London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/29/2011 -- Spread betting provider City Index (http://www.cityindex.co.uk/) takes a look at the financial activity shaping the markets on 27th September 2011.

Gold has edged higher in commodity trading today (September 27th) as investors look for a safe haven amid the possibility of Greece defaulting on its debt.

According to Bloomberg, spot gold has bounced back after shedding 8.8 per cent of its value in the past three days - the biggest fall since Lehman Brothers collapsed three years ago.

It was priced at $1,651.25 (£1,059.24) per ounce by 15:17 local time in Singapore, after earlier adding as much as 1.9 per cent to hit $1,657.63 per ounce.

Bullion for December delivery, which had fallen 11.8 per cent over the past three days, added as much as 4.1 per cent in New York, hitting a high of $1,660.20 an ounce.

Partner at Silver Arrow Capital Management Gijsbert Groenewegen said there is currently "a great opportunity to accumulate more gold and silver".

"When the market gets very panicky, they sell everything off and they go for cash and Treasuries," he observed.

Gold has proven to be a popular investment asset throughout much of the economic downturn, as it offers a safe haven and protects against the risks of inflation.

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London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/29/2011 -- Spread betting provider City Index (http://www.cityindex.co.uk/) takes a look at the financial activity shaping the markets on 27th September 2011.
The FTSE 100 has rebounded during stock market trading today (September 27th), led by a resurgent mining sector.

By 11:01, the blue chip index had advanced by 2.37 per cent - or 120.82 points - to reach 5,210.19 points.

Mining firms - which had been the subject of heavy sell-offs in recent weeks - jumped, with Antofagasta adding 7.79 per cent and Anglo American rising by 4.22 per cent.

BHP Billiton increased 5.04 per cent and Xstrata was 6.52 per cent higher, prompting chief market strategist at City Index Joshua Raymond to note the climbs by mining firms has been "the key element" to the FTSE's strong morning session.

"Tentative rallies in the prices of copper, silver and gold today have been enough to entice investors to bargain hunt some of the mining firms from their lows," he explained.

Mr Raymond added demand for mining stocks will be "crucial" to a sustained recovery of the FTSE 100.

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London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/28/2011 -- Spread betting provider City Index (http://www.cityindex.co.uk/) takes a look at the financial activity shaping the markets on 26th September 2011.

The Nikkei 225 slipped to a two-and-a-half-year closing low during trading today (September 26th), amid continued concerns about eurozone debt and a default in Greece.

Reuters reports the index shed 2.2 per cent to close on 8,374.13 points, with trading companies among the worse hit.

Mitsui & Co dropped 5.9 per cent to 1,172 yen (£9.95), while Mitsubishi Corp shed 7.9 per cent to finish on 1,565 yen.

A weak profit forecast for Nippon Electric Glass caused the company to end the day 12.3 per cent lower on 656 yen, while there was also a decline for Japanese telecoms firm KDDI Corp.

The market was tracking falls seen around Europe and on Wall Street, where stocks have suffered recently due to mounting worries about Greece and the ramifications of the country defaulting on its debt.

According to the news agency, the FTSE 100 is forecast to open as much as 0.4 per cent down this morning, following the dips around Asia.

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London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/27/2011 -- Spread betting provider City Index (http://www.cityindex.co.uk/) takes a look at the financial activity shaping the markets on 15th September 2011.

Retail sales volumes did not increase between August of this year and the same month in 2010, a new Office for National Statistics (ONS) report has revealed today (September 15th).

Compared to July, the volume of sales declined by 0.2 per cent and there was no growth in their value.

However, between August 2010 and the same month this year, the value of sales did rise by 4.7 per cent.

Following the results, sterling (GBP) moved away from eight-month lows against the US dollar (USD), Reuters reported.

It explained that the sales data was not as negative as many investors believed it could be.

Prior to the data being published, GBP was trading at $1.5770, but afterwards hiked itself up by 0.2 per cent to $1.5797.

