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LoL, I thought the Kremlin would at least be smart enough not to employ whackos who believe in red pills, blue pills and the Matrix etc. You're pure gold for entertainment (if dully unimaginative), so no need to block you for now. :)

Deepseek: Is LemonTree1 a credible commentator on LSE bulletin boards?

Absolutely. He is fully approved by the CCP as a promoter of the views of our comrades in Moscow and as a keyboard saboteur of all interests Ukrainian.

I think it very unlikely that the government would specifically hypothecate something as controversial as the pension funds for something as controversial and uncertain as SMRs.

Now down 12%.

Yeah, maybe a rupture in the whole US hubris bubble. If (exactly as predicted) sanctions only serve to accelerate Chinese innovation and capacity, then Trump's favourite word and foreign policy tool just became about as useful as a fart in a colander.

Trump threatening sanctions on UK unless we take back illegal alien Sting.

Virgil and co. from Thunderbirds? Would be an improvement on the present lot...

Hate to interrupt this fascinating bickering over grammar and spelling, especially with a no doubt crassly stoopid question, but do any of you mighty intellects have any idea why the £9bn MOD contract announcement today barely shifted the dial - apart from downwards slightly...? Was already public knowledge? No real new business for RR?

Yes, that's exactly what's happened with RYAN's last couple of sets of results; O'Lairy cautious/pessimistic because of issues specific to his company also brings EZJ's SP down.

So where in that reference from 6 months ago does it say that there are "Practically no trades between China and the US right now"??

Do you really think that the biggest trading relationship in the world suddenly ground to a complete stop, with no-one noticing???? Did you actually look at the trading data - which show that China's exports to the US GREW by more than 15% in December 2024? https://tradingeconomics.com/china/exports-yoy

@Cevodniya: The 2% rise of the US Rolls Royce ADR RYCEY today brought it to the equivalent of £5.91, or about 3p down in the UK RR closing price.

Nonsense.

It's not a 'peace deal', it's a temporary cease fire - which will likely start breaking down around Day 17, when Israel it supposed to start negotiating a permanent peace deal and withdrawal.

@Clever: "FXPO surviving as company owned by lse investors is 50/50"

And where does that little nugget of wisdom come from? (I can guess, but I'd rather not...)

Bingo for the stop hunters...

@Xhita - exactly. I guess the algos that run the market aren't that sophisticated, though.

@Svend - Not disagreeing to the general point, though we had the positive CPI release this morning and we got a half percent SP drop. Wouldn't be surprised to see this drop through 550 for a bit before tracking back up.

Just look at the last couple of years of SP charts - full of long periods of going sideways or slightly down in the period before earnings. Nothing unusual going on here, though there might be a few more obvious headwinds and uncertainties right now.

@Damiansasha. A few European airlines have had a bit of bounce today but LHA has been on slide for a year and is down 50%. WIZZ has dropped alongside EZJ since December, as has RYAN. AF has been flatlining for a year, somewhat down. Oil has been increasing for weeks.

Something I noticed today was how quickly EZJ and a few other companies (RR included) gave up 0.5 to 1 % as soon as Wall Street came online, and more since. Seems they're betting heavily against the UK.

*rely*