Trends And Targets

#FTSE With the FTSE dropping 1,000 points during the past few weeks, we deserve the chance to exhibit our report from last Friday, along with the circled Red bottom at 9,680 points. For one minute on 23rd March, the market reached (and broke) our target before recovering by an impressive 400 points. Our drop target was “out” by 0.1%, an impressive error margin.

The surprising thing about this shoulder dislocation moment, while patting ourselves on the back, is the indication the FTSE may actually be back under control,  rather than experiencing reaction to the unknown. Our theory, perhaps heartless, is Iran & Co have decided they want a base price of $94 against Crude Oil, so when the price achieves such a level, an outrageous Press Release to Reuters is sufficient to drive the price of oil back up. Equally, when the price exceeds 101 US dollars (using Brent as our guideline), it’s the time for US President Trump to state Iran is visiting to enjoy a peaceful BBQ on the White House lawn.

It almost feels like the stock markets are acknowledging the chaos in the Middle East is a form of stability. What really surprised us, our sister-in-law has been trapped in Jerusalem during March and informed by the airline a couple of weeks ago it would be around 28th March before she could fly home to Scotland. Her flight landed early today, almost exactly as told, and it begs the question, just how did the airline know?

Needless to say, we shall be popping up to the miserable north of Scotland to catch up on any gossip, a fun 420 mile round trip in a day, probably Saturday. Apparently there was a Patriot Missile emplacement very close to where she was staying…

Can we pull a similar stunt to the above again?

We do this fairly often, rarely bothering to back check our results, but when noticing the low of the FTSE while whipping our RI (Real Intelligence) to generate this comment, it rung a distant bell. This is probably why our Friday report remains the most commonly read thing we produce, a ridiculous number of views from China, the Middle East, and North America, literally in that order. The UK generally slots in just after China but often just above, as we’d expect from our location bias. And thankfully, our chums in Reunion continue to login every Friday.

Staring hard at the FTSE to try and comprehend if the markets are truly performing in accordance with logic, the immediate question is straightforward. Shall movement above 10,120 generate a market lift to an initial 10,191 points?  If bettered, our secondary calculates at a confident and smug sounding 10,236 points. This secondary level is important as closure at such a point makes a very useful future attraction from 10,511 present a magnetic influence. Perhas President Trump shall announce his predecessor, Preside Clinton, is arranging the prerequisite number of virgins for a future White House picnic with Iran. But only if they’d stop messing around with the price of oil!

Our alternate, and less happy, scenario is quite horrid. There is now a strong suggestion weakness below 9670 points shall trigger a FTSE visit to 9528 points. If (when) broken, our secondary calculates at  a bottom for the FTSE at 9,363 points and hopefully a proper bounce. To be blunt, unless the FTSE makes it above 10,236 points, we suspect it still faces a drop to 9,363 points. To paraphrase the ancient cartoon, “Stingray”, it seems “Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Month”. We suspect April shall not be terribly happy as the FTSE suggests a further 1,000 point fall may be ahead. Our level of 10,236  to rubbish the proposal is key, so worth watching for.

And on the bright side, motor racing returns to telly this week, hopefully the Japanese Grand Prix delivering its usual complement of real entertainment. It is interesting how Red Bull seem to have stopped winning races, since firing their manager, the guy who is married to Ginger Spice. Obviously, the teams previous success had absolutely nothing to do with Christian Ginger Spice Horner’s team curation. So far, the Red Bull team seem to outfitted themselves with entirely the wrong sort of wings.

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
11:31:23PM	BRENT	9982	9690	9544	9317	10019	10230	10354	10696	9990	Success
11:33:34PM	GOLD	4405.49	4351	4316	4243	4465	4535	4694	4892	4486	Success
11:36:08PM	FTSE	9961.4	9928	9883	9822	10009	10066	10135	10204	10022	‘cess
11:43:06PM	STOX50	5565.4	5526	5508	5450	5592	5652	5769	5899	5567	Success
11:46:05PM	GERMANY	22592.2	22490	22111	21788	22760	22910	23070	23257	22570	Success
11:49:21PM	US500	6492.1	6472	6456	6375	6514	6576	6618	6667	6521	Success
11:35:44PM	DOW	46067.4	45906	45805	45493	46226	46565	46760	47288	46300
11:38:10PM	NASDAQ	23634.1	23566	23248	22816	23755	24040	24228	24448	23856	Success
11:44:16PM	JAPAN	52604	52353	51728	50852	52750	53483	53921	54444	52843

