25 April 2024

Although the market failed to make it six positive days in a row yesterday, the modest fall of just 4.43 points on the FTSE 100 to 8,040.38 is just a minor blip.  The Index is up over 50 points by midday today as it tries to breach 8,100 once again.  This, however, is proving to be point of some resistance and it may well be that after the recent rise some profit taking sets in.

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