Trends And Targets

#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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FUTURES

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.

We can be contacted at info@trendsandtargets.com. Spam filters set to maximum so only legit emails get through…

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LSE:AFC AFC Energy Close Mid-Price: 8.38 Percentage Change: -6.37% Day High: 9.18 Day Low: 8.3

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LSE:AZN Astrazeneca. Close Mid-Price: 12834 Percentage Change: + 3.08% Day High: 12994 Day Low: 12330

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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:BME B & M Close Mid-Price: 164.9 Percentage Change: -2.08% Day High: 169.9 Day Low: 164

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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.

 

FUTURES

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FUTURES

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.

We can be contacted at info@trendsandtargets.com. Spam filters set to maximum so only legit emails get through…

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LSE:AML Aston Martin. Close Mid-Price: 61.7 Percentage Change: + 5.65% Day High: 61.85 Day Low: 58

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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:BME B & M Close Mid-Price: 168.4 Percentage Change: -1.81% Day High: 171.6 Day Low: 167.45

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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.

We can be contacted at info@trendsandtargets.com. Spam filters set to maximum so only legit emails get through…

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

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#elonmusk #Nasdaq UK AIM market listed electronics wizards Filtronics, with revenues doubling thanks to their deal with Spacex, made us consider an income stream Mr Elon Musk has possibly overlooked – so far. An comet/asteroid designated as 3i/Atlas is currently leaving the solar system without so much as saying “hi” to planet Earth where there’s an ongoing lack of defence against any major impact. It occurs Mr Musk should be looking for subscriptions from Earth governments, while he installs some of his rocket motors on large space rocks which currently orbit the Earth in safety. In this way, if a wayward object was spotted heading our way, it could be deflected at speed by one of our “tame” rocks fitted with a big motor, not entirely different to a solid white cue ball being used at pool.

It’s the sort of grand project which would doubtless suit someone like Elon Musk, along with producing a nice little earner from the governments of the world. And of course, if Scotland refused to contribute, who’d complain if the rain sodden country vanished! In fact, with current weather, it’s probable an asteroid could hit Scotland and simply vanish under the boggy landscape, a wet plop barely noticed between rainstorms…

 

It can be assumed we’re not enjoying the onset of winter here in Argyll, Autumn deciding it was over last weekend with howling winds removing the final leaves from the trees. The sensible party of our marriage had bought a “Leaf Blower” from Temu, desperate to use it. It’s unlikely the soggy patch of leaves embedded in the bushes shall be impressed with her efforts!

However, we’re always quite keen on anything Elon Musk is up to, concluding his agreement with Filtronic is on the basis there is something quite solid behind the company, giving some considerable hope for the future. Regardless of whether he chooses to adopt our planetary defence money making scheme, an idea capable of being entirely financed due to clickbait headlines from a starving media.

We’re on the edge of mentioning Filtronic share price should be heading to 322p, a cracking proposition given it’s currently treading water at 132p. If pretending sanity, waiting until the price exceeds 184p should provide the final trigger level but our fanboy status toward Mr Musk and his side effects makes us ready to provide enthusiasm. Essentially it is already the case where above 152p should trigger a motion toward and initial 274p with our secondary, if bettered, at a longer term 322p. The share price has some really strong upward potentials, needing close below 110p to cancel our drooling hopes for the future.

Perhaps worthy of some research.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:52:14PM	BRENT	6479
9:59:34PM	GOLD	4001.5	3883	3781	3582	4030	4030	4052	4082	4004
10:02:09PM	FTSE	9699.8									‘cess
10:07:37PM	STOX50	5676.3
10:14:23PM	GERMANY	24126									Success
10:18:47PM	US500	6854.3
10:23:06PM	DOW	47316.8									‘cess
10:28:52PM	NASDAQ	25981.6	25885	25782	25665	25985	26134	26169	26308	26006
10:31:40PM	JAPAN	52434									Shambles

 

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%

24/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9645 points. Change of 0.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,198,860,657 a change of 1.36%