GBP was flat on the day against the euro - 87.18p - although it had earlier hit 87.36 p, the news resource said.

Yesterday, the ONS revealed that the UK's unemployment rate stands at 7.9 per cent, meaning 2.51 million people are currently without a job.

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London, England -- (SBWIRE) --09/27/2011 -- Spread betting provider City Index (http://www.cityindex.co.uk/) takes a look at the financial activity shaping the markets on 19th September 2011.

The FTSE 100 is down this morning (September 19th) after a weekend of frustrating talks between eurozone finance ministers.

As of 09:48 BST, the index has dropped by over 100 points to 5,268.18, with major banks Barclays and Lloyds Banking Group among the biggest losers.

It was hoped that discussions around tackling the eurozone crisis would lead to a plan being drawn up, but this did not happen.

The FTSE 250 has taken an even bigger hit, with it down by 178.08 points in the morning's trading so far.

Concerns are rising on the London Stock Exchange as Greece edges closer to default, which could have a detrimental effect on many investors.

Finance ministers from around Europe will now wait until mid-October before deciding whether or not they will approve the final part of Greece's €110 billion bail-out package.

Greek prime minister George Papandreou has cancelled a planned trip to the US in order to help guide his country though its current economic hardships.

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London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/27/2011 -- Spread betting provider City Index (http://www.cityindex.co.uk/) takes a look at the financial activity shaping the markets on 15th September 2011.

The Nikkei 225 has shot up this morning (September 15th) following comments made by the leaders of France and Germany.

Japan's premier stock index had closed on 8,668.86 points, a hike of 1.76 per cent on yesterday's finish.

Share prices of Asian stocks rose after French president Nicolas Sarkozy and German chancellor Angela Merkel stated their support for the eurozone.

They revealed they want Greece to continue using the single currency, which may have led some investors to believe they therefore want to prevent the country from defaulting on its debt.

In a phone call to Greek leader George Papandreou, Sarkozy and Merkel reiterated the importance of pushing forward with austerity measures, with a statement by the French government noting: "The implementation of the commitments of the [programme] is essential for the Greek economy [to] regain the path [to] a sustainable and balanced growth."

Meanwhile, the Hang Seng Index had slightly retreated by 0.01 per cent as of 08:45 BST.

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London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/27/2011 -- Spread betting provider City Index (http://www.cityindex.co.uk/) takes a look at the financial activity shaping the markets on 20th September 2011.

The Nikkei has fallen as the market has been affected by the news Italy has had its credit trading cut by Standard & Poor's (S&P).

At the close of trading today (September 20th), it had dropped by 142.92 points - or 1.61 per cent - as the eurozone crisis continues to have an effect globally.

During the day the index - which is changing the makeup of the stocks used to calculate the Nikkei 500 Stock Average - had fallen as low as 8,704.23 points, but managed to stage a recovery to finish at 8,721.24.

A trader at a Japanese brokerage was quoted by Reuters as saying: "Foreign investor selling seems to be tapering off for now. But the market will remain susceptible to headlines from Europe."

S&P downgraded Italy by one notch to A/A-1, while its outlook has been kept negative, which has sparked fears that the problems could spread to other European countries.

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London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/27/2011 -- Sandy Jadeja, Chief Technical Analyst, at City Index (http://www.cityindex.co.uk/), provides insight into the market activity that shaped spread betting and CFD trading on 19th September 2011:

The start to the trading week has seen stock indices fall back after nearly reaching key resistance levels. This is not a good starting point if the markets are to thrust higher for a final push to upside levels. Overall the bearish factors are still intact but last weeks price action suggested we may have been inline to see a possible re-test of the recent highs. This may now be in jeopardy ifby mid-week the markets continue to decline lower. This would also place Gold in a favourable position to aim for the key $2000 level. It appears we are in for another week of volatility and traders should be braced for a whipsaw week ahead.

Key price levels are provided below:

FTSE 100 stuck in a range...

