Trends And Targets

#Gold #SP500 A subject close to our hearts, the weather, makes us hate the Weather Services. They obviously are not to blame for Argyll’s often dreadful climate but instead can be painted as Clickbait Hungry by releasing news reports which are designed to give the media cheap headlines. Once the immediate panic declines and folk ponder 40mph winds which had the potential to exceed 70mph, one cm of snow which had the potential of being 20cm, and more usually,  torrential rain which was supposed to be light showers. For some reason, they never get rainfall right! And of course, sometimes the sun also appears.

We’ve a similar unfair negative bias toward London Stock Exchange Group, feeling like they deserve a portion of the blame for the often appalling treatment of some shares, especially the UK’s AIM market. However, this is as silly as blaming the Met Office for Argyll’s ridiculous level of rainfall. As an instance, since the start of October, we’ve been waiting for the ground to dry up prior to repairing a garden wall built with heavy stones. Six weeks later, the cement remains unmixed and the pile of rocks untouched. We know the mountain in our back garden is to blame for the constant rain, but we still detest the Met Office and their rabid adherence to a clickbait agenda.

London Stock Exchange Group (or LSEG to its pals) share price has performed with reasonable potentials in the last few weeks. LSEG share price was gapped above the uptrend since 2019. This is theoretically very positive, carrying the suggestion share price movement above 9,250 should become useful, ideally triggering gains to an initial 10,245 with our secondary, if exceeded, calculating at 10,984p and some probable hesitation, judging by the visuals. But overall, a fascinating 12,000p seems to be introducing an attraction, something similar to that experienced in Argyll when any rain is possible.

On the downside, we fear the risks of any movement below 8,740 as this risks triggering reversals down to an initial 8,003p with our secondary, if broken, at a probable bottom of 6,628p.

For now, we lean toward optimism with this share price.

 

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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
11:10:35PM	BRENT	6256.3									‘cess
11:21:40PM	GOLD	4202.56	4098	4085	4043	4138	4212	4283	4415	4126
11:24:41PM	FTSE	9872.6
11:29:28PM	STOX50	5783.4									‘cess
11:34:00PM	GERMANY	24378.9									‘cess
11:36:36PM	US500	6837.6	6808	6778	6745	6836	6879	6898	6986	6843	Success
11:41:04PM	DOW	48231									Success
11:43:42PM	NASDAQ	25431.1									Success
11:46:24PM	JAPAN	51059									Success

 

12/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9911 points. Change of 0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,069,423,545 a change of -4.91%

11/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9899 points. Change of 1.14%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,382,591,388 a change of 4.7%

10/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9787 points. Change of 1.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,095,878,551 a change of 4.62%

7/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9682 points. Change of -0.54%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,826,630,107 a change of -16.85%

6/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9735 points. Change of 896.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,007,707,852 a change of 6.36%

5/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 977 points. Change of -89.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,588,542,661 a change of 10.12%

4/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9714 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,983,302,378 a change of 21.14%

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:AVCT Avacta** **LSE:AZN Astrazeneca** **LSE:BARC Barclays** **LSE:BME B & M** **LSE:EXPN Experian** **LSE:HSBA HSBC** **LSE:NWG Natwest** **LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments** **LSE:PMG Parkmead** **LSE:WG. Wood Group** **

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LSE:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 692.6 Percentage Change: + 1.94% Day High: 698.4 Day Low: 678.6

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LSE:AVCT Avacta. Close Mid-Price: 77.6 Percentage Change: + 6.01% Day High: 78.5 Day Low: 73

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LSE:AZN Astrazeneca. Close Mid-Price: 13518 Percentage Change: + 0.39% Day High: 13548 Day Low: 13390

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 429.05 Percentage Change: + 1.47% Day High: 429.4 Day Low: 420.8

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LSE:BME B & M Close Mid-Price: 164 Percentage Change: -0.33% Day High: 164.85 Day Low: 161.55

