UK investors are trading reluctantly

UK stock indices are moving forward with a slight growth in Friday's session at the moment, rebounding over losses recorded yesterday. In the last trading session, investors pimped out of trades with cynic view of the markets even as another poll reported against independence of Scotland.

Stock market of UK, i.e. UK stock exchange (UKX) is playing low with rising political concerns. In the first half of early trade, the FTSE 100 rose 0.1 percent coming to 6,805.53, the FTSE 250 jumped 0.4 percent to 15,677.95, and the AIM All-Share hiked 0.1 percent trading at 776.91.

Top Gainer	% Change	Top Loser	% Change
Barratt Developments PLC	+2.32%	Whitbread PLC	-1.32%
Barclays PLC	+1.95%	Anglo American PLC	-1.20%
J Sainsbury PLC	+1.82%	Sage Group PLC/The	-1.18%
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC	+1.41%	Associated British Foods PLC	-1.12%
Tullow Oil PLC	+1.00%	Glencore PLC	-0.54%
Travis Perkins PLC	+0.96%	Aviva PLC	-0.47%
ARM Holdings PLC	+0.84%	Sports Direct International	-0.42%
Persimmon PLC	+0.82%	Bunzl PLC	-0.37%
Carnival PLC	+0.76%	Antofagasta PLC	-0.33%
WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC	+0.56%	London Stock Exchange Group PLC	-0.32%

Scotland's Independence dragged FTSE 100 0.34% down

FTSE 100 is trading at 6,823.21 after losing 31.89 points, i.e. falling over 0.47 percent at 9:45 am in BST on Monday. Market breath is low in UK as supporters of Scotland's independence spoke louder in a poll conducted by YouGov. On the back of this news, Great British pound over United State dollar, i.e. GBP/USD traded at 1.6169 falling from 1.6327 closing rate on Friday.

• Biggest Faller in the market Associated British Foods at 4.6 percent
• Biggest gainer of the day Randgold Resources hiked 46p trading at £47.83

Top Gainer	% Change	Top Loser	% Change
Burberry Group PLC	+0.40%	Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC	-2.48%
Smith & Nephew PLC	+0.09%	Barclays PLC	-0.93%
Carnival PLC	-0.34%	Royal Mail PLC	-0.56%
National Grid PLC	-0.49%	Coca-Cola HBC AG	-0.42%
BP PLC	-0.61%	Anglo American PLC	-0.42%
RSA Insurance Group PLC	-0.64%	Capita PLC	-0.25%
Ashtead Group PLC	-0.68%	London Stock Exchange Group PLC	+0.05%
Tullow Oil PLC	-0.69%	Fresnillo PLC	+0.92%
Severn Trent PLC	-1.15%	Randgold Resources Limited	+0.99%
Hargreaves Lansdown PLC	-1.89%	ARM Holdings PLC	1.10%

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FTSE 100 at 6,845.56 shed 32.41 points, falling over 0.47%

UK's benchmark index, FTSE 100 shed 10.84 points, recording a fall of 0.2 percent bringing the level to 6,867.13 at 9:05 a.m. in LST. Barometer of the index is running to win the fourth streak of winning in weekly trades, as it overall weekly growth is standing still expecting 0.7 percent hike over the opening recorded on Monday. The index revived its growth up in the market in monthly statistics after hitting its lowest bell in August.

Wider representative index, FTSE All-Share Index (ASX) dropped 0.1 percent down in the trading today, while Ireland’s ISEQ Index moved a little up recording growth under 0.1 percent which is its highest winning point in script since February 2014.

The FTSE 100 is trading over 14.2 times its predicted earnings of its members, after it crossed a multiple of 14.4 on July 4, pinpointing the highest level breaking record of December 2009.

Top Gainer	Percent Change	Top Loser	Percent Change
Hargreaves Lansdown PLC	+1.33 percent	Coca-Cola HBC AG	-3.13 percent
Pearson PLC	+0.90 percent	Randgold Resources Limited	-2.73 percent
SSE PLC	+0.53 percent	London Stock Exchange Group PLC	-2.45 percent
BAE Systems PLC	+0.15 percent	Petrofac Ltd	-1.79 percent
HSBC Holdings PLC	+0.12 percent	Meggitt PLC	-1.34 percent

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ECB's declaration holding most stocks but Standard broke records

UK shares are trading almost flat since the opening on Thursday morning as investors are taking cautious moves ahead of the most awaited results from European Central Bank's meeting which will declare at 1200 hours in London.