 

26/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9972 points. Change of -1.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,777,739,669 a change of 15.71%

25/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10106 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,721,737,754 a change of -9.66%

24/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9965 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,440,227,588 a change of -27.54%

23/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9894 points. Change of -0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,268,753,932 a change of -47.55%

20/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9918 points. Change of -1.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 19,578,284,329 a change of 84.81%

19/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10063 points. Change of -2.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,593,978,868 a change of 34.88%

18/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10305 points. Change of -0.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,854,191,076 a change of -1.67%

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: 37.7 Percentage Change: + 1.13% Day High: 38.48 Day Low: 35.84

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LSE:AV. Aviva Close Mid-Price: 591.4 Percentage Change: -5.32% Day High: 597.8 Day Low: 590.6

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LSE:IQE IQE Close Mid-Price: 26.6 Percentage Change: -9.83% Day High: 31.2 Day Low: 26

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc. Close Mid-Price: 188 Percentage Change: + 0.32% Day High: 191.95 Day Low: 185.7

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#Germany #S&P500 US President Trump wrote a book called “The Art of The Deal” which essentially launched his future in 1987. We’ve a sneaking suspicion the Iranians may have read his book and now, are cheerfully mincing his efforts in the Middle East. A standard President Trump ploy is to open negotiations by asking for the outrageous. Recent examples include Greenland and his threat to take over the entire island or his threat to fire the head of the Federal Reserve due to lack of action on Interest Rates.  And, of course, every single initial announcement about tariff’s.

Of course, his intention was to bring parties to the negotiating table, while creating the impression he was in the stronger position.. The Middle East is providing further entertainment, though with a nasty sting in the tail. For instance, President Trump announces a potential peace deal, Crude Oil prices immediately fall. Then Iran announces there is no peace deal, immediately provoking a rise in oil prices and making the Middle East happy again. Cynical traders have probably caught onto the current game with oil, indulging Short positions on President Trump announcements, closing and switching to Long’s the instant the media report unnamed sources in Iran claim there are no peace talks. It would be funny, if it were not for the damage being done to the west. What’s surprising, current price movements are nowhere close to those from March to June 2022, when the Ukraine thing was being blamed (incorrectly) for oil prices running amok. Back then, Crude Oil prices spiked before the Russians had fuelled a single tank.

This, obviously, has nothing to do with Fevertree but their share price has displayed worrying degrees of ineptitude in the last year. It broke the long term downtrend, since 2022,  at 710p, yet has failed to grace the markets with any reasonable share price. Equally though, the share has failed to dip below the level of trend break in the period since, giving some confusing hope some slight recovery may be on the cards.

At present, we shall be hopeful, if the price manages above just 828p. Such a movement should trigger an initial surge toward 878p with our secondary, if beaten, calculating at a future 975p. At this price level, things become interesting as market closure above a future 975p takes the share into the gravitic attraction for a distant 1193p.

Our alternative scenario, if things turn pear shaped, allows for reversal below 765p trigggering a visit down to an initial 679p with our secondary, if broken, painting a bottom and a hopeful bounce from 633p. While we do suspect some gains may be on the cards, the reversal potentials may also be worth raising a glass to!

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:52:22PM	BRENT	9792.3
11:02:25PM	GOLD	4522.93
11:19:51PM	FTSE	10085.5									‘cess
11:21:28PM	STOX50	5617.3
11:23:38PM	GERMANY	22865	22800	22721	22597	22953	23088	23274	23584	22890
11:27:10PM	US500	6577.3	6550	6519	6480	6599	6636	6658	6703	6595
11:26:55PM	DOW	46310									‘cess
11:32:12PM	NASDAQ	24111.2
11:35:43PM	JAPAN	53933

 

25/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10106 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,721,737,754 a change of -9.66%

24/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9965 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,440,227,588 a change of -27.54%

23/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9894 points. Change of -0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,268,753,932 a change of -47.55%

20/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9918 points. Change of -1.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 19,578,284,329 a change of 84.81%

19/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10063 points. Change of -2.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,593,978,868 a change of 34.88%