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LSE:EXPN Experian Close Mid-Price: 3323 Percentage Change: -4.48% Day High: 3567 Day Low: 3321

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1117.4 Percentage Change: + 1.64% Day High: 1119.6 Day Low: 1107.8

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 624.4 Percentage Change: + 1.07% Day High: 623.2 Day Low: 616.6

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 2115 Percentage Change: + 2.67% Day High: 2110 Day Low: 1966

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LSE:PMG Parkmead Close Mid-Price: 12.75 Percentage Change: -3.77% Day High: 13.25 Day Low: 12.75

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LSE:WG. Wood Group Close Mid-Price: 21.44 Percentage Change: -5.13% Day High: 23.18 Day Low: 21.54

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#FTSE #Nasdaq The ongoing intercepts with the US military and drug runners in the Pacific certainly inspire a thought. Because we’ve the secret submarine base on our doorstep and fairly frequent Royal Marine exercises going on, surely the British military would be able to spend time intercepting people who use Jet Ski’s on Sunday mornings. A lazy Sunday, spiced up by the odd explosion, wouldn’t be the hardest thing to endure and it’d give the military plenty of practice.

Meanwhile, Italy, a country unable to get its cars across the finish line in the Brazilian Grand Prix, has perhaps better reason to celebrate, their stock market now trading higher than any point since 2007. There are some signs its gains should continue, though we fear some hesitation is probable around the 45,000 level. It is certainly doing well but the proximity of our secondary at 46,737 tends suggests the Italian index risks stutters fairly soon. Perhaps this will come, if their Ferrari donkeys finally exhibit some strength and start winning races in Formula 1. Currently trading around 44,439 points, it need only exceed 44,500 to suggest an imminent cycle to 45,047 points, perhaps coinciding with the next Grand Prix!

 

As for Relx Plc, the share price is doing something interesting and has been the focus of a few comments anticipating some upward travel. At first glance, we’d conventionally ridicule such a notion but price movements in the last couple of days tend suggest the market may have a sneaky plan.

The share price broke the upward trend on Friday, raising eyebrows as a reversal cycle to 2977p looked like it had commenced. But, while the trend break occurred at 3,222 points, by closing at 3,227 points, the share price has exceeded the level of trend break and – quite amazingly – closed a session at bang on the trend line. One of our bigger rules is to distrust anything pointing at reversals, if a share price exceeds the point of trend break. By just 5p, a ridiculous sum, the strong implication is that we should look for surprise recovery…

The situation now threatens movement above 3,236 as bringing movement to an initial 3,482p with our longer term secondary, if beaten, at 3,683p.

We suspect this shall prove worthy of a glance.

 

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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
10:09:26PM	BRENT	6501.5									Success
11:26:38PM	GOLD	4134.4
11:30:33PM	FTSE	9901.3	9574	9497	9358	9734	9914	9925	10212	9632
11:33:10PM	STOX50	5738.2	5677	5652	5621	5705	5744	5752	5818	5714
11:38:39PM	GERMANY	24183.5
11:41:10PM	US500	6850.3
11:46:39PM	DOW	47933									‘cess
11:51:38PM	NASDAQ	25565
11:54:02PM	JAPAN	51077									Shambles

 

11/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9899 points. Change of 1.14%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,382,591,388 a change of 4.7%

10/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9787 points. Change of 1.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,095,878,551 a change of 4.62%

7/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9682 points. Change of -0.54%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,826,630,107 a change of -16.85%

6/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9735 points. Change of 896.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,007,707,852 a change of 6.36%

5/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 977 points. Change of -89.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,588,542,661 a change of 10.12%

4/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9714 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,983,302,378 a change of 21.14%

3/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9701 points. Change of -0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,939,105,432 a change of -3.2%