Standard Life recorded highest gains on FTSE 100, as it edged over 10 percent higher in the trade, after the company sold out its Canadian business for GBP 2.2 billion which is going back to its shareholders.

Fellow insurer Admiral Group took a stand at second place, as it hiked over 2.5 percent, after HSBC upgraded the stock's value from Neutral to Overweight.

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FTSE 100: up 0.1 percent at 6,882.99

FTSE 250: down 0.1 percent at 15,983.61

AIM ALLshed SHARE: marginally down at 778.65

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FTSE 100 is trading at 6,881.88 gaining 8.30 growing at 0.12 percent

Top Gainers on FTSE 100

Standard Life PLC climbed 9.01 percent

Admiral Group PLC climbed 2.22 percent

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC climbed 1.22 percent

easyJet PLC climbed 0.73 percent

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC climbed 0.71 percent

Laggards on Record of FTSE 100

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC shed 1.77 percent

3i Group PLC shed 1.22 percent

WM Morrison Supermarket PLC shed 1.08 percent

AstraZeneca PLC shed 0.88 percent

Experian PLC shed 0.84 percent

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UK market analysis of August and levels in September

Covering up the monthly performance of FTSE 100 companies, the index closed at 6,819.75 points on Friday growing over 0.20 percent on the day. Overall, the index climbed up from the weakest record on 8 August 2014 at 6,567.36 points.

Breaking News in UK stock market

FTSE 100 representing blue chip companies performance are under-performing compared to the performance of small-scale companies whose penny stocks posted double the growth of blue chip stocks. In the previous year, blue chip companies' stock consolidated growth rate at 1 percent while the index surged 6 percent. Smart investors moved to small-cap companies where the board of management is smaller but profits are higher, analysis recorded increase in shareholdings of small-caps stock by over 20 percent.

Top Gainer	% Change
Fresnillo PLC	+2.29%
AstraZeneca PLC	+1.95%
RSA Insurance Group PLC	+1.91%
St James's Place PLC	+1.85%
Randgold Resources Limited	+1.60%

Top Loser	% Change
Tesco PLC	-6.64%
WM Morrison Supermarket PLC	-5.03%
J Sainsbury PLC	-4.35%
CRH PLC	-2.03%
Marks & Spencer Group PLC	-1.87%

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UK stock market gained on Resource stock : Latest updates 27 August 2014

FTSE 100, representing major 100 industries of United Kingdom (UK) opened flat at 6,822.76 points. In the early morning trade, it expanded 0.01 percent as resources stocks steadied up in the market rally where US stocks surged last night and Asian equities traded mixed.

At 10:00 AM in London clock, FTSE 100 traded at 6,825.48 after it gained 2.72 points, i.e. rose at 0.04 percent rate backed up with high trading in supermarket shares, airlines stocks and construction shares. Resource stocks are star performers of the market rally as they surged on FTSE 100, FTSE 250, FTSE 350 and AIM.

Gainers and Losers in the market at 10:00 AM in London on different indices are as follows:

FTSE 100

Gainers on FTSE 100

Petrofac 1151.50 added 2.54 percent

Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 186.20 added 2.42 percent

International Consolidated Airlines 364.40 added 1.76 percent

easyJet 1376.00 added 1.62 percent

Mondi 1042.00 added 1.36 percent

Laggards on FTSE 100

Friends Life Group Limited Ord Npv 304.10 lost 1.81 percent

United Utilities Group 892.75 lost 1.68 percent

CRH 1398.50 lost 1.51 percent

Kingfisher 305.05 lost 1.21 percent

St James's Place 732.00 lost 1.08 percent

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UK market opens on 26 August after the weekend

United Kingdom's top benchmark index FTSE 100, which represents share earnings of top 100 companies listed on London stock exchange.

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  FTSE opened flat on Friday, 22 August 2014 at 6,777.66. The index traded between 6,746.37 and 6,784.63 points.
• In all, 101 shares participated in the trading on 22 Aug 2014, whereas 5 shares stood unchanged at their positions.
• In the summary of the market, 54 shares lost exceeding the 42 gainers which pulled down the market index.
• FTSE closed at 6,775.25 losing 2.41 points, equal to 0.04 percent compared to its opening.