18/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10305 points. Change of -0.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,854,191,076 a change of -1.67%

17/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10403 points. Change of 0.83%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,987,381,967 a change of 9.97%

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:CPI Capita** **LSE:GRG Greggs** **LSE:IQE IQE** **LSE:TERN Tern Plc** **

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LSE:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 240.5 Percentage Change: + 4.11% Day High: 243 Day Low: 226

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 1519 Percentage Change: + 1.27% Day High: 1534 Day Low: 1502

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LSE:IQE IQE. Close Mid-Price: 29.5 Percentage Change: + 15.46% Day High: 30.6 Day Low: 26.15

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc. Close Mid-Price: 0.75 Percentage Change: + 11.11% Day High: 0.8 Day Low: 0.68

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We’re always a little wary, when a few folk as enthusiastically about a share, especially when it’s one we’ve not come across.. Our reasoning is simple, fearing a situation where internet chat rooms are being used to hype something and generally, a glance at the share chart will quickly give a clue as to whether it’s a sane play, or an opportunity to send traders funds on holiday for a protracted period. IP Group share price movements has been “vague” since 2022 and in recent months, the market appears to be ensuring no upward break takes place (circled), at least since November last year.

However… movements during March 2026 are proving easier to monitor than the US’s position on Iran and the Middle East. Or at least, that’s how the theory goes.

Apparently, above just 53.5p should trigger gains to an initial 57.7p with our secondary, if beaten, a confident sounding 63.25p. While these numbers may sound a little tame, the price only needs above 55p to suggest “Showtime” is beginning, dangling a third level attraction from a sensible looking 74.5p and very probable hesitation. Movement such as this would certainly indicate the share price breaking free from the stupor since 2022. Perhaps the company are about to announce investment in a concept which makes McDonalds strawberry milkshake machines work reliably!

Living in Argyll, when we’re on the mainland and heading home, a guilty secret is to stop at a McDonalds and order a milkshake and chips to consume on the ferry. Regardless which McDonalds outlet we choose, there seems to be a 50:50 chance of the milkshake machines working. And despite Argyll being the largest “shire” in the UK (Scotland does not have “counties”), thankfully we’re not infested with corporate fast food outlets, McDonald being the most common surname rather than a source of “food”.

There is a reasonable, though unlikely, chance IP Group share price is awaiting a bit of a hammering. Below just 49p threatens reversal down to an initial 45.5 with our secondary, if broken, at 40p and a very possible bottom. While this scenario makes some visual sense, there has been a plethora of positive movements which hint at hidden strength, just awaiting an excuse for an upward nudge. We do suspect this shall prove worthy of a glance in the weeks to come.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
10:02:30PM	BRENT	9584.3	9240	8935	7964	10020	10080	10299	10587	9860
11:00:42PM	GOLD	4473.26	4306	4239	4156	4384	4513	4667	4856	4373
11:03:53PM	FTSE	10013.3	9824	9765	9677	9913	10030	10097	10188	9935
11:06:20PM	STOX50	5641	5508	5453	5384	5580	5660	5691	5752	5627
11:39:45PM	GERMANY	22858	22350	21922	21399	22688	22931	23112	23366	22566
11:43:40PM	US500	6607.2	6525	6461	6382	6565	6630	6662	6708	6550
11:46:27PM	DOW	46440.8	45758	45390	44879	46209	46608	46619	46908	46232
11:48:24PM	NASDAQ	24204.8	23926	23774	23515	24169	24333	24415	24578	24094
11:50:32PM	JAPAN	53408	51657	51045	50196	52271	53604	54381	55289	53002

 

24/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9965 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,440,227,588 a change of -27.54%

23/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9894 points. Change of -0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,268,753,932 a change of -47.55%

20/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9918 points. Change of -1.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 19,578,284,329 a change of 84.81%

19/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10063 points. Change of -2.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,593,978,868 a change of 34.88%

18/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10305 points. Change of -0.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,854,191,076 a change of -1.67%

17/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10403 points. Change of 0.83%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,987,381,967 a change of 9.97%

16/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10317 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,262,925,875 a change of -9.77%

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:ASC Asos** **LSE:CPI Capita** **LSE:FGP Firstgroup** **LSE:SDY Speedyhire** **