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:AZN Astrazeneca** **LSE:BARC Barclays** **LSE:BP. BP PLC** **LSE:HSBA HSBC** **LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.** **LSE:NWG Natwest** **LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments** **LSE:STAN Standard Chartered** **LSE:TSCO Tesco** **LSE:VOD Vodafone** **

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LSE:AZN Astrazeneca. Close Mid-Price: 13466 Percentage Change: + 2.59% Day High: 13508 Day Low: 13286

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 422.85 Percentage Change: + 1.34% Day High: 426.1 Day Low: 420

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 476.15 Percentage Change: + 2.59% Day High: 476.2 Day Low: 467.15

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1099.4 Percentage Change: + 0.96% Day High: 1102.6 Day Low: 1093.6

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 94.62 Percentage Change: + 1.83% Day High: 95.1 Day Low: 93.24

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 617.8 Percentage Change: + 1.41% Day High: 620.4 Day Low: 612.4

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 2060 Percentage Change: + 14.96% Day High: 2090 Day Low: 1814

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered Close Mid-Price: 1631 Percentage Change: -0.18% Day High: 1653.5 Day Low: 1627.5

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LSE:TSCO Tesco Close Mid-Price: 461.9 Percentage Change: -2.88% Day High: 480.5 Day Low: 457.3

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LSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 96.32 Percentage Change: + 8.32% Day High: 96.32 Day Low: 91.3

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#Gold #Nasdaq This is becoming an annual habit, reviewing posh fireworks defence company, Chemring Group around Guy Fawkes day. Our previous review in November last year has seen the price achieve our target levels, albeit entirely at their own pace and our outlook needs an update. One funny memory from November 5th remains from a Golden Retriever who absolutely loved fireworks. Across the sea from our house, a village would do a fireworks display and we’d the best view, especially when the loch was calm. The dog was always fascinated, sitting outside entranced while our other Golden Retriever girl was hiding in the back bedroom. Eventually, the penny dropped, she was as deaf as a post but with astounding lip reading talents.

We’re fairly impressed at how the share price has performed, since achieving our target level of 551p. Since June this year, the share price has closed above our target level on multiple occasions and now, closure above 600p (the most recent closing price high) shall be regarded as a solid signal for positive movement ahead.

This being the case, closure above 600p or indeed intraday traffic above 614p – the recent intraday high – will be viewed as triggering share price gains to an initial 738p with our secondary, if exceeded, a longer term all time high of 826p and some potential hesitation.

Unfortunately, the visuals for this defence contractor hint at the potential of a pound shop firework infecting their share price.

Movement now below 525 risks triggering reversal down to an initial 494p with our secondary, if broken, at 455p and a very possible bottom with some bounce potentials. The share price needs close below 428p to cancel our optimistic potentials for this share price.  Worth keeping an eye on, we think.

 

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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
10:15:43PM	BRENT	6384.8
10:19:02PM	GOLD	4115	4071	4056	4036	4094	4118	4170	4264	4082	Success
10:23:55PM	FTSE	9838.3									Success
10:37:00PM	STOX50	5693.8									Success
10:40:35PM	GERMANY	24077.5									‘cess
10:43:49PM	US500	6633
10:47:53PM	DOW	47359.7									‘cess
10:51:32PM	NASDAQ	25611.3	25339	25216	25070	25466	25654	25698	25855	25414	‘cess
10:54:17PM	JAPAN	51271

 

10/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9787 points. Change of 1.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,095,878,551 a change of 4.62%

7/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9682 points. Change of -0.54%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,826,630,107 a change of -16.85%

6/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9735 points. Change of 896.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,007,707,852 a change of 6.36%

5/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 977 points. Change of -89.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,588,542,661 a change of 10.12%

4/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9714 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,983,302,378 a change of 21.14%

3/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9701 points. Change of -0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,939,105,432 a change of -3.2%

31/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9717 points. Change of -0.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,102,481,430 a change of -19.1%

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.