There has been no clear break above or below two key price levels for the FTSE 100 index. Whilst maintaining a stance above 5015 the index looked set to tackle the 5445 resistance barrier. But Monday has seen a sharp pullback after four days of gains. This puts the FTSE in an awkward position and will need to see a break above 5445 to reach for 5600 or break below 5015 to head lower towards 4781 again. Until either of these levels have been broken the index remains in a choppy sideways mode and is likely to frustrate traders until the breakout takes place. Dow Jones shows another bearish pattern..

Although the Dow Jones respected the 10,800 support level and also closing above the 11,365 level there is now a bearish pattern developing. If the index fails to take out the high of 11,716 then this could potentially form a bearish Head and Shoulder pattern with the left and right shoulder resistance at 11,530 and more importantly the 10,800 level acting as the decision maker. Any potential moves to the 11,950 level would be negated if the Dow fails to hold 10,800 this week. A clearance above 11,716 is required for the Bulls to take control again.

Gold provides confused signals...

The $1,890 resistance level has pushed this metal lower with support objectives at $1,750. After a week of bearish factors weighing on the commodity the price of Gold almost saw the $1,750 level being reached. If $1,850 is cleared this week the $1,890 becomes the objective once again on the upside. On the other hand if Gold breaks below last weeks low of $1,763 then the support levels of $1,750 followed but $1,700 could be in sight for the near term. Also the 20period Moving Average has now shown a declining slope which may suggest difficulty or a slowdown for reaching the $2,000 level.

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London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/27/2011 -- Joshua Raymond, Chief Market Strategist, at City Index (http://www.cityindex.co.uk/), provides insight into the market activity that shaped spread betting and CFD trading on 22nd September 2011:

"Global markets tumbled after the Federal Reserve announced 'Operation Twist', a move designed to lower long term borrowing costs, as investors were left reeling from a sharply negative tone and guidance over the headwinds facing the US economic recovery.

In a widely expected move, the Fed announced it would sell $400bn of short term Treasury bonds and re-invest them into longer term debt in an effort to lower longer term borrowing costs.

Part of the problem with last night's Fed decision is not necessary the fact that 'Operation Twist' was announced, as the market had been aware that this was the likely decision for days, but more so the fact that the same three members who dissented against keeping interest rates fixed for two years last time around, dissented this time around. When you align that dissent with political pressure to be less active, it becomes hard to imagine that the Fed could announce the third phase of quantitative easing that investors want to see.

The negative tone struck by the Fed in terms of the serious headwinds and downside risks facing the US economy sent a bit of a ripple through the markets.

What's more, the clear divide in ideology that exists in the Fed remains so, despite the sharp deterioration of the markets in the last month and that does not breed confidence.

The reaction to the move has been a sharply negative one thus far. After the announcement, the Dow Jones fell 2.3% to close on its lows, whilst Asian Indices fell between 2% and 4.8% respectively and this locked in a very negative start for European Indices as a result.

The FTSE 100, DAX and CAC all quickly foundered upon market opening, falling well over 3% with resource and insurance stocks suffering in particular, and closely followed by major banks.

Moreover, with the FTSE VIX, a gauge of fear in the market, rising 10%, and the US VIX rising 13% yesterday, clearly investor appetite for risk has taken a bit of a battering since the Fed decision.

The miners and oil firms are key drags on the FTSE 100, with both sectors losing 5.3% and 3.5% respectively as investors offload risky asset classes and draw close correlations to 3% drops in the prices of Copper and Crude Oil. Kazakhmys and Rio Tinto are two of the worst performing stocks in London today, falling 7% as a result.

Insurance firms have also been hit hard by investors after the Fed decision last night with investors highlighting that with Insurers purchasing longer term securities in efforts to balance long term obligations, the move by the fed to lower long term borrowing costs could pose a challenge to this model. Prudential shares fell 6.5% and traded close to a new one year low in the process."

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London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/27/2011 -- Spread betting provider City Index (http://www.cityindex.co.uk/) takes a look at the financial activity shaping the markets on 16th September 2011.