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:ZOO Zoo Digital Close Mid-Price: 10.25 Percentage Change: -3.53% Day High: 10.62 Day Low: 10.25

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#Brent #US500 We’ve been having a little trauma recently, discovering producing a YouTube video is a little harder than it seems. The impression given, of it all being natural and easy, turns out to be utter tripe, every single grey hair revealed to the camera, errant nostril hairs committing major crimes, and don’t even count the chins. Then a change was made, switching to our Nikon camera for its fabulous video facility, one which revealed each and every bit of clutter on the desk…

This was all before self criticism of our presentation – which was rubbish, due to the audio quality being vile. And so, we ended up creating a video track, along with a separate audio track for a useful video. The only remaining problem was the small fat ugly bloke doing the production, managing to come across as nervous and unable to read the text on screen in front of him. And so, the decision was made to allow “ad lib” which gave us the potential of using our headline feature as a guideline, rather than a strict script for a video. Eventually, we spent three days knocking together a visual presentation of our daily 730 word report, a video which lasted just 20 minutes.

Three days for a 20 minute video was a shock.  It transpires, our own guilty fanboy culture of watching Megan Kelly’s daily output is only assuaged by the fact she has a 7 person production team, along with a professional studio, lighting, and of course hair and makeup. And the bloke doing “The Why Files” has a 10 person production team. But unfortunately, the insane Dutch girl doing the “Itchy Boots” motorcycle adventures does it all herself, accepting she will spend three days editing her videos and uploading them to YouTube. She has just completed a solo  bike ride through Afghanistan, a bit concerned about the Taliban but otherwise amazed at the country and people. Her level of dedication is shown by her overhead drone shots while she’s travelling, having learned to control her drone while riding a motorcycle.

 

It looks like our spare time shall be spent usefully, continuing to make wine rather than attempt to produce YouTube videos. Plus, it’s more fun when we also define a problem area with a share price and witness the entire market make an effort to jump above the issue. From our perspective, this is harder than flying a drone from a bike.

When we previously reviewed Natwest Group, we’d a grouch above the 551p level and the salient detail the banks share price had failed to close above this target. We don’t actually pluck these numbers out of thin air, instead providing such target levels when they are calculated by 2 or more of our formula. Thus, our demand the share price close a session above 551p wasn’t just a fit of pique but instead, something which had been carefully calculated.

The market has chosen an unusual (for the UK) method of bypassing a problem area. In the USA, it’s more common than folk would believe for the markets to chose to Gap something UP or DOWN, when a price stumbles across a level such as 551p represented for Natwest.  As the extract from the chart below highlights, the UK market opted to solved the issue by simply gapping the share price above the zone of difficulty. When this occurs in the USA, a share price has been deemed worthy of great things, usually commencing a cycle upward which, while it may experience hesitation at some altitudes, the overall force remains upward. Unless, of course, something causes the market to gap the share price downward. Invariably, this is a really bad thing, one of the worst market signals being the GaGa – Gap Up, Gap Down – where events rarely end well for a share price.

For now, we’re optimistic about NatWest, movement above 589p expected to trigger further price recovery to 595 with our secondary, if bettered, now calculating at  627p, Overall, it is now possible to believe a future 778p is exerting an influence on this share price, a level where it almost must plateau.

In the event things intend go wrong, below 550 would now present an issue, calculating with the threat of reversal to an initial 504 with our secondary, if beaten, at 475p and a hopeful rebound.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
9:24:21PM	BRENT	6460.2	6334	6288	6214	6427	6487	6514	6574	6416
11:05:04PM	GOLD	4002.03
11:09:17PM	FTSE	9740.6
11:11:46PM	STOX50	5667.8
11:13:39PM	GERMANY	24000.1
11:15:57PM	US500	6859.6	6814	6809	6772	6848	6889	6909	6941	6861
11:21:33PM	DOW	47681.8
11:25:03PM	NASDAQ	25936.7
11:44:00PM	JAPAN	52454

 

1/10/2025 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%

24/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9645 points. Change of 0.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,198,860,657 a change of 1.36%