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:AZN Astrazeneca** **LSE:BARC Barclays** **LSE:BP. BP PLC** **LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group** **LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.** **LSE:NWG Natwest** **LSE:PHP Primary Health** **LSE:STAN Standard Chartered** **LSE:WG. Wood Group** **

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LSE:AZN Astrazeneca. Close Mid-Price: 13126 Percentage Change: + 1.75% Day High: 13206 Day Low: 12840

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 417.25 Percentage Change: + 3.10% Day High: 418 Day Low: 410.55

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 464.15 Percentage Change: + 1.19% Day High: 464.9 Day Low: 459.9

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 9924 Percentage Change: + 1.91% Day High: 10025 Day Low: 9858

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 92.92 Percentage Change: + 2.56% Day High: 92.94 Day Low: 91.34

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 609.2 Percentage Change: + 1.74% Day High: 612.8 Day Low: 603.8

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LSE:PHP Primary Health. Close Mid-Price: 97.85 Percentage Change: + 0.41% Day High: 98.35 Day Low: 97.05

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1634 Percentage Change: + 2.12% Day High: 1635.5 Day Low: 1615

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LSE:WG. Wood Group. Close Mid-Price: 23.28 Percentage Change: + 8.28% Day High: 24.04 Day Low: 21.3

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#Brent #Germany With the retail banks moving above their immediate layer of low cloud, we’ve been working hard at viewing the clouds from both sides now, in an attempt to come up with a reasonable set of predictions for members of the banking sectors future. This has thrown up a few things which should perhaps have been obvious to us already but quite bizarrely, when we take cognisance of events when the markets were manipulated due to Covid-19, there is a pretty firm conclusion to be made that with Lloyds, the market decided to employ the downtrend since 1998, twenty two years earlier. 

On the big picture chart below, we’ve zoomed in on 2020 to show market movements in respect of the long term downtrend  and there’s little argument the market was – for some insane reason – playing attention to this trend line! To be plain, this means we are now supposed to believe a cycle to a long term 201p has commenced but we prefer to throw some further criteria into the mix. However, we can cough politely and point out the market needs fall below 28p to cancel the prospects of a future 201p making an appearance.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

 

 

Then again, there’s the inset on the chart below, another Blue downtrend but one which dates back to 2009 before the financial crisis grew really frothy. If relying on this trend, the current implication is for movement above 92.25 triggering a nearer term rise to an initial 112p with our secondary, if bettered, at 122p. The close proximity of these target levels implies some hesitation can be anticipated in this area but, from a Big Picture argument, closure above 122p shall now be viewed as triggering the share price to leave the cloud cover behind and soar to the 201p level eventually.

The share price needs retreat below 60p to spoil this overflow of optimism.

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
10:22:40PM	BRENT	6359	6275	6199	6065	6441	6486	6554	6647	6368
10:24:44PM	GOLD	4000.19
10:28:00PM	FTSE	9731.3
10:30:40PM	STOX50	5616.8
10:32:47PM	GERMANY	23763.9	23451	23172	22638	23679	23840	23955	24123	23655
10:38:07PM	US500	6740.9
10:41:39PM	DOW	47056
10:45:02PM	NASDAQ	25120.2
10:48:13PM	JAPAN	50440

 

7/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9682 points. Change of -0.54%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,826,630,107 a change of -16.85%

6/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9735 points. Change of 896.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,007,707,852 a change of 6.36%

5/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 977 points. Change of -89.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,588,542,661 a change of 10.12%

4/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9714 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,983,302,378 a change of 21.14%

3/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9701 points. Change of -0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,939,105,432 a change of -3.2%

31/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9717 points. Change of -0.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,102,481,430 a change of -19.1%

30/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9760 points. Change of 0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,306,885,149 a change of 3.02%

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:BME B & M Close Mid-Price: 163.7 Percentage Change: -0.73% Day High: 167.8 Day Low: 162.6

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LSE:HIK Hikma. Close Mid-Price: 1582 Percentage Change: + 3.94% Day High: 1602 Day Low: 1525

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 9738 Percentage Change: + 2.31% Day High: 9764 Day Low: 9554

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 197 Percentage Change: -1.10% Day High: 200.8 Day Low: 189.3

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#FTSE #Gold Well, that went wrong!

