{"id":1818,"date":"2020-05-06T23:42:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T22:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/?p=1818"},"modified":"2020-05-07T08:44:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T07:44:23","slug":"ftse-for-thursday-7-05-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/06\/ftse-for-thursday-7-05-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"FTSE for Thursday 7\/05\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>#Brent #DOW <\/strong> The decision to move the first May Monday holiday to a Friday, made before Covid-19 became a thing, has produced a trading week for the markets which felt strange. Essentially, in addition to utterly insane conditions, the #FTSE has suffered a week deserving of the term; &#8216;Demob Happy&#8217;. Thankfully, we managed to notice the looming Bank Holiday, shuffling our popular FTSE for FRIDAY report forward a day.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s probably worth noting this week has seen the UK index fall below the uptrend established, since the initial Covid-19 drop. We wonder if a further sharp reversal will occur, should the Financial Times updated mortality report gain attention. Discovering our country issued nearly 43,000 more death certificates than &#8216;normal&#8217; during March and April provided a platform for a truly horrific set of numbers. It ensured the UK took the leaderboard rather convincingly for Europe, when the same counting method was applied. Surprisingly, Israel who didn&#8217;t hesitate to employ mobile phone tracing to track and trace the infected somehow managed to experience a drop in deaths! Norway and South Africa also experienced similar.<\/p>\n<p>With a final nod to the FT&#8217;s addiction to death, across the 21 countries for which they collated mortality data, there were 182,000 more deaths than expected during the period surveyed. This number is 64% higher than the total being reported as &#8220;Covid-19&#8221; in the period!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re probably giving the impression you could dangle a bundle of numbers in front of us and we&#8217;d chase them like a puppy going after a leaf in the wind. Perhaps there&#8217;s some truth there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As for the FTSE and its numbers, it looks like some reversal should be expected on Thursday. Weakness next below 5,839 looks capable of attempting a pretty tame sounding 5,821 points. If broken, secondary is at 5,796 points. Neither ambition points to extreme volatility on this, our last day of the week. We&#8217;d be remiss if we didn&#8217;t find something to be really gloomy about and it&#8217;s the calculation, should 5,796 break. Apparently 5,690 becomes viable, taking the FTSE into territory where there&#8217;s a risk of Covid-19 levels of panic volatility.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Visually, the FTSE needs only nudge above 5,910 to re-enter the land of sweetness and light, allowing movement to a near term 6,036 with secondary, if bettered, working out at 6,075 points.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, remember 3 things. We are discussing the FTSE and not out of hours futures. You don&#8217;t need to have fun to drink. And enjoy the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/img\/ukx060520.jpg\" alt=\"Hey, chart goes here\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <a name=\"FUTURES634\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size: small;\">FUTURES<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Time Issued<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Market<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Price At Issue<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Short Entry<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Fast Exit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Slow Exit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Stop<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Long Entry<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Fast Exit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Slow Exit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Stop<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Prior<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">9:57:40PM<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">BRENT<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">30.03<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">28.85<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p 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small;\">1686.61<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8216;cess<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">10:01:18PM<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">FTSE<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">5814.31<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8216;cess<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">10:04:04PM<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">FRANCE<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">4404.9<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">10:25:40PM<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">GERMANY<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">10538<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Sorry<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">10:27:54PM<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">US500<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">2843.87<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Shambles<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">10:29:56PM<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">DOW<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">23634<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">23601<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">23529.5<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">23316<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">23771<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">24103<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">24271.5<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">24495<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">23926<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">10:32:39PM<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">NASDAQ<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">8966.05<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8216;cess<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">10:34:49PM<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">JAPAN<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">19370<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5>6\/05\/2020 FTSE Closed at 5853 points. Change of 0.07%. Total value traded through LSE was: \u00a3 6,196,887,003 a change of 18.35%<\/h5>\n<h5>5\/05\/2020 FTSE Closed at 5849 points. Change of 1.67%. Total value traded through LSE was: \u00a3 5,236,126,168 a change of -8.24%<\/h5>\n<h5>4\/05\/2020 FTSE Closed at 5753 points. Change of -0.17%. Total value traded through LSE was: \u00a3 5,706,354,809 a change of 60.68%<\/h5>\n<h5>1\/05\/2020 FTSE Closed at 5763 points. Change of -2.34%. Total value traded through LSE was: \u00a3 3,551,403,027 a change of -92.77%<\/h5>\n<h5>30\/04\/2020 FTSE Closed at 5901 points. Change of -3.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: \u00a3 49,092,686,584 a change of 648.68%<\/h5>\n<h5>29\/04\/2020 FTSE Closed at 6115 points. Change of 2.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: \u00a3 6,557,213,009 a change of 3.88%<\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">28\/04\/2020 FTSE Closed at 5958 points. Change of 1.92%. Total value traded through LSE was: \u00a3 6,312,043,698 a change of 37.73%<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#Brent #DOW The decision to move the first May Monday holiday to a Friday, made before Covid-19 became a thing, has produced a trading week for the markets which felt strange. Essentially, in addition to utterly insane conditions, the #FTSE has suffered a week deserving of the term; &#8216;Demob Happy&#8217;. Thankfully, we managed to notice &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/06\/ftse-for-thursday-7-05-2020\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;FTSE for Thursday 7\/05\/2020&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trendsandtargets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1818"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1820,"href":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818\/revisions\/1820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}