cess
11:49:16PM	FTSE	8193.3	8184	8160	8093	8226	8226	8234	8251	8192	‘cess
11:51:26PM	STOX50	4937	4933	4912	4884	4949	4968	4975	4992	4940	‘cess
11:53:50PM	GERMANY	20217.6								20240	Success
11:56:34PM	US500	6046.8								6050	‘cess
11:34:11PM	DOW	43463								43489
11:38:17PM	NASDAQ	21968.1								21877
11:40:46PM	JAPAN	39169								39298	Success

 

17/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8195 points. Change of -0.81%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,670,012,289 a change of 49.11%

16/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8262 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,473,170,966 a change of 7.01%

13/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8300 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,180,122,576 a change of -10.3%

12/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8311 points. Change of 0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,660,074,740 a change of -19.71%

11/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8301 points. Change of 0.25%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,804,184,495 a change of 29.66%

10/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8280 points. Change of -0.86%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,476,630,300 a change of -11.71%

9/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8352 points. Change of 0.53%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,070,546,042 a change of 9.1%

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:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 362.7 Percentage Change: -1.37% Day High: 365.35 Day Low: 360.4

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 936.6 Percentage Change: + 0.09% Day High: 941.4 Day Low: 925.4

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LSE:QED Quadrise. Close Mid-Price: 5.85 Percentage Change: + 25.81% Day High: 6 Day Low: 4.8

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#Gold #SP500  A small portion of my childhood became fascinated with Weir’s. The company had a massive engineering plant behind my primary school, the workforce entering every morning via a mysterious bridge across a river, until such time the big gates closed and all the adults were doing mysterious things. Without any doubt, the place was the largest single employer on the south side of Glasgow, the expected path being -Primary School, Secondary School, Weir’s, a route followed by enormous numbers of engineers. Our parents decided to move away, after two years, and I was plucked from this road to obscurity and engineering excellence.

There’s a slightly funny story about the day the family moved. Dad knew Mum was collecting me from school to go to the new big house. Mum knew Dad was doing the task. Me, only knowing we were moving house, gave up waiting and decided to walk home to our “old” house. I was six years old!

Arriving at the old house, it was deserted, no bikes in the driveway and the house totally empty. Slight worry started to settle in, so with impeccable logic, I decided to walk to the new house which was around 8 miles away. I’d been there once and thought I remembered the route, so how hard could it be? First, I walked back to the primary school as it had been the starting point, when we visited the new house. Making my way along the main road, I also remembered a short cut my Mum had sometimes taken, cutting through a massive estate of new houses, and eventually rejoined the main road beside the cinema my mother would abandon me at on Saturday mornings. At this point, things started to go a little wrong, as I’d regularly meet with two cousins at this cinema. Of course, the three of us would skip out and do something more interesting, useful as they stayed pretty close to our new house.

So I took a shortcut through swamp, across an abandoned quarry, and finally through a railway yard, one complete with rusting steam engines along with long forgotten carriages etc. In other words, a magnet for children. Following the railway line, eventually I arrived at the local railway station and from there, it was easy to walk a series of paths to eventually arrive at the new house. Inevitably, there was a bit of fuss about my arrival, along with quite a few phone calls to alert our wider family I’d somehow turned up. This was the first manifestation of a strange personal superpower, an inability to get lost, always handy in a new city.

 

As for Weir Group, the company embraced the usual trauma of expansion, contraction, bankruptcy, mass redundancies, etc but survive. However, it appears some of the massive area their engineering works embraced has now been given over to flats and housing and they’re no longer a major employer in the area. Even my first Primary School closed down, thankfully remaining as a listed building.

 

But Weirs survived through a couple of iterations and now, their share price is becoming interesting. In fact, it’s sufficiently useful to be designated as one of our ‘advent calendar’ shares as we’re fairly enthusiastic about their future.

Currently, above 2270p calculates as potentially triggering share price gains to an initial 2496p with our secondary, if bettered, an impressive long term 3016 and a new all time high, certainly something which makes a lot of visual sense as the share price has been bubbling upward since September of this year. As a result of this, we shall not be surprised if the share price moves upward, once market trading conditions allow.

For the present, the price would need below 2170 to trigger latent reversals to an initial 2014 and hopefully a bounce. Our secondary, should such a level break, works out at 1868p and a very possible rebound, along with an urgent need for us to revisit the share price.

 

For now, we think Weir should prove worth watching.