It had been pretty clear the FTSE was anticipating the Bank of England making an effort in favour of the UK by reducing Interest Rates. However, the central bank continued its failed experiment by continuing to smother the country, increasing costs with their inactivity. Hopefully, the next meeting of the policy committee in 6 weeks time shall find sufficient excuse to bring rates down. We had to grimace at the banks comment, warning of “persistent weak growth” while not pausing to consider their role in creating such a climate.

Unfortunately, Rachel from Accounts is unveiling her Budget at the end of November and if she applies her famed competence, there’s unfortunately a good chance the UK shall be falling apart by Xmas.

 

For light relief, choosing to read “Quantum Computing for Dummies” has been ‘interesting’. Personally, regarding the hype about Artificial Intelligence as a publicity bubble which will burst, it seemed a good idea to scratch the surface of a type of computer science which is difficult to comprehend. Artificial Intelligence is just software with a good publicity agent but Quantum Computing is different. To put it simply, “Quantum Computing makes use of the quantum states of subatomic particles to store and process information”. Thankfully, this makes it easy to understand <joke> but actually does open the door for quite a dangerous thought.

Remaining on the subject of sub atomic particles, when the folk in America exploded their first atomic bomb (Trinity, Los Alamos), the grown ups with their finger on the big red button all had a nagging thought in mind. Essentially, there was a theoretical  risk setting the thing off could trigger a worldwide chain reaction. On balance, there was a fair chance it would simply destroy a few scorpions in the desert bomb range but when the scientists opened their eyes after the test to discover they still were alive, it was fairly clear all atoms are not connected. Quite a similar mental question mark existed when the guys at CERN turned on their particle collider!

This little aside should prove worthwhile for the future as we strongly believe companies involved in Quantum shall surge, once the current AI bubble bursts. Quantum Computing is the real deal, perhaps capable of making AI work the way science fiction writers describe. But of course, there’s a problem. Should Quantum move into the real world and escape the realm of theoretical, any working Quantum Computer will be able to know everything any other Quantum Computer knows as it’s going to be taking advantage of the “worldwide chain reaction” theory which was theoretically possible with the atomic bomb or the CERN particle collider. It’s a String Theory thing, where everything is connected. Fans of the telly show “The Big Bang Theory” should be fully educated on the subject. <Another joke>

But anyone stumbling across a UK company mucking around with Quantum should pay some attention to them. That’s the theory…

 

The UK FTSE has been behaving as if they “knew” the BoE were about to do something sensible but news the bank was intending to continue to harm the economy wasn’t great. To be clear, we side with Mr Trump on this issue as similar to the USA, the UK shouldn’t be held ransom to someone else’s ideology. For both countries, it’s a theory from the World Economic Forum central bank interest rates will control inflation and government plans.

For now, the FTSE looks very capable of weakness below 9721 bringing travel down to an initial 9685 points with our secondary, if broken, at 9841 points. Things become terribly dangerous as trouble below 9841 will suggest an eventual 9332 is exerting an influence.

Should things intend be positive, essentially parking the FTSE for another 6 weeks, above 9750 should trigger an initial 9768 points with our secondary, if bettered, at 9833 points.