23/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9578 points. Change of 0.66%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,128,914,273 a change of -30.05%

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:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 219.1 Percentage Change: -0.41% Day High: 220.7 Day Low: 215.4

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With news the UK now has a spare “Prince” title lying around, perhaps our King could decide to really impress Mr Trump on his next visit by bestowing him a new title. After all, the UK has a track record of awarding nonsense prefixes to folk who’ve done absolutely nothing to deserve them (ie; Sir Kier Starmer, Lady Mone of Bra-land), tossing a royal title in the direction on the US President could even do some good! There would even be some legitimacy, given his Scottish heritage and love of our country. After all, a glance at the FTSE shows the country is running out of time and will probably need a friend in high places…

With the FTSE now running at around 9760 points, things are getting close to a “logical top”, a point at which we tend expect some reversals. Not necessarily a Bear market, more a case where an artificial excuse is discovered to introduce a sharp 15% drop in the index value. Other markets tend deal with these critical levels in their own fashion, usually by – in the case of the Nasdaq or S&P – the index being gapped over the potentially dangerous area. But with the UK’s traditional adherence to self flagellation being a solution to every problem, we shall not be aghast if some reason is discovered to provoke a short term market problem.

Our concern stems from the expectation of a coming Interest Rate reduction, throwing a reasonable reason for a further excuse for index gains. As a result, the situation now exists where movement above 9,780 should promote gains to an initial 9,821 points with our secondary, if bettered, calculating at 9,908 points. In a sane world, we’d already be concerned at the proximity of these two bigger picture targets as they tend suggest an area where some reversals can be anticipated. Additional, our “Big Picture” high potential now calculates at 10,162 points, an index level where some hesitation almost must occur. Whether reversal to around 8.300 points takes place should be questionable, though visually it even makes an awful lot of sense.

Near term, below 9689 looks capable of triggering reversals to an initial 9644. Our longer term secondary, if broken, works out at 9596 points, though this may require news Princess Kate has changed the colour of her hair to freak the UK media out. Unfortunately, overall such a cycle suggests the chance of a future visit to a bottom of 9475 points.

Tragically, such a reversal dance would be broadly in line with our expectations for the way the FTSE behaves, essentially working hard to pretend “everything is okay, just carry on” and keep the market on its trajectory. While visually this isn’t the worst idea, given the markets growth curve in 2025, our worry is a “business as usual” mindset shall not work for the longer term with the proximity of a market “Top” just above the magical 10,000 point level. If only the UK would mimic the US method of introducing main market gaps to jump above problem areas. While this may sound ridiculous, it works as conventional logic would not allow Wall St to reside at 47,000 points.

 

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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
11:30:39PM	BRENT	6405.2	6359	6339	6251	6437	6678	6895	7193	6425
11:35:03PM	GOLD	4017.2	3953	3918	3875	4013	4042	4082	4138	3994
11:38:34PM	FTSE	9750.4	9686	9641	9592	9738	9790	9800	9838	9740	‘cess
11:48:23PM	STOX50	5692	5680	5662	5638	5710	5715	5731	5753	5685
11:51:18PM	GERMANY	24113.7	24002	23936	23780	24142	24226	24294	24382	24114	Success
11:53:46PM	US500	6865.3	6819	6810	6773	6869	6896	6925	6960	6867	‘cess
11:58:17PM	DOW	47537.3	47385	47263	47006	47661	48034	48218	48480	47730
11:48:38PM	NASDAQ	26040.6	25709	25581	25356	25956	26151	26320	26522	25989	Success
11:52:33PM	JAPAN	51901	51239	50894	50520	51564	52020	52112	52404	51781	‘cess

 

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%

24/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9645 points. Change of 0.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,198,860,657 a change of 1.36%

23/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9578 points. Change of 0.66%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,128,914,273 a change of -30.05%

22/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9515 points. Change of 0.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,332,238,538 a change of 33.6%

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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#Nasdaq #Gold Just for a giggle, we’ve been once again messing around with our absurd time travel thoughts, remaining determined to “prove” when a share price should move to our target levels. There are two holy grails with prices and we’re happy we’ve gone as far as possible in our calculations for target levels. But the other part of the argument has always defeated, generally leaving us looking utterly incompetent in our own eyes. Of course, a history of incompetence doesn’t inhibit us making another go, trying out a further set of formula which “might” even work.

