European Markets
EU markets traded sideways for the third time in a row this week, ahead of the FOMC meeting minutes. Travel and leisure stocks were the best performing sector, up 1%. The EUSXX600 closed the day up 0.09%. EasyJet jumped on an analyst upgrade, up 3% on the day. UK GDP in the morning and OPEC meetings in the afternoon are the important news on the agenda Thursday.
Earnings on the agenda Thursday morning:
| Markets | DAX | CAC40 | FTSE |
| 24.5.2017 | -0.13% | -0.13% | 0.4% |
| 3 Months | 28.89% | 31.25% | 30.42% |
| 1 Year | 13.83% | 10.48% | 15.46% |
MARKET MOVERS
| BNP Paribas.fr | 1% | Daimler.de | -1.62% |
| Orange.fr | 0.77% | Vivendi.fr | -1.25% |
| Tui.uk | 2.8% | Smurfit.uk | -1.12% |
| EasyJet.uk | 3.31% | Rangold.uk | -1.45% |
Forex & Commodities markets
FX and Commodities markets traded mostly sideways in a narrow range for the third day in a row. Very little changed in the markets following the array of news caped by the FOMC meeting minutes, however OIL will be in focus heading into OPEC meetings today. UK GDP in the morning and OPEC meetings the afternoon are the important news on the agenda Thursday.
| Market | GBPUSD | USDJPY | EURJPY | EURUSD | GOLD | OIL |
| 24.5.2017 | 0.08% | 0.13% | 0.3% | 0.17% | 0.25% | -0.33% |
| USDCHF | AUDUSD | AUDJPY | USDCAD | Silver | PLT | |
| -0.1% | 0.03% | 0.1% | -0.1% | 0.5% | 0.2% |
Swing trades follow up –
| Asset | Entry price | Position | Open profit | Date triggered | Stop loss | Remarks today |
| CAC40 | 5347 | 5 | -16 | 24/5 | 5310 | New position |
| EURJPY | 124.04 | 0.7 | 880 | 19/5 | 124.9 | SL changed |
| Agrekko.uk | 10.7 | 400 | 1028 | 3/8/16 | 9 | |
| AXA.fr | 24.81 | 400 | 346 | 8/5 | 25.2 | |
| JPN225 | 19523 | 100 | 1145 | 3/3 | 19684 | |
| OPEN PROFIT | 3340$ |