 

Have a good weekend, It’s the Brazilian Grand Prix, always amusing at the number of drivers scratching their groin area. Usually, it is quite a good race, though they’ve chosen to confundle the weekend with one of the ridiculous “Sprint” events. We’ve got grandchildren, along with guitars, as they want to learn something (ruin my weekend). Tip: try not to be the cool grandparent!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

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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
10:19:54PM	BRENT	6342	6275	6250		6333	6424	6472		6366	‘cess
10:23:45PM	GOLD	3976.84	3965	3950		3990	4020	4030		4002	Success
10:26:50PM	FTSE	9720.2	9700	9680		9729	9785	9805		9735
10:31:51PM	STOX50	5620.3	5598	5573		5629	5674	5694		5640	‘cess
10:42:25PM	GERMANY	23765	23682	23579		23810	24056	24182		23926	‘cess
10:49:57PM	US500	6737	6706	6683		6751	6818	6860		6777	Success
10:54:39PM	DOW	46984.8	46782	46579		46925	47379	47621		47189	Success
10:58:18PM	NASDAQ	25192.3	25081	24943		25265	25426	25543		25201	Success
11:00:42PM	JAPAN	50270	49995	49739		50224	50580	50753		50361

 

6/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9735 points. Change of 896.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,007,707,852 a change of 6.36%

5/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 977 points. Change of -89.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,588,542,661 a change of 10.12%

4/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9714 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,983,302,378 a change of 21.14%

3/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9701 points. Change of -0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,939,105,432 a change of -3.2%

31/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9717 points. Change of -0.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,102,481,430 a change of -19.1%

30/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9760 points. Change of 0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,306,885,149 a change of 3.02%

29/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9756 points. Change of 0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,121,713,518 a change of 7.72%

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:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 409.8 Percentage Change: + 1.00% Day High: 412.9 Day Low: 407.45

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LSE:BLOE Block Energy PLC Close Mid-Price: 0.72 Percentage Change: -14.71% Day High: 0.8 Day Low: 0.72

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 1680 Percentage Change: -6.54% Day High: 1766.5 Day Low: 1664.5

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LSE:HIK Hikma Close Mid-Price: 1522 Percentage Change: -14.06% Day High: 1641 Day Low: 1531

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1088.8 Percentage Change: + 0.28% Day High: 1099 Day Low: 1086

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 9518 Percentage Change: -0.36% Day High: 9646 Day Low: 9498

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 91.14 Percentage Change: + 1.76% Day High: 91.9 Day Low: 90.56

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1160.5 Percentage Change: + 0.78% Day High: 1183.5 Day Low: 1139.5

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 600.8 Percentage Change: + 2.11% Day High: 606.4 Day Low: 597.8

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 199.2 Percentage Change: -4.41% Day High: 212.7 Day Low: 200.9

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LSE:PHP Primary Health. Close Mid-Price: 96.95 Percentage Change: + 1.36% Day High: 97.3 Day Low: 95.35

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 355.8 Percentage Change: + 5.52% Day High: 360.2 Day Low: 326.4

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1609 Percentage Change: + 1.58% Day High: 1612.5 Day Low: 1597

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 474.4 Percentage Change: + 1.74% Day High: 478.6 Day Low: 465.3

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LSE:WG. Wood Group. Close Mid-Price: 20 Percentage Change: + 8.46% Day High: 26 Day Low: 19.1

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#Gold #Nasdaq We reviewed this back in March, opting to use our usual “kiss of death” final paragraph to give an optimistic outlook. It worked out rather precisely, JP Sports share price closing at 104.55p on October 6th, just last month! Their share price has certainly experienced some hesitation in the weeks since and now, we’re being supplied ample ammunition for a doze of collywobbles. In this article, we shall again use our final paragraph to provide an optimistic scenario as the weight of negatives currently couldn’t be alleviated with a weight loss injection.

Currently, we’re not terribly convinced about JD Sports share price future. Retailers, generally speaking, are failing to flourish and while this lot seem to be swimming against the trend. It is said JD Sports benefit from clothing designed for sports becoming everyday wear. The horrid term, “athleisure wear” is used to describe this trend, though we suspect the reality is of people realising they’d spent an absurd sum on sportswear, deciding to get their moneys worth out of it! It’s funny, for dog walking, I wear an old tatty waxed cotton jacket, the real deal which comes to life a couple of times a year when it gets rewaxed. Visiting a friend down in Salford, I apologised for my scruffy jacket when we went out for dinner and she was aghast, telling me if I wanted to sell it, she’s pay top dollar.