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LSE:ASC Asos Close Mid-Price: 212 Percentage Change: -1.85% Day High: 223 Day Low: 207

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LSE:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 231 Percentage Change: -2.74% Day High: 238.5 Day Low: 229.5

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup Close Mid-Price: 168.2 Percentage Change: -1.58% Day High: 172.5 Day Low: 162.3

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LSE:SDY Speedyhire Close Mid-Price: 19.88 Percentage Change: -3.02% Day High: 21.4 Day Low: 19

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#Gold #SP500 It seems some folk have woken up to QinetiQ, a UK company who are one of the worlds foremost in producing weapons which can kill people somewhere else on the world. Rockets and Missiles seem to be their specialist subject, probably rather more capable than the Pound Shop rockets and drones  being flung around with abandon in the Middle East. There was a Tom Clancy book, “Red Storm Rising” I think, which has proven fairly prescient, detailing how GPS co-ordinates can make it easy for munitions to reach their target. However, in the best Tom Clancy tradition, the US Government controls the satellites which issue GPS data, capable of substantially widening the error range of each co-ordinate or just turning the system off entirely.

But nowadays, the real terror for the security services must be the possibility of someone with a Smartphone posing for a snapshot beside the Thames Barrier, the hidden data behind the photograph holding the exact location reference. Such a photograph, sent to a “chum” in a distant country, would provide fairly exact target location data which could be used for anything. QinetiQ on the other hand probably make missiles which broadly ignore GPS data, instead relying on a vast library of actual waypoints and targets. To be blunt, it’s pretty horrible but there can be little doubt current world affairs for a company like QinetiQ must suggest it’s raining soup and they are the folk who’ve invented the soupbowl.

All of this is a bit of a puzzle, the company share price being pretty rangebound over the last couple of years.  Currently at 476p, the share needs a 10% rise to even begin to alert us something has changed. Movements above 525p currently look capable of a lift to an initial 550p with our secondary, if bettered, at a confident looking 602p. A nudge such as this would be extremely significant, suggesting a third level future target of 674p should become possible.

However, the lackadaisical attitude over the last year bothers us – a lot.  Sometimes, it feels the market punishes QQ just because they’re not a household name like Rolls Royce or Lockheed Martin, thus condemned to spend their life as a “Me Too” share rather than an actual driver for the sector.

This being the case, the immediate suggestion is of weakness below 458 triggering reversal to an initial 438p with our secondary, if broken, a less likely bottom at 402p. From QinetiQ’s viewpoint,  hopefully peace doesn’t rear its ugly head in the Middle East as they probably supply goods to the good guys. Or we can hope this is the case.

On the bright side, we’re slowly approaching another Grand Prix weekend.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
11:11:43PM	BRENT	9644									Shambles
11:14:13PM	GOLD	4430	4195	4039	3577	4482	4536	4703	4905	4350
11:44:55PM	FTSE	9961.6									‘cess
11:47:43PM	STOX50	5615.9
11:50:18PM	GERMANY	22820									‘cess
11:52:53PM	US500	6589.7	6563	6451	6320	6656	6657	6718	6813	6565
11:55:51PM	DOW	46239.6									‘cess
11:34:16PM	NASDAQ	24222.6									Success
11:36:59PM	JAPAN	53030									Success

 

23/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9894 points. Change of -0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,268,753,932 a change of -47.55%

20/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9918 points. Change of -1.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 19,578,284,329 a change of 84.81%

19/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10063 points. Change of -2.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,593,978,868 a change of 34.88%

18/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10305 points. Change of -0.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,854,191,076 a change of -1.67%

17/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10403 points. Change of 0.83%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,987,381,967 a change of 9.97%

16/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10317 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,262,925,875 a change of -9.77%

13/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10261 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,049,702,522 a change of -8.86%

SUCCESS above means both FAST & SLOW targets were met. ‘CESS means just the FAST target met and probably the next time it is exceeded, movement to the SLOW target shall commence.

Our commentary is in two sections. Immediately below are today’s updated comments. If our commentary remains valid, the share can be found in the bottom section which has a RED heading. Hopefully, this will mean you no longer need to flip back through previous reports. HYPERLINKS DISABLED IN THIS VERSION

Please remember, all prices are mid-price (halfway between the Buy and Sell). When we refer to a price CLOSING above a specific level, we are viewing the point where we can regard a trend as changing. Otherwise, we are simply speculating on near term trading targets. Our website is www.trendsandtargets.com.