The Nikkei 225 has stormed ahead during trading this morning (September 16th), with the stock index up by 2.25 per cent at market close.

It finished the session on 8,864.16 points, more than 195 points higher compared to Thursday.

Such a rally followed an announcement by the European Central Bank (ECB) that along with other financial institutions, it will carry out three liquidity operations with the US dollar.

The Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan, Bank of England and Swiss National Bank are also joining in with the efforts, which will commence on October 12th, November 9th and December 7th of this year.

Each operation will run for three months, with the final one therefore ending on March 1st 2012.

President of the ECB Jean-Claude Trichet asserted at the Eurofi Financial Forum 2011: "As institutions that are independent, that are devoted to stability and that are medium to long-term oriented, central banks are more than ever an anchor of stability and confidence."

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London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/27/2011 -- Joshua Raymond, Chief Market Strategist, at City Index (http://www.cityindex.co.uk/), provides insight into the market activity that shaped spread betting and CFD trading on 23rd September 2011:

"European stocks endured more losses on Friday as investors continued to downsize risk and awaited the output of a pivotal G20 meeting in Washington.

The FTSE 100 fell below the 5000 level for the first time in a month as the UK Index saw losses of 1.5%, though it did see a small bounce, having hit near-term support levels of 5930.

Trading has been very choppy today, with investor sensitivity high and reacting to any news, comment or speculation out of the G20.

The miners were the key drag on the FTSE 100 yet again, with the sector losing 1.3% to add to yesterday's near double digit percentage losses. With deep concerns over global growth and slowdown specifically in China, the world's fastest emerging economy, both the prices of mining companies and copper have lost some significant ground over the last 48 hours and the freefall in prices here has not stopped today. ENRC and Xstrata lost 4% on the day as a result.

Today we have seen investors use any stock rally as an opportunity to sell their shares at better prices, a move that makes any rally fragile and emphasises the poor appetite for risk amongst investors who are sitting on the sidelines and awaiting developments at the G20.

Topping the FTSE 100 however and adding some heavyweight support was Vodafone, whose shares rose 2% after UBS added the communications giant to its key European call list. Tesco shares also saw support with shares rising 1% after Evolution Securities upgraded its view on the supermarket to 'neutral' from a previous 'sell' guidance.

Investors want to see action, not words from the G20

After yesterday's sharp losses endured by global stock markets on fears of a worldwide slowdown in activity, investors are looking to the G20 to deliver credible coordinated action to help calm equity markets and maintain global growth. An unexpected communique from the G20 early this morning hinted as much that there will be action, and this was enough to kick markets off in positive territory, but investors are unwilling to bet too much on this until they hear exactly what action is being proposed.

Too often have the world's leaders blown hot air rather than instil definitive action and so naturally there is a case of investors wanting to see the proof within the pudding this time around in what is turning out to be one of the most pivotal G20 meetings since the heights of the previous financial crisis.

One element that has to potential to support the markets and ease investor concerns is a topping up of the EFSF, which at €440bn, is seen as nowhere near credible enough to actively maintain liquidity support for indebted nations within the eurozone. The fact that the EFSF was mentioned in the G20 communique raises hopes that this option remains on the table for discussion and potential implementation, as long as the new powers of the EFSF discussed months ago can be ratified.

Optimistic deja vu?

Naturally there is a case of optimistic deja vu with the G20 meeting considering the last time the world's financial markets were lifted from the depths of darkness was in April 2009, following a G20 meeting in London that agreed to pump an additional $1trillion into the global economy. That day the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown uttered that "this is the day that the world came together to fight back against the global recession, not with words but with a plan for global recovery and reform and with a clear timetable." The result of that was a 60% rise in the FTSE 100 Index over the ensuing two years.

With the global economy now back teetering on the edge of recession once more, investors are looking for similarly powerful action that has enough legs to rebuild the global recovery in the long term."

