Gallery: Four charts that show the market is set for a move higher

FTSE 100 stabilising following sell-off

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Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, points out the five key indicators investors can use to judge whether the UK stockmarket is poised to surge higher or begin a fresh slide lower.

Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, points out the five key indicators investors can use to judge whether the UK stockmarket is poised to surge higher or begin a fresh slide lower. He said the FTSE 100 looks to be stabilising in the wake of February's sudden sell-off but the index is still trading some 7% below the all-time closing high of 7,779 reached two months ago. "It is being helped by a slight retreat in government bond yields, where an increase had threatened to suck some cash away from stocks, and especially sterling, whose gains in late 2017 had threatened to unpick ...

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