UPDATE. We often give an initial and a secondary price. If the initial is exceeded, we still expect it to fall back but the next time the initial is bettered, the price should continue to the secondary. The converse it true with price drops.

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

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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AML Aston Martin** **LSE:ASC Asos** **LSE:AV. Aviva** **LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:CPI Capita** **LSE:DGE Diageo** **LSE:EZJ EasyJet** **LSE:FGP Firstgroup** **LSE:FOXT Foxtons** **LSE:FRES Fresnillo** **LSE:ITRK Intertek** **LSE:PHP Primary Health** **LSE:RR. Rolls Royce** **LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey** **

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LSE:AML Aston Martin. Close Mid-Price: 40.12 Percentage Change: + 9.32% Day High: 40.66 Day Low: 36

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LSE:ASC Asos Close Mid-Price: 216 Percentage Change: -1.82% Day High: 224 Day Low: 211

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LSE:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 611.8 Percentage Change: + 0.30% Day High: 622.8 Day Low: 591.8

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LSE:CAR Carclo Close Mid-Price: 44.6 Percentage Change: -1.87% Day High: 44.6 Day Low: 43

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LSE:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 237.5 Percentage Change: -0.63% Day High: 244.5 Day Low: 231

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 1378.5 Percentage Change: -1.54% Day High: 1400.5 Day Low: 1351

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 362.2 Percentage Change: + 2.43% Day High: 370.7 Day Low: 337.1

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup. Close Mid-Price: 170.9 Percentage Change: + 0.65% Day High: 174 Day Low: 163.8

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons Close Mid-Price: 43.85 Percentage Change: -3.09% Day High: 45.35 Day Low: 43

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 3168 Percentage Change: + 3.26% Day High: 3244 Day Low: 2884

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 3638 Percentage Change: + 1.28% Day High: 3712 Day Low: 3520

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LSE:PHP Primary Health Close Mid-Price: 91.15 Percentage Change: -1.25% Day High: 93.6 Day Low: 89.3

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 1183 Percentage Change: + 1.89% Day High: 1230 Day Low: 1093

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey. Close Mid-Price: 88.62 Percentage Change: + 1.16% Day High: 91.06 Day Low: 84.32

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#Brent #DAX One of the things about having a secret Nuclear Submarine base just long the road, along with Europe’s largest store of Nuclear weapons, is imagining a good snowball fight. If you have a snowball, the very last thing you would do is throw it at someone standing beside a big pile of snowballs! These are the sort of lies we tell ourselves here in this bit of Argyll, safely insulating ourselves a grim reality while makes the lack of tourism understandable. However, the other day, things got very real with local gossip telling a story about an Iranian bloke and a Romanian woman trying to get into the sprawling nuclear base.

With Iran being centre stage in the Middle East, this news certainly raised an eyebrow, even though it took until Saturday before mainstream media acknowledged the event had happened. The next stage will probably be a suggestion the Iranian visitor was known to have mental problems, while the woman was conducting a TikTok prank. However, the entire affair is a bit unsettling, the Middle East suddenly not being quite as far away regardless of what efforts the UK Government will employ to minimise the news story. After all, there’s no rule dictating Iranian drones can only be launched from Iran, as a ship would provide a stable launch platform, aside from the obvious problem of quite a few mountains, providing often foul weather in Argyll, creating quite big instructions against inbound fireworks.

However, the markets seem to be taking things seriously and Lloyds have now achieved our proposed secondary target at the 90p level. The immediate situation suggests weakness below 90.5 should next trigger reversals to an initial 88p, our secondary calculating at 80p. Despite conventional market behaviour hinting at the potential of a near term bounce, unless any recovery exceeds 97p, there is a high likelihood of Lloyds remaining in a weak zone. This results in a situation where any domino effect breaking our drop targets calculates with an eventual bottom at 60p making itself apparent.

Perhaps this shall prove worth watching for against Lloyds, if nastiness continues among the folks spoiling what looks like a good Formula1 season.

