Market Update 31 January 2020

Market Update 31 January 2020

Investment markets and key developments over the past week   Equity markets continued to weaken over the week as the number of Coronavirus cases increased. While the Chinese and Hong Kong markets are closed for Lunar New Year, Japanese stocks were down by 2%,...
Market Update 24 January 2020

Market Update 24 January 2020

Investment markets and key developments over the past week   This week equity markets were knocked around with worries about a flu pandemic spreading from China. Asian equities were the hardest hit, with Chinese shares down 3.6%, Japan 1.1% lower, Euro stocks...
Market Update 17 January 2020

Market Update 17 January 2020

Investment markets and key developments over the past week   The solid rally in sharemarkets since the beginning of the year continued this week with US (up by 1.6% over the week) and Australian shares hitting a record high (+2.1% this week) as investor optimism...
Market Update 10 January 2020

Market Update 10 January 2020

Investment markets and key developments over the past week   After a bit of uncertainty and volatility early in the week, share markets pushed sharply higher as the US and Iran appeared to step back from escalating their conflict. This saw US shares push to a new...