GAINERS: stocks to look up on Tuesday, 26 August 2014.

• Royal Mail PLC added 2.16 percent
• Hargreaves Lansdown PLC added 1.85 percent
• Vodafone Group PLC added 1.60 percent
• Lloyds Banking Group PLC added 1.34 percent
• London Stock Exchange Group PLC added 1.20 percent

LOSERS: stocks to watch out for on Tuesday, 26 August 2014.

• Fresnillo PLC lost 1.76 percent
• CRH PLC lost 1.57 percent
• SSE PLC lost 1.51 percent
• Rollslost Royce Holdings PLC lost 1.45 percent
• BHP Billiton PLC lost 1.37 percent
  
  
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US MARKET UPDATE ON 25 August 2014

Dow and Jones Industrial Average lost 0.22 percent closing at 17,001.22 on Friday after US Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen concluded the meeting with central bankers coming out with a conclusion, "Interest rates are likely to surge and probably sooner if wage inflation grows higher than expected or economy underlost performs the estimates."

Top Gainers at Dow and Jones:

• Merck & Co Inc added 0.54 percent
• NIKE Inc added 0.44 percent
• Pfizer Inc added 0.35 percent
• Wallost Mart Stores Inc added 0.24 percent
• Goldman Sachs Group Inc added 0.18 percent

Laggards on Dow and Jones:

• General Electric Co lost 1.06 percent
• Johnson & Johnson lost 1.05 percent
• Cisco Systems Inc lost 0.96 percent
• Exxon Mobil Corp lost 0.79 percent
• Cocalost Cola Co/The lost 0.70 percent

Top 500 companies weighted capitalization index, Standards and Poor's index 500 lost 0.20 percent coming down by 3.97 points to 1,988.40 level.

NASDAQ Composite Index, a comprehensive representative index gained 0.14 percent, i.e. climbing 6.45 points to 4,538.55 level.

Top Gainers at NASDAQ:

• Peregrine Semiconductors corporation added 62.94 percent
• Heat Biologics Inc added 26.04 percent
• ParkerVision Inc added 18.02 percent
• Vapor Corp added 14.04 percent
• Cadiz Inc added 13.96 percent

Laggards on NASDAQ:

• Real Goods Solar Inc lost 9.78 percent
• Cellular Biomedicine Group Inc lost 9.43 percent
• Biostar Pharmaceutical Inc lost 7.55 percent
• Capitol Acquisition Corporation II lost 7.45 percent
• Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation lost 6.58 percent

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FTSE opened flat; lost 0.43% in the week

US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's 2-day meeting with the central bankers in Jackson Hole is holding up share trading volumes in United Kingdom. Benchmark index FTSE traded flat on Friday awaiting the final verdict from Fed which will affect investors' sentiment towards the market. 

FTSE 100 Index closed at 6,756.71 falling 0.31 percent on Friday after opening flat at 6,777.66 level. On a weekly analysis FTSE lowered 0.43 percent from 18 August 2014 to 22 August 2014.

Top gaining stocks in the UK market highlighted Ashtead Group PLC surging with more than 0.74 percent, Vodafone Group PLC expanding at 0.62 percent, Tesco PLC climbing at 0.59 percent, HSBC Holdings PLC adding 0.51 percent, and Lloyds Banking Group PLC growing at 0.29 percent.

Petrofac Ltd lost 1.87 percent, Kingfisher PLC  fell 1.40 percent, BHP Billiton PLC dropped 1.32 percent, easyJet PLC and Smith & Nephew PLC shed 1.13 percent ending the lowest in the trade today.

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Digital Banking is an innovative way preferred by some but not all

Pure digital banking is gearing up for growth as the latest survey conducted by Accenture stated, "25 percent of UK consumers are ready to switch over to banking which is accessible through laptops and mobile devices only." Pure digital bank is a lower costing, speedy and private banking service, where a bank has no branches or call centers.

The pre-market study survey conducted by Accenture on UK current account customers revealed, "Customers in the age group of 25 to 34 are optimistic about the idea of branchless banking giving heads up to the idea." The diversification of data showed youngsters of the city would prefer sticking to branched banking as only 22 percent would consider digital banking.