Our alternate scenario, if life chooses to take a positive turn, above 97p now works out with a strong potential of share price recovery to an initial 125p with our secondary calculating at 132p and some serious hesitation. It looks like an interesting week is ahead, so we may choose to issue updates on Lloyds and the FTSE too.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
8:40:50PM	BRENT	10950	10579	10432	10242	10720	11015	11275	12301	10850
8:48:09PM	GOLD	4490.26
10:26:59PM	FTSE	9785.5
10:32:24PM	STOX50	5433
10:35:04PM	GERMANY	22035	21902	21637	21304	22054	23177	23423	23930	22897
10:38:13PM	US500	6501.5
10:44:34PM	DOW	45610
10:49:33PM	NASDAQ	23815.1
10:53:34PM	JAPAN	51033

20/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9918 points. Change of -1.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 19,578,284,329 a change of 84.81%

19/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10063 points. Change of -2.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,593,978,868 a change of 34.88%

18/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10305 points. Change of -0.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,854,191,076 a change of -1.67%

17/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10403 points. Change of 0.83%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,987,381,967 a change of 9.97%

16/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10317 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,262,925,875 a change of -9.77%

13/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10261 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,049,702,522 a change of -8.86%

12/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10305 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,832,637,892 a change of -14.1%

SUCCESS above means both FAST & SLOW targets were met. ‘CESS means just the FAST target met and probably the next time it is exceeded, movement to the SLOW target shall commence.

Our commentary is in two sections. Immediately below are today’s updated comments. If our commentary remains valid, the share can be found in the bottom section which has a RED heading. Hopefully, this will mean you no longer need to flip back through previous reports. HYPERLINKS DISABLED IN THIS VERSION

Please remember, all prices are mid-price (halfway between the Buy and Sell). When we refer to a price CLOSING above a specific level, we are viewing the point where we can regard a trend as changing. Otherwise, we are simply speculating on near term trading targets. Our website is www.trendsandtargets.com.

UPDATE. We often give an initial and a secondary price. If the initial is exceeded, we still expect it to fall back but the next time the initial is bettered, the price should continue to the secondary. The converse it true with price drops.

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 1400 Percentage Change: -0.14% Day High: 1405 Day Low: 1381

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo Close Mid-Price: 3068 Percentage Change: -0.26% Day High: 3180 Day Low: 3006

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone Close Mid-Price: 224.5 Percentage Change: -3.23% Day High: 234.5 Day Low: 221.5

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LSE:QED Quadrise Close Mid-Price: 1.5 Percentage Change: -9.77% Day High: 1.6 Day Low: 1.5

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 1161 Percentage Change: -2.44% Day High: 1210 Day Low: 1148.5

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LSE:SDY Speedyhire Close Mid-Price: 20.2 Percentage Change: -2.88% Day High: 20.5 Day Low: 20

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 87.6 Percentage Change: -2.32% Day High: 91.44 Day Low: 87.6

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#FTSE4Friday At times, the lack of critical thinking from the folk at the top in the UK deserves an award. For instance, while announcing a 50% tariff on raw steel from China, the UK Government tossed 500 million toward creating a port to accept a surge in cheap Asian car imports. Vehicles which are made of processed steel and thus, exempt from new tariffs. will complete the destruction of the UK vehicle industry. Similarly, at a time when finances are getting extremely tight in the UK, the Bank of England decide to ignore pressure to reduce interest rates, ensuring the stifle any attempts for things to get better.

Folk making these decisions are all paid by the taxpayer, yet somehow feel it’s their duty to reduce the number of taxpayers within our country. The new tariff on Chinese steel, while providing headline opportunities along with photo ops for politicians, shall doubtless prove too little, too late. But not to worry, the politicians making the decision will be retired by the time everything goes wrong.

On the basis “The Market Always Knows”, the FTSE has experienced a severe kicking, needing above 10,460 points, ideally closing above this level, to greatly reduce its drop potentials. While above 10,095 will doubtless induce a fake form of recovery on Friday, we’re not convinced happy times are ahead. We can calculate above 10,095 should trigger recovery to an initial 10,138 points with our secondary, if bettered, at 10,275 points. This could prove quite important, theoretically placing the share price in a zone where a future “safe” 10,480 calculates as providing an attraction. But we’ve become used to a severe drop day such as Thursday entertained us with, providing a miracle recovery on the following day. While our secondary target at 10,275 reads as attractive, it fails to move the index into safe recovery territory.

