All world stock markets rose by good percertages this week and the French CAC more than recovered the loss of last week to rise by 20% on the week as coinfidence starts to creep back to economies around the world.

The bumpy ride on the crude oil price continued this week on a rise of 6.2% to close at over $60 per barrel again.
End of the week saw:

A fall on the world stock markets across the board happened this week and one that stands out above the rest is the French CAC40 which dropped by 14% this week – this could lead to a number of take-over bids from overseas, subject to the usual French preventative rules.

The crude oil price fell this week by a futher 9% have lost 5.5% last week to close at under $60 per barrel again. Gold has also continued to fall this week closing at a new low of $913.
End of the week saw:

This week saw most major stock markets fall by a small percent, with most staying more or less at the same level as last week.

The crude oil price fell this week by 5.5% to close at just over $65 per barrel and gold have fallen back too this week by a small margin.
End of the week saw:

There were no major movements this week on the stock markets around the world with the highest change being in China again with the Hang Seng moving up by 3.7%.

It was a mixed week of stock market movements with some indices falling in parts of the world whereas others rose and even in the UK the FTSE 100 fell whilst the broader FTSE 250 gained on the week.

Oil has more or less halted this week at just under $70 per barrel and gold pretty much the same gaining just 0.3% on the week.
End of the week saw:

This week has seen the continued rise in the oil price per barrel finishing the week at $72.04 per barrel a rise of another 5.4% over the 3% rise last week!

With talk about economies coming out of recession this week and now the rise in interest rates on peoples tongues Gold has continued to fall back again this week by a further 1.7%.

Global stock markets have not changed much in the week with some European markets dropping back slightly. The Japanese Nikkei was the biggest riser in the week climbing 3.7% with the Australian ASX being the next biggest winner closing up by 2.3%.
End of the week saw:

Gold has halted its rising run and dropped a little this week closing at $956.70 per ounce – so maybe it will not reach the $1,000 level.

On the commodities front, a good week for all global stock markets with the US NASDAQ and the Australian ASX rising by over 4% each this week and oil has continued to rise again closing up by a further 3% this week.
End of the week saw:

Oil continued its rise this week having rising by over 9% last week and closing up a further 7.5% this week at $66.31 a barrel.

Gold is still being seen as a safe haven as the price of an ounce is approaching $1,000 per ounce! Gold rose a further 2% this week which would imply that investors are seeing more problems ahead for world economies, when gold is always seen as a safe investment.

Sterling had a good week rising by over 9% against the Japanese Yen and 2% on the US dollar!
End of the week saw:

Oil is the largest riser this week rising by over 9% on the week to close at over $60 a barrel for the first time in months.

Another noticeable movement is Sterling to the US Dollar where the UK Pound has increase in value by 5%.
End of the week saw:

This week gold has continued its rise this week having risen just under 5% in two weeks to close at $931.60.

In the same week all of the world stock markets saw a fall with the US S & P 500 falling the most at 5% on the week. In the UK it was the UKs FTSE 250 that saw a bigger fall than the top 100 shares falling by over 4% compared to 2.6% for the FTSE 100.

The biggest noticeable movement on currencies was the fall in the US Dollar against the Japanese Yen where it fell by 3.3% on the week.
End of the week saw:

The falling gold price was halted this week and saw a shift in the up-ward direction again closing at $914.10 per ounce which is up by 5% on the week.

One of the biggest currency movements this week was with the Japanese Yen with Sterling weakening by 3% against the Yen closing at 141.956 and the US Dollar dropped by 2.4% in the same week.

End of the week saw:
Stock exchanges:
FTSE 100: 4,156
DOW: 8,076
S&P: 866.23
Nikkei: 8,708

Currencies
UK Sterling £ to US Dollar $ 1.46677
UK Sterling £ to Euro € 1.10805
UK Sterling £ to Japanese Yen 141.956
UK Sterling £ to Aus $ 2.03524
US Dollar $ to Euro € 0.755327
US Dollar $ to Japanese Yen 96.7912
US Dollar $ to Aus $ 1.38694

Commodities
Nymex Crude oil – $51.55
Gold – $914.10