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

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No, ticker CHAR.

found it , cheers Harry

European Central Bank said late Wednesday that it would no longer accept Greek government bonds as collateral.
"In short, the ECB has commenced cutting off Greece's cash lifelines," explained Mike O'Rourke, chief market strategist at JonesTrading.
Greece's new government has been suggesting different ways for it to repay its massive bailout debts to its European partners, but the ECB move shows it faces an uphill battle.
Market watchers continue to warn that a Greece exit from the eurozone is still in the cards.

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neither ftse nor (especially) the dow are currently taking any notice at all
slightly strange

US jobless
the forecast is that 230,000 jobs are expected to have been added in January, down from 252,000 in December, while unemployment is thought to have stayed at 5.6%

the collapsed oil price means that the oilies are shedding shedloads of employees, though of course many of these are other than in usa .... nevertheless, there will assuredly be collateral losses throughout the suppport industries and so on down the line

US jobless
US adds 257,000 jobs in January, unemployment rate at 5.7%

The economy created 257,000 jobs in January compared with a revised 329,000 in December. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate rose to 5.7 per cent.

Economists had forecast a tally of 230,000 and that the unemployment rate would hold at 5.6 per cent.

America's labour market proved a consistently bright spot for the economy last year, with monthly job growth averaging 246,000 last year. That is up from an average of 193,000 in 2013.

Expectations not met then.

which bit didn't you read? :-)

i'ld also guess that this brings a rate rise rather closer, except $ is already very strong against other currencies

Good news is bad news then? Casino. :0)

markets tend to be perverse

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high speed yoyo, but looking to head south for the moment

markets continuing south on both sides of the pond

i can see reasons for wall street to recover, but not many for ftse

uk has to contend with ukraine and greece, and of course the upcoming GE which assuredly will unsettle both before and (almost certainly) after

My only plus today is KAZ.,.

DOW
the real tester will be if 17670 gets broken, though we're still ~100 points north of that

i have a short position which i am prepared to sit on for the moment, but also dip and out with "quickies" when the mood takes me

DOW
currently below 16700, so watch and beware ..... if it closes below 17670, then get out the tin hat

UM...... currently 16700...... if it closes below 17670...... UM wein glos doont unerstan.,.

try 17670, though it has quickly recovered 40 points to 17720

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can someone keep an eye on international news as something nasty (ukraine?) may be afoot
Dow has quickly dumped 100 points

i currently have very poor connectivity

MINSK/DONETSK, Ukraine - The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine began peace talks in Belarus on Wednesday, while in Ukraine pro-Moscow separatists tightened the pressure on Kiev by launching some of the war's worst fighting

DOW over 17900 / oil up ? ...