Opinion – Monday 16 March 2026

U.S. Indices saw further pressure on Friday as geopolitics continue to dominate, hitting risk sentiment. Sectors were more split with haven sectors (Utilities and Staples) outperforming alongside Energy, while Tech, Materials and Communications were the notable...

Opinion – Thursday 12 March 2026

US Indices closed flat/down on Wednesday as rising oil prices limited any rebound from Tuesday’s late-staged selloff. The IEA confirmed it is to release 400 million barrels  of oil into the market, but the timing depends on each country, while there is still...

Opinion – Wednesday 11 March 2026

US Indices ended Tuesday’s trading session with modest losses, in what was, once again, a day dominated by Middle East headlines with conflicting rhetoric. Markets initially, and for much of the day, followed President Trump’s comments last night that the...

Opinion – Tuesday 10 March 2026

Monday was an historic day for markets, and without sounding cliche “one of two halves”, highlighted by WTI (oil) seeing its 2nd biggest daily ever move. The day, sentiment, and market moves, turnaround in the last 40 minutes of cash equity trade after...

Opinion – Monday 9 March 2026

U.S. Indexes were heavily sold on Friday, concluding what has been a grim week for risk assets amid the start of the Middle East conflict. In addition to that, markets got a further hit on a quite dismal US jobs report, which saw the headline plunge 92k (exp. 59k,...

Opinion – Thursday 5 March 2026

U.S. Indexes closed firmer on Wednesday, with outperformance seen in the NASDAQ, as consumer discretionary and technology sectors led the gains. The majority of sectors were green, aside from energy and consumer staples. Energy gave back some of its recent gains while...