Daily Digest: Friday 31st March
USA
-The final day of March was strong for US equities with the four indexes we follow all closing up.
-Precious metal futures sent mixed signals during Fridays trading session with Gold closing down 0.57%, while Silver & platinum traded up 0.70% and 0.62% respectively.
UK
-Q4 GDP data has shown that in the last quarter of 2022 the UK’s GDP rose by +0.1% beating estimates, showing the UK was able to avoid a technical recession.
-Dover the UK’s largest passenger port declared a critical incident Friday evening, as passengers face huge backlogs and delays. The result of adverse weather conditions and stricter border control processes in France.