 

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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
10:52:23PM	BRENT	7374
10:54:43PM	GOLD	2651.52	2649	2633	2602	2667	2667	2672	2681	2653
11:15:20PM	FTSE	8234.9
11:18:51PM	STOX50	4943.3
11:29:30PM	GERMANY	20313.8									‘cess
11:37:09PM	US500	6067.9	6050	6037	6021	6071	6085	6095	6115	6070
11:41:53PM	DOW	43657
11:52:33PM	NASDAQ	22076.8									Success
11:54:55PM	JAPAN	39658

 

16/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8262 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,473,170,966 a change of 7.01%

13/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8300 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,180,122,576 a change of -10.3%

12/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8311 points. Change of 0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,660,074,740 a change of -19.71%

11/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8301 points. Change of 0.25%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,804,184,495 a change of 29.66%

10/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8280 points. Change of -0.86%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,476,630,300 a change of -11.71%

9/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8352 points. Change of 0.53%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,070,546,042 a change of 9.1%

6/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8308 points. Change of -0.49%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,647,469,843 a change of -11.07%

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:CAR Carclo Close Mid-Price: 28 Percentage Change: -6.35% Day High: 29.6 Day Low: 26.8

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 367.75 Percentage Change: -0.89% Day High: 374.6 Day Low: 366.3

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 296.4 Percentage Change: + 1.09% Day High: 298.6 Day Low: 292

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LSE:IDS International Distribution. Close Mid-Price: 361.8 Percentage Change: + 0.78% Day High: 362.8 Day Low: 361.2

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LSE:QED Quadrise. Close Mid-Price: 4.65 Percentage Change: + 15.10% Day High: 4.9 Day Low: 4.43

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 21.5 Percentage Change: + 0.94% Day High: 22 Day Low: 21.1

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered Close Mid-Price: 991.4 Percentage Change: -0.54% Day High: 1010 Day Low: 989.4

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 373.1 Percentage Change: + 0.30% Day High: 375.1 Day Low: 371.5

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 124.15 Percentage Change: -0.16% Day High: 124.25 Day Low: 121.4

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#Brent #SP500  With Christmas just over a week away, we’ve a few reasons to spoil any Christmas spirit. It’s all to do with market index’ which are approaching logical highs, a fictional point in time at which we tend anticipate some hysterics. Some markets have already started to display some hesitation, behaving a bit like most blokes considering entering a ladies shoe shop at this time of year. The Dow Jones, for instance, has a logical “high” target level calculated at 45,135 and with the highest recently achieved being 45,074 points, there’s a reasonable argument this high was “close enough”.

The problem comes, when we review other markets like Germany, the S&P, even the UK FTSE, as they are all approaching theoretical market highs. We’re starting to wonder if the markets plan some sort of artificial reversals, prior to Mr Trump being crowned in the USA. There’s probably a market opening for England’s Prince Andrew to offer rental of coronation robes and associated frippery for the event of January 20th in Washington, USA!

 

Our concern about the markets reaching a “logical high” level is oddly backed up with Barclays. Their share price, while looking quite energetic from a Big Picture viewpoint, is also looking slightly fraught with danger. The immediate issue suggests movement above just 272p should trigger improvements to an initial 279p. This brings the share price to a level last seen in 2015 but, from a closer viewpoint, we anticipate 279p as being an issue. The reason being movements during 2024, following the break of the Blue downtrend since 2008, calculate with a logical high at 279p, presenting a point at which some turbulence is expected. This detail bothers us, due to markets all suffering such a potential fairly soon.

The big question, obviously, is will this occur before the coronation of Mr Trump or after?

But should 279p be exceeded, we can calculate a secondary ambition at 312p, now challenging the highs of 2013.

 

While the retail banking sector appears to be recovering, we’re certainly getting a little nervous at the potential for some relatively near term turbulence. But Barclays now needs close below 234p to spoil our calculations, so there’s currently plenty of room for manoeuvre.

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
11:05:09PM	BRENT	7432	7356	7321	7278	7377	7450	7468	7476	7422
11:08:23PM	GOLD	2650								2655
11:19:49PM	FTSE	8305.7								8280
11:23:54PM	STOX50	4971.3								4965
12:05:41AM	GERMANY	20448.6								20250
12:10:42AM	US500	6056	6035	6011	5985	6048	6081	6118	6143	6027
12:15:12AM	DOW	43870.5								43884
11:18:05PM	NASDAQ	21794								21740
11:21:32PM	JAPAN	39506								39206

 

13/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8300 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,180,122,576 a change of -10.3%

12/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8311 points. Change of 0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,660,074,740 a change of -19.71%

11/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8301 points. Change of 0.25%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,804,184,495 a change of 29.66%

10/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8280 points. Change of -0.86%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,476,630,300 a change of -11.71%

9/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8352 points. Change of 0.53%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,070,546,042 a change of 9.1%

6/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8308 points. Change of -0.49%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,647,469,843 a change of -11.07%

5/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8349 points. Change of 0.17%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,225,818,106 a change of -2.92%

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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AV. Aviva** **LSE:BLOE Block Energy PLC** **LSE:HSBA HSBC** **LSE:QED Quadrise** **LSE:RKH Rockhopper** **LSE:TLW Tullow** **

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LSE:BLOE Block Energy PLC Close Mid-Price: 0.7 Percentage Change: -3.45% Day High: 0.72 Day Low: 0.7

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 766.2 Percentage Change: + 0.67% Day High: 765.4 Day Low: 758.9