They won’t, we’re not Time Lords!

However, MAN Group share price movements since 2021 do lend themselves to another experiment with time travel, due to price movements successfully managing to meet our timing calculations with the result, another attempt at self flagellation was called for. As always, we shall look forward to a bunch of email reminders, if this goes horribly wrong. As usual, mainly because we still don’t accept things happen within specific timeframes, though there is some evidence to the contrary.

When we throw our timeframe logic at MAN, apparently we should anticipate it visiting 241p sometime around the middle of next January. Our longer term secondary, calculating at a future 271p, should apparently occur in mid-September next year. To be honest, we’ve printed this out and pinned it to the wall, a reminder to award ourselves a pat on the back. Or more probably, a self inflicted knife wound!

Our generally more successful price mapping currently suggests above 216p should trigger movement to 241 with our longer term secondary, if exceeded, calculating at 271p. While lacking the panache of our time travel formula, we still think it safer to promote our traditional way of looking at things, despite the level of patience being required. But it’s less open to ridicule than daring suggest 241p should appear around 16th January, 2026. Gosh, we’ll be in big trouble if any of this timeframe methodology actually works out.

If things intend go wrong, below 181p would promote trouble, along with reversal to 160 and a very possible bounce.

 

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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
10:31:53PM	BRENT	6424.6
10:35:27PM	GOLD	3932.84	3916	3885	3836	3966	4032	4072	4134	4001
11:39:55PM	FTSE	9742.9
11:42:38PM	STOX50	5698.6									‘cess
11:44:59PM	GERMANY	24116.4									‘cess
11:47:17PM	US500	6879.2									Shambles
11:50:26PM	DOW	47564.5									Shambles
11:55:09PM	NASDAQ	26075.7	25907	25856	25776	26010	26236	26389	26470	26000	Success
11:57:49PM	JAPAN	51079

 

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%

24/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9645 points. Change of 0.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,198,860,657 a change of 1.36%

23/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9578 points. Change of 0.66%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,128,914,273 a change of -30.05%

22/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9515 points. Change of 0.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,332,238,538 a change of 33.6%

21/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9426 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,488,291,268 a change of 12.47%

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

Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:BARC Barclays** **LSE:BP. BP PLC** **LSE:EMG MAN** **LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra** **LSE:HSBA HSBC** **LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.** **LSE:NWG Natwest** **LSE:QED Quadrise** **LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust** **LSE:STAN Standard Chartered** **

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Updated charts published on : Barclays, BP PLC, MAN, Glencore Xstra, HSBC, Lloyds Grp., Natwest, Quadrise, Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, Standard Chartered,

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 405.05 Percentage Change: + 0.15% Day High: 408.5 Day Low: 403.4

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 441.55 Percentage Change: + 1.81% Day High: 442.1 Day Low: 433.5

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 213.8 Percentage Change: + 1.91% Day High: 213.6 Day Low: 209.2

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 371.25 Percentage Change: + 5.63% Day High: 377.05 Day Low: 367.65

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1073.4 Percentage Change: + 2.21% Day High: 1073.4 Day Low: 1056.2

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 88.58 Percentage Change: + 0.82% Day High: 88.92 Day Low: 87.8

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 585.4 Percentage Change: + 0.55% Day High: 588.8 Day Low: 581

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LSE:QED Quadrise Close Mid-Price: 3 Percentage Change: -3.23% Day High: 3.01 Day Low: 2.9

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1174 Percentage Change: + 0.95% Day High: 1179 Day Low: 1163.5

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1516 Percentage Change: + 1.07% Day High: 1522.5 Day Low: 1499.5

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