A roundup of key economic and financial market news for those looking at spread betting the markets today. Barclays Q1 has missed analysts’ forecasts, pre-tax profit fell 9% to £1.655bn on total income of £7.4bn a decline of 8%.BP Q1 replacement cost profit fell to $5.481bn with debt levels up $2.3bn to $27.5bn. The oil giant said higher taxes impacted profit with effective tax rate for Q1 of 37%. The board has declared a dividend of 7 cents per share.The FTSE 100 is down 12.2 points to 6,057.1 in early trading.Those who took a long spread betting position on the the Dow Jones yesterday will be sitting pretty after the index rose 115.5 points to 12,595.4 points after positive earnings reports.The Nikkei 225 jumped 133.2 points to 9,691.8 a gain of 1.39%.Brent crude oil has opened down 28 cents to $123.86 per barrel on continued unrest in Syria and Libya.Game Group has reported EPS of 4.51p and will pay a final dividend of 3.9p per share. G
Chris Carpenter To Carve Out Cards Win
A top quality series is decided tonight as the Philadelphia Phillies host St Louis Cardinals at Citizens Bank Park. The series is tied at two games each and it comes down to this game. The Phillies dominated their way through the regular season and are installed as favourites. They prepared early for the play-offs but have found the resurgent Cardinals tough. The Cards qualified late for their play-off berth but have played well above expectation. Chris Carpenter starts for the Cards after his previous start was a bit of a disaster but that was on just three day’s rest. This time Carpenter will be ready. The Cards to win with a 1.5 handicapped run start.
Play at Posh Bingo for Halloween fun
One of the best promotions that have been announced recently are the happenings that are going on for this month at Posh Bingo. Well at least that is the ones that are for this last week of October, and are filled with Halloween fun and themes at many spots.
For Posh bingo they are playing to have a chance for their members to win 1,000 pounds on October 30th. That means you will still be able to enjoy the holiday with your kids and take them out or even hand out candy. But you may be even richer as you do it if you have won this game the night before.
For this game at Posh Bingo your tickets are going to be nice and cheap, but you will need to be a member in order to play in this game too.
Spread betting targets: Aviva and BP
Delta Index, the spread betting company, update us with what they see as potential spread betting targets this morning. Delta Index have picked Aviva and BP shares as potential spread betting targets as both have witnessed Bullish MACD crossover patterns. Aviva is a Buy at 439, a stop has been called for 427 and an initial target suggested at 463. BP is a Buy at 465, an initial take profit has been muted at 487 and a stop loss suggested at 454. Spread betting traders will not have been affected by what was a predictably light volume session in the UK.
rangers to take a commanding lead
There is good reason to make the Tigers favourite in this one. They are at home, facing a dark tunnel that if they lose will put them 0-3 and virtually out of the playoffs. The rangers have been all dominant and their offence is firing on all cylinders as they look to make it 6 wins on the bounce and 10 from their last 11. Their momentum has not really slowed at all heading into these matches and detroit are going to have a few problems. Firstly the offence for the rangers is a real powerhouse, and while the tigers also have hitting power, they have been lacking at the worst time. They have had to rely more on pitching, not their forte, instead of hitting which is their strength.