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LSE:QED Quadrise Close Mid-Price: 4.04 Percentage Change: -6.16% Day High: 4.5 Day Low: 3.98

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 21.3 Percentage Change: + 2.40% Day High: 21.6 Day Low: 20.9

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LSE:TLW Tullow Close Mid-Price: 23.44 Percentage Change: -9.85% Day High: 27.9 Day Low: 23.04

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#FTSE #GOLD When we look back in time, the FTSE has produced some interesting patterns of behaviour, creating a situation which may actually become useful. When we review how long it took for the index to recover from its 2003 Tech Crash low, 13 years slithered by before our calculation proved correct. Then, we’d the Financial Crash of 2009, a disaster which took 9 years before we could regard recovery as complete. While it’s always stupid to draw assumptions from a single data result, if we extrapolate using this gap between recoveries, we may embrace 2025 as the year when we should hope the market achieves a high of around 8,755 points, then invariably experience some reversals.

Another interesting facet from extrapolating data irresponsibly like this is being able to present the year 2036, this being the next point when the world should anticipate a major market crash.  Our inclinations is to regard such seriously long term predictions as far from trustworthy, just as bad as taking a government economists predictions as sane. However, it is worth remembering the Asteroid Apophis will pass fairly close to Earth in 2026, just 5 million miles away apparently.

We like playing with numbers but the idea of a “top” around 8,755 points next year is attractive, certainly suggesting a point where opening a short with a seriously tight stop will make some sense!

 

As for the FTSE near term,  we’re looking for arguments which favour market recovery above 8334 as heading to an initial 8376 points. If bettered, our secondary now calculates at 8461 points though we’re not inclined to expect both target levels to appear within a single day. Additionally, our secondary offers the prospect of being “game changing”, taking the UK index solidly above 8400 points, being introduced as a nonsense solid barrier. Market traders will be perfectly aware there’s no such thing as a ceiling or floor but with the FTSE, bettering the 8400 level certainly looks like a free gift to optimistic traders.

Unfortunately, for those taking the plunge with longer term Big Picture hopes, the tightest stop – if 8334 is triggered –  is ridiculous at 8260 points.

 

Our converse scenario demands the index slip below 8250 points, triggering reversal to an initial 8225 points with our secondary, if broken, at 8171 points.

 

Enjoy the weekend, only 93 days until the next Grand Prix weekend. To be honest, the contrived nature of “the sport” is making it harder to maintain enthusiasm.

 

 

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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
11:29:03PM	BRENT	7324.4	7236	7191		7320	7392	7418		7318	‘cess
11:33:59PM	GOLD	2680.62	2676	2664		2690	2720	2731		2702
11:37:47PM	FTSE	8296.1	8288	8272		8305	8332	8344		8303
11:42:21PM	STOX50	4961.4	4953	4947		4963	4976	4982		4963
11:44:35PM	GERMANY	20415.3	20363	20334		20418	20458	20491		20392
11:33:44PM	US500	6058	6047	6039		6063	6080	6089		6060
11:37:38PM	DOW	43894	43878	43701		44085	44200	44293		44057
11:39:53PM	NASDAQ	21716	21578	21534		21662	21740	21780		21645	‘cess
11:42:35PM	JAPAN	39724	39552	39443		39667	39804	39883		39631	‘cess

 

12/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8311 points. Change of 0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,660,074,740 a change of -19.71%

11/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8301 points. Change of 0.25%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,804,184,495 a change of 29.66%

10/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8280 points. Change of -0.86%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,476,630,300 a change of -11.71%

9/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8352 points. Change of 0.53%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,070,546,042 a change of 9.1%

6/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8308 points. Change of -0.49%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,647,469,843 a change of -11.07%

5/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8349 points. Change of 0.17%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,225,818,106 a change of -2.92%

4/12/2024 FTSE Closed at 8335 points. Change of -0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,383,163,281 a change of 3.03%

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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AV. Aviva** **LSE:BARC Barclays** **LSE:EZJ EasyJet** **LSE:GENL Genel** **LSE:HSBA HSBC** **LSE:IAG British Airways** **LSE:NG. National Glib** **LSE:PMG Parkmead** **LSE:TRN The Trainline** **LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey** **

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LSE:GENL Genel Close Mid-Price: 62.6 Percentage Change: -1.88% Day High: 64.5 Day Low: 63

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 291.8 Percentage Change: + 1.32% Day High: 295.6 Day Low: 289

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 940.2 Percentage Change: + 0.06% Day High: 943.4 Day Low: 934.2

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LSE:PMG Parkmead. Close Mid-Price: 19.4 Percentage Change: + 33.79% Day High: 24.5 Day Low: 18

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LSE:TRN The Trainline. Close Mid-Price: 434.8 Percentage Change: + 0.32% Day High: 442.2 Day Low: 432.6

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 125.85 Percentage Change: -0.51% Day High: 127 Day Low: 125.35

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