It’s fairly clear there’s something about clothing this writer simply doesn’t understand. I’ve some old socks and older ties, now curious if there’s a market out there.

Currently, below just 83p has the potential of triggering reversal to an initial 77p with our secondary, if broken, at a bottom (hopefully) of 68p. Things become seriously dangerous at such a level, the price now lurking in a zone where an ultimate bottom of 48p becomes possible, a price level below which we cannot calculate.

 

Our converse scenario demands the share price stumble above 93p as, from our perspective, this would mince all our drop targets and instead, nudge open the door marked ‘optimism’. A movement such as this would create an initial target at  115p with our secondary, if beaten, at 118p. Obviously, the proximity of these numbers indicates a price level where some flatlining shall probably occur but it’s worth mentioning that closure above 118p shall imply a Big Picture 142p is exerting an influence on the price.

Here’s hoping but unfortunately, for now it looks like some reversal is probable.

 

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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
11:30:00PM	BRENT	6344.2									Shambles
11:03:41PM	GOLD	3976.5	3956	3951	3938	3985	3991	3994	4014	3972
11:06:26PM	FTSE	9761.1									‘cess
11:10:21PM	STOX50	5661.8									‘cess
11:13:07PM	GERMANY	24025.7
11:15:50PM	US500	6788.5
11:20:15PM	DOW	47287.3									‘cess
11:23:53PM	NASDAQ	25534	25494	25431	25324	25640	25755	25841	25940	25588

 

5/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 977 points. Change of -89.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,588,542,661 a change of 10.12%

4/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9714 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,983,302,378 a change of 21.14%

3/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9701 points. Change of -0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,939,105,432 a change of -3.2%

31/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9717 points. Change of -0.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,102,481,430 a change of -19.1%

30/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9760 points. Change of 0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,306,885,149 a change of 3.02%

29/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9756 points. Change of 0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,121,713,518 a change of 7.72%

28/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9696 points. Change of 0.45%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,683,126,613 a change of 7.14%

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:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 675 Percentage Change: + 0.22% Day High: 686 Day Low: 669.5

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 461.3 Percentage Change: + 1.80% Day High: 462.45 Day Low: 447.45

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1085.8 Percentage Change: + 1.00% Day High: 1087.6 Day Low: 1066.4

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 9552 Percentage Change: + 2.60% Day High: 9548 Day Low: 9314

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 5130 Percentage Change: + 0.59% Day High: 5145 Day Low: 5075

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LSE:QED Quadrise. Close Mid-Price: 2.85 Percentage Change: + 1.79% Day High: 2.9 Day Low: 2.8

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 1157 Percentage Change: + 0.83% Day High: 1159 Day Low: 1140.5

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LSE:STAR Star Energy. Close Mid-Price: 9 Percentage Change: + 1.12% Day High: 8.55 Day Low: 8.5

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 466.3 Percentage Change: + 1.26% Day High: 467.4 Day Low: 460.3

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#Japan #FTSE Every now and then, you can get the feeling of “something just not right” and thanks to the clocks changing and evenings getting darker, such a situation occurred today at 5.30pm. It was dark but my thinking was the electric welding arc would supply sufficient light to finish a “quick” welding job on one of the little tractors attachments, prior to putting everything together on Wednesday and giving the lawn its final cut of the year. Unfortunately, the welding mask did exactly as required, protecting my eyes, ensuring I failed to notice I was welding a perfect seam,  the impeccable bead of molten metal being 1cm away from the point I should have been welding. It transpires welding in the dark is a job best left to those folk with non functioning brains but thankfully, suspicious at how straightforward the job was going, after just a few centimetres of a light show, I stopped to check my work.