Overall, the survey draws a rising growth chart in view of 3,600 UK current account holders using digital banking in everyday life. The study accumulated, "80 percent of customers went online at least once a month to interact with their banks, while monthly mobile banking usage surged to 27 percent of customers with reference to 21 percent in 2012 and 10 percent in 2011."

Though, the data shows rising use of online banking it limits the accuracy of figures as more and more banks are opening up every year. Consumers going to the banks increased by 6 percent as accessibility increased with rising number of branches. Most of the consumers traced at the banks included customers aged between 18 to 24. Fifty-four percent of the youngest group, said they visited their bank branch each month compared to 39 percent of the same group in 2012.

“This year’s survey underscores the growing complexity in how consumers want to interact with banks in the digital age,” said Peter Kirk, a managing director in Accenture’s Financial Services group.

“The youngest, most tech-savvy-customers still value face-to-face contact as they begin their life’s financial journey, whereas older customers who are further along in their work life are more open to a digital-only relationship. There is also evidence that some customers are not satisfied by their banks’ current digital offerings. This presents difficult questions for banks as they look to balance digital channels with costly branch networks and deliver relevant services.”

In either way, the banks willing to grow must diversify their services keeping high quality. In the growing digital world, banks must differentiate themselves and develop their niche to competitive advantages according to economists.  

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Investors confidence back to UK market, SMEs losing out 7 JULY 2014

The varied approach of Britain’s large companies and small firms towards investment, despite widespread confidence in the economic recovery is on the look for future changes.

Corporate's investment hunger is touching record highs the country. UK’s small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) showed reluctance to invest.

Confidence is hiking as revenues are boosting this year: micro businesses grew turnover by an average of £30,000 to date, small firms brought an additional £80,000, and medium-sized businesses hiked revenues by an average of £440,000.

SMEs should be bold with their capital now, to capitalise on the upturn or risk “missing the boat”, a survey report said. Around 47 percent of businesses leaders agreed stating, "if SMEs don’t invest in growth in second half of this year, they are on the way to losing out to competitors."

Cost-cutting is no longer a priority for the 112 CFOs surveyed, which include 31 from FTSE 100 companies and 37 from FTSE 250 firms. Just 26pc said that reducing costs was their main focus, down from 34pc last year.

An economist head said, “There is a sizeable minority of businesses, who are too cautious about the recovery showing reluctance to make significant investments now. These firms are falling behind their more ambitious peers.”

In contrast, larger businesses are increasingly bullish about their investment intentions. According to financial services firm Deloitte’s quarterly survey of chief financial officers, 65 percent of CFOs quoted, "now is a good time to take risk on their balance sheet," up from 45 percent during the same period last year, the second highest level on record.

“UK corporates are moving from balance sheet repair to growth and business spending is emerging as a driver of the UK recovery,” said Ian Stewart, chief economist at Deloitte.

A separate survey, released today, said that the Aim market fetched a total of £2.4bn this year. This is the highest sum in six years, indicating pre-recession confidence in investors.

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European Market's Thursday close and Friday moves 4 July 2014

Europe's main stock markets ended hiked sky high on Thursday. Optimism in the market attributed to the key interest rate decision announcement by the European Central Bank. U.S. jobs report for June pushed up the markets in the day.

Frankfurt's DAX 30 climbed 1.19 per cent to close at 10,029.43 points. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies ended higher 0.72 per cent at 6,865.21 while the CAC 40 in Paris surged more than 1.0 per cent to 4,489.88 points compared to Wednesday's closing levels.

In the U.S., futures cue a higher open on Wall Street. In the last session, stocks ended narrowly mixed showing little change, though the Dow and the S&P 500 set fresh record closing up as investors digested a positive reading on private sector employment.

Crude for August delivery is drowning $0.34 to $104.14 per barrel, while gold is fell $7.4 to $1323.5 a troy ounce.

The fundamental picture is optimistic for the bulls today. A mixed report of a strong payrolls print, lower unemployment rate, while the futuristic sub-components of the services ISM tapped at a solid rate.

EUR/USD is varied between Italian and Spanish bond yields over US treasuries. Although, one can argue the EUR could slip if the TLTRO funds make their way into the government bond market.  

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