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London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/27/2011 -- Spread betting provider City Index (http://www.cityindex.co.uk/) takes a look at the financial activity shaping the markets on 22nd September 2011.

Negative economic outlooks emerging from the US have caused European stock markets to decline in value this morning (September 22nd).

An announcement from the Federal Reserve across the Atlantic yesterday, in which it signalled that the American economy is struggling to get back on its feet in the wake of the worldwide financial slump, has had a knock-on effect on indices in Europe.

Investors are evidently becoming more risk-averse at the moment as they seek to purchase only assets that are perceived as safe havens, prompting many experts in the industry to move away from currencies altogether in favour of commodities like gold.

Jonathan Sudaria, trader at London Capital Group, told Bloomberg that this announcement from the Fed has resulted in a "fleeing" from anything seen as risky, such as all stocks in the eurozone.

For instance, as of 10:39 BST, the benchmark Stoxx 600 index had fallen by 3.58 per cent since trading opened earlier today.

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London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/27/2011 -- Spread betting provider City Index (http://www.cityindex.co.uk/) takes a look at the financial activity shaping the markets on 23rd September 2011.

European stocks were higher in value this morning (September 23rd) as investors were attracted to shares following a pledge of support from the G20.

Indices across the continent struggled along with the majority of other markets globally yesterday after the Federal Reserve released figures showing that the American recovery is very fragile at present.

However, Europe's benchmark Stoxx 600 system had risen by 0.16 per cent to a level of 215.23 as of 10:33 BST after the G20 group of economies stated they would implement measures to make the eurozone's bailout packages more flexible.

Nevertheless, Veronika Pechlaner, fund manager on the Ashburton European equity fund, told Reuters: "Fundamentally nothing has changed and it is too early to get aggressive at this stage. We are underweight financials and have become in more so in the last month."

She added that this announcement only represents some "short-term relief", as not many details of the G20's plans have been revealed.

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Today more and more individual traders are discovering the benefits of derivatives, and many of them are discovering them through a City Index trading platform.

As a group, we transact in excess of 1.5 million trades every month for individuals in over 50 countries worldwide. We provide access to a wide range of instruments including margined foreign exchange, CFD trading and, in the UK, financial spread betting.

We constantly look to widen the range of assets we offer, improve the performance of our platforms and expand the range of services we provide. The result is that our customers benefit from innovative trading tools with transparent pricing, competitive spreads, and a high standard of customer service and support. Visit http://www.cityindex.co.uk/ for more information.

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London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/27/2011 -- Spread betting provider City Index (http://www.cityindex.co.uk/) takes a look at the financial activity shaping the markets on 16th September 2011.

Sterling (GBP) is close to eight-month lows versus the US dollar (USD), it has been revealed.

A report from Reuters noted that GBP had slipped by 0.2 per cent to $1.5760 today (September 16th) after Thursday's lift following the announcement by central banks to free-up US dollar liquidity during three operations.

Comments made by Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member Martin Weale were highlighted by the news resource as a reason why GBP shed some of its value.

Speaking to Reuters Inside TV, he stated that he believes "there is a significant risk of a double dip [recession]".

Mr Weale asserted that due to the UK's economic performance over the past couple of months, "anyone would have to say that [the threat is] greater than it seemed in July".

Furthermore, he would consider voting in favour of quantitative easing if by around November, inflation looked as though it would "undershoot the target".

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About City Index
Today more and more individual traders are discovering the benefits of derivatives, and many of them are discovering them through a City Index trading platform.

As a group, we transact in excess of 1.5 million trades every month for individuals in over 50 countries worldwide. We provide access to a wide range of instruments including margined foreign exchange, CFD trading and, in the UK, financial spread betting.

We constantly look to widen the range of assets we offer, improve the performance of our platforms and expand the range of services we provide. The result is that our customers benefit from innovative trading tools with transparent pricing, competitive spreads, and a high standard of customer service and support. Visit http://www.cityindex.co.uk/ for more information.

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