Painfully aware next time my brother visits, he will notice my little faux pas with his trademark sideways glance, after a floodlight was rigged, the correct part of the metalwork was welded, allowed to cool, and sprayed with thick antirust paint. Hopefully all the sins remain hidden but an email from a client certainly reminded of that moment of doubt.

 

When calling up aerospace business Melrose’s chart, there was again a feeling of something not being right and for us, this was typified by their share price movements this year. The price has certainly been on a ride as crazy as most airports luggage conveyors, giving a few reasons for concern. From our perspective, the first alarm bells rung with the low of 376p in April of this year. Essentially, the share price should not have dropped as far, breaking below a calculated drop target of 393p, the price level from which a rebound should have been mandatory. Rather gently, this caressed the first bell.

Last month, on October 17th, the share price was gapped down at the open, managing to close the session below the immediate Red uptrend. Our second alarm bell tinkled. And on November 4th, the share price again broke the Red uptrend but the market was careful to ensure it closed the day at 620.8p, exactly on the uptrend with almost fascinating precision. Another alarm bell gives a tentative ding. This, unfortunately, is how things work out in our profession, a constant search for signs of weakness or signs of strength. Sometimes, it even works out and this is why we’re often completely paranoid about micro-movements sane people ignore!

If we fall down on the side of optimism, it appears we dare not trust Melrose until such a point where their share price closes a day above 650p. Such an event is liable to prove quite exciting, calculating with the potential of a lift to an initial 717p with our secondary, if exceeded, working out at 738p, along with the need for us to take a hard look at our Big Picture tea leaves.

 

However, with more alarm bells tinkling than a Landrover dashboard on a rainy day, we are concerned at the share price dance steps recently as they could easily indicate trouble. The immediate situation threatens reversal below 591 triggering a drop to an initial 507 with our secondary, if broken, calculating at 366p. From our Big Picture perspective, this would be a really bad show, placing the share price in an absurd zone with the risk of a future 81p making itself known. Obviously, not a single domino has dropped making this absurd sounding target make sense but does show how fragile a share price can be, if anything negative occurs.

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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
10:07:22PM	BRENT	6425.4
10:11:07PM	GOLD	3931.68
10:15:02PM	FTSE	9708.8	9572	9549	9468	9625	9725	9758	9820	9695	‘cess
10:18:53PM	STOX50	5637									Success
10:24:00PM	GERMANY	23889.4
10:30:03PM	US500	6778									Success
10:34:54PM	DOW	47164.5									‘cess
10:44:51PM	NASDAQ	25437.8									Success
10:49:59PM	JAPAN	51114	51066	50905	50329	51403	51560	51715	51933	51263	Success

 

4/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9714 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,983,302,378 a change of 21.14%

3/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9701 points. Change of -0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,939,105,432 a change of -3.2%

31/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9717 points. Change of -0.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,102,481,430 a change of -19.1%

30/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9760 points. Change of 0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,306,885,149 a change of 3.02%

29/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9756 points. Change of 0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,121,713,518 a change of 7.72%

28/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9696 points. Change of 0.45%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,683,126,613 a change of 7.14%

27/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9653 points. Change of 0.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,304,536,727 a change of 2.03%

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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Section One – Outlook Updated Today. Click here for Section Two – Outlook Remains Valid shares

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Updated charts published on : B & M, BP PLC, HSBC, Intertek, Ocado Plc, Standard Chartered,

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LSE:BME B & M. Close Mid-Price: 171.5 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 176.6 Day Low: 171.75

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 453.15 Percentage Change: + 1.29% Day High: 456.85 Day Low: 441.3

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1075 Percentage Change: + 0.56% Day High: 1074.4 Day Low: 1051

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 5100 Percentage Change: + 1.19% Day High: 5120 Day Low: 4994

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc. Close Mid-Price: 210.9 Percentage Change: + 0.72% Day High: 211.7 Day Low: 204.9

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1594 Percentage Change: + 0.82% Day High: 1600 Day Low: 1552

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