rather than pick out individual stocks to trade, it can often be worthwhile to trade the indices themselves, especially in times of high volatility.

for those so inclined, i attach below charts for FTSE and FTSE 250, though one might equally be tempted to trade Dow or S&P, which is significantly broader in its coverage, or even NASDAQ

for ease of reading, i have attached 1 year and 3 month charts in each instance

Chris: All about Primark

Hi Seymour, doesn't appear to be a thread, do you know the epic? cheers.

"Associated British Foods' CSR policy

In addition, we (Primark) work within the CSR guidelines operated by our parent company, Associated British Foods."

Thanks Harry.

Getting hammered on low volume at mo.

no idea what the US numbers were like, but obviously far too good! ...... market being whacked yet again

Not happy being long on the FTSE at these levels...

6475 thats me, taken loss and will move on.

any idea of the numbers?
in any case, it would not be surprised if the panic linked to forced selling is deemed to be overdone - as is the nature of markets

cynic - from the traders thread :-

USD Core CPI m/m 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%

USD Unemployment Claims 320K 334K 333K

USD CPI m/m 0.2% 0.2% 0.5%

USD Empire State Manufacturing Index 8.2 10.2 9.5

USD TIC Long-Term Purchases -66.9B 31.3B -27.2B

Long again @6,480.9 - stopped earlier -27.

6484 was the last support line I expected to hold and see a bounce off.

6484 is where the index is now sat - or near enough

I know, could prove rotten luck if I've sold on a low.

Philly at 3 should dictate the rest of the day.

Think I'll sit the rest of the day out.

Worth watching at this level.

ah - you know i follow that one .,.... now just slightly in the red, but never mind

Still running my long and just got filled in the auction @6,455 - now closed +13.