Unfortunately, we anticipate things risk going wrong as below 10,000 points now threatens reversal to an initial 9,860 points (matching the start of this year) with our secondary, if broken, at 9,680 points. All things considered, we suspect 9,860 shall find itself assigned as a “bottom” level for the FTSE. It can be assumed we’re not confident for the near term as it feels like the UK Govt are in control of market movements!

On the bright side, the weather has suddenly improved, the grass starting to grow, and the mechanical roof of our VW successfully unwinds itself into the boot. And the birds are singing. The only big problem comes from Frogs as we’ve not yet seen the annual migration occur. This implies the Frogs “think” streams and pools shall be full of water for longer this year, signalling a wet summer is ahead. Who knows, maybe Frogs know a thing or two…

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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
10:53:33PM	BRENT	10486	10121	9789		10514	11017	11231		10721	‘cess
11:14:49PM	GOLD	4645.17	4502	4336		4674	4680	4711		4620	Success
11:29:36PM	FTSE	10071.1	9996	9928		10090	10149	10212		10070	Success
11:36:12PM	STOX50	5653.4	5576	5562		5644	5688	5732		5635	Shambles
11:51:52PM	GERMANY	23026	22734	22519		23000	23200	23334		22935	Success
11:54:17PM	US500	6626.7	6592	6552		6632	6642	6671		6605
11:56:39PM	DOW	46113.6	46021	45821		46250	46309	46488		46021	‘cess
11:43:10PM	NASDAQ	24373	24106	23994		24356	24472	24556		24331	‘cess
11:45:49PM	JAPAN	53251	51924	51413		52650	53480	53859		53104	‘cess

 

19/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10063 points. Change of -2.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,593,978,868 a change of 34.88%

18/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10305 points. Change of -0.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,854,191,076 a change of -1.67%

17/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10403 points. Change of 0.83%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,987,381,967 a change of 9.97%

16/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10317 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,262,925,875 a change of -9.77%

13/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10261 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,049,702,522 a change of -8.86%

12/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10305 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,832,637,892 a change of -14.1%

11/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10353 points. Change of -0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,282,615,552 a change of -7.67%

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:AML Aston Martin** **LSE:BP. BP PLC** **LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:CPI Capita** **LSE:DGE Diageo** **LSE:EZJ EasyJet** **LSE:FRES Fresnillo** **LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone** **LSE:IGG IG Group** **LSE:ITRK Intertek** **LSE:PMG Parkmead** **LSE:RR. Rolls Royce** **LSE:SDY Speedyhire** **LSE:STAR Star Energy** **LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey** **

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LSE:AML Aston Martin Close Mid-Price: 38.22 Percentage Change: -3.19% Day High: 39.24 Day Low: 37.74

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 583.2 Percentage Change: + 4.93% Day High: 583.5 Day Low: 559.1

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LSE:CAR Carclo Close Mid-Price: 45.3 Percentage Change: -1.52% Day High: 46.8 Day Low: 44

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LSE:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 246 Percentage Change: -0.40% Day High: 256 Day Low: 239.5

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 1402 Percentage Change: -1.75% Day High: 1413.5 Day Low: 1393.5

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet Close Mid-Price: 350 Percentage Change: -4.68% Day High: 356.6 Day Low: 350

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo Close Mid-Price: 3076 Percentage Change: -7.41% Day High: 3200 Day Low: 3002

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone. Close Mid-Price: 232 Percentage Change: + 8.41% Day High: 230.5 Day Low: 218

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 1445 Percentage Change: + 6.25% Day High: 1477 Day Low: 1410

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LSE:ITRK Intertek Close Mid-Price: 3582 Percentage Change: -2.40% Day High: 3630 Day Low: 3554

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LSE:PMG Parkmead. Close Mid-Price: 26.3 Percentage Change: + 3.95% Day High: 26.5 Day Low: 25.5

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 1190 Percentage Change: -5.22% Day High: 1232.5 Day Low: 1173

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LSE:SDY Speedyhire Close Mid-Price: 20.8 Percentage Change: -3.26% Day High: 22.45 Day Low: 20.5

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LSE:STAR Star Energy. Close Mid-Price: 15.25 Percentage Change: + 3.39% Day High: 15.5 Day Low: 14.75

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 89.68 Percentage Change: -4.11% Day High: 93.28 Day Low: 89.42

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#Gold With regard Formula1, it appears April has been cancelled, making us suspect the month perhaps used the wrong pronouns or misgendered an important calendar date. But as far as the rest of the world is concerned, Aprils Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grand Prix are now cancelled due to local events, leaving a conflict sized hole in this years schedule and giving teams plenty of time to enjoy chocolate Easter Eggs with their families. Of course, it’s easy to be flippant about what’s happening in the Middle East as it doesn’t affect is in the UK, a merciful lack of rockets every night meaning we can all sleep easy.

