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Good Morning, Typically light late summer trading volumes and a scarcity of economic releases meant equity markets once more took their lead from geopolitical events, as fading US-North Korea tensions were countered by the continued focus on the US debt ceiling, which...

US U.S. stocks closed 0.1% higher yesterday, recovering from losses at the start of the session following North Korea’s firing of a missile over Japan. Despite no significant change in the US economic backdrop, investor concerns surrounding North Korea is translating...

The critical stories which appeared in the weekend press, including Irish broadsheet Sunday papers and the Financial Times Saturday edition. The Irish Times: • Brexit fallout to benefit Dublin The Sunday Times: • NAMA to bring Tallaght shopping centre to market Sunday...

Good Morning, The Euro strengthened to a two year high, and has now held above the $1.15 mark. This was despite assurances from ECB President Mario Draghi that the central bank is in no rush to rein in quantitative easing just yet. The Dollar index (which measures the...

Market Headlines US Fresh concerns about the Trump campaign’s involvement with Russia during last year’s presidential election helped fuel a brief bout of selling on Wall Street that took the S&P 500 down as much as 0.6 per cent intra-day. However, the US equity...

Market Headlines US The S&P 500 advanced 0.9% yesterday, with Financials rising 1.6% ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve's stress test results. Tech stocks also gained 1.3%, rebounding from Tuesdays weakness. US bond yields continued to tick higher...

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/business/kbc-bank-ireland-ceo-claims-govts-help-to-buy-scheme-has-made-things-worse-794700.html Source Irish Examiner Thursday 21st June 2017

AIB IPO – Initiate at Outperform after positive first day of trading AIB IPO took place on Friday of last week with share price moving 5.5% higher at $4.65. We are positive on the underlying fundamentals of the group with most key metrics trending in the right...

Our outlook for markets for the coming week This week represents the 1 year anniversary of the Brexit referendum. With that in mind we take a look at stocks on our coverage list with a high degree of UK exposure and assess how they have performed subsequently.  EURGBP...

Good Morning, Equities hit new all-time highs on Monday but moved lower throughout the week, as some investor confidence evaporated. Oil weighed on markets as doubts surrounding the efficacy of output cuts persisted. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) benchmark entered...