World markets summary:
The final month of the year saw further strong gains in global stock markets, driven higher by the announcement of Covid-19 vaccines, the prospect of normality returning…
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World markets summary:
The weakness we saw in shares during September carried through into October as increasing rates of Covid-19 infections led to the re-imposition of national lockdowns in Europe,…
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World markets summary:
The global stock market rally that started in late March petered out during September as technology and other Covid-19 beneficiaries gave up ground. While it could…
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World markets summary:
The month saw global stock markets return 4.2% to a sterling investor, led once again by the US market, which returned 5.1%. Gains elsewhere included Europe with…
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World markets summary:
July saw a marked divergence in global equity market performance, with strong gains in the US and Emerging Markets offset by weakness in the UK and…
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World markets summary:
The month saw global equity markets recover further ground with the UK world index returning 2.95% in sterling and bringing the total over one year up to…
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World markets summary:
After a promising start to the year in early January, gains in equity markets turned to losses during February as realisation dawned that the Coronavirus, or Covid-19…
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World markets summary:
After a promising start that saw equity markets continue higher into January, gains were pared back on concerns that the Coronavirus would slow economic growth and…
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World markets summary:
The final quarter of the year saw equity markets surge to new highs on news that the US and China had agreed terms for a partial…
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World markets summary:
The momentum in global equity markets continued through November with a return on the UK world index of 2.61% to sterling investors over the month. It…
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