Until, that is, you pull up at a fuel pump! Buying my parsimonious VW’s monthly ration of 20 litres of diesel, the local garage was charging 170.9p per litre. Or in language readers will comprehend, nearly 2 Taylor Wimpey shares a litre or even 13 Tullow Oil shares a litre. This makes things become serious, especially for someone whose only real world experience of armed conflict came from a Saturday night in Belfast during “The Troubles”. It was a scary experience, being around a lot of blokes with guns – and they were the British Army guys. On another occasion, our first night in Johannesburg proved fascinating, the sound of fireworks continuing incessantly. We even stood on the balcony, searching the night sky, coming to the conclusion the fireworks display was probably on the other side of the hotel. The next morning at breakfast, we asked the obvious question, only to be told we’d been listening to gunfire.

The world is a strange place.

Currently, one of the great puzzles is why the US Dollar appears to be strengthening against other currencies. What’s odd is the pairing appeared ready to head upward until the end of January this year saw a sharp pivot in the dollars fortunes. Abruptly, the idea of everyone going to Disney Florida changed!

Now, if the dollar continues to flex its illusory muscles, a visit to the summer traffic hell of Cornwall will probably make more economic sense than trying to escape the UK.

The current situation for Cable looks poised on the edge of darkness with movement below 1.32188 looking very capable of triggering reversal to an initial 1.31224 with our secondary, if broken, down at 1.28625. If triggered, the tightest stop loss level looks like 1.32800.

In this instance, we suspect the US Dollar strength shall prove a mirage, one which the market shall doubtless vanish with a flick of the “gotcha switch” as movement above 1.3483 has the potential of triggering improvement to an initial 1.3633 with our secondary, if bettered, at 1.3896.

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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
10:42:08PM	BRENT	10726									Success
10:46:05PM	GOLD	4828.37	4803	4762	4544	4898	4900	4933	4977	4800	Success
10:52:32PM	FTSE	10210.2									‘cess
11:00:28PM	STOX50	5647.5									Success
10:52:19PM	GERMANY	23134.1									Success
10:55:49PM	US500	6620.6									‘cess
11:00:26PM	DOW	46177.4									‘cess
11:29:27PM	NASDAQ	24411									‘cess
11:33:33PM	JAPAN	53815									Success

 

18/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10305 points. Change of -0.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,854,191,076 a change of -1.67%

17/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10403 points. Change of 0.83%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,987,381,967 a change of 9.97%

16/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10317 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,262,925,875 a change of -9.77%

13/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10261 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,049,702,522 a change of -8.86%

12/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10305 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,832,637,892 a change of -14.1%

11/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10353 points. Change of -0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,282,615,552 a change of -7.67%

10/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10412 points. Change of 1.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 11,136,252,085 a change of 18.42%

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:BP. BP PLC** **LSE:CPI Capita** **LSE:DGE Diageo** **LSE:FGP Firstgroup** **LSE:FRES Fresnillo** **LSE:SDY Speedyhire** **

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LSE:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 648.4 Percentage Change: + 0.12% Day High: 656 Day Low: 645.8

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 555.8 Percentage Change: + 0.71% Day High: 559.8 Day Low: 546.2

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LSE:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 247 Percentage Change: -2.95% Day High: 254.5 Day Low: 242.5

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 1427 Percentage Change: -1.65% Day High: 1461.5 Day Low: 1420

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup. Close Mid-Price: 172.3 Percentage Change: + 2.38% Day High: 178.9 Day Low: 166.2

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo Close Mid-Price: 3322 Percentage Change: -3.65% Day High: 3468 Day Low: 3230

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LSE:SDY Speedyhire Close Mid-Price: 21.5 Percentage Change: -2.27% Day High: 22.5 Day Low: 21.4

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