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Oil & gas companies Q4 news flow most positive in past 8-quarters
Total SA leads positive news coverage among top 10 oil & gas companies in 2017
Global oil & gas companies witnessed a significant improvement in underlying news sentiment for December 2017 quarter. Crude oil prices are at its highest level in past 8-quarters (Image 1), which has led to improvement in prospects of earnings, production and growth-oriented activities for the oil & gas companies. As a result, news coverage on top 100 global oil & gas companies during Q4 was most positive in the past 8-quarters.
FiND, an alternative data platform developed by Heckyl has accurately captured movement in news sentiment for the oil & gas sector. For the past 8-quarters, our positive to negative news ratio for top 100 oil & gas companies showed near perfect positive correlation (0.95) with Dow Jones Global Oil & Gas index (Image 2).
(The ratio value higher than 1 indicates mostly positive news sentiment. On the other hand, the ratio value lower than 1 signals broadly negative news sentiment.) Read the rest of this entry »
Drug patent expirations: $200 bn in sales up for grabs in the next 5-years
Patents on drugs worth over USD 200 billion are going to expire in the next 5-years, according to a study conducted by Heckyl. More than 330 drugs will lose patents issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office during CY2018-2022. These drugs constitute ~38.5% of the total number of patented drugs in the US.
A slew of impending patent expirations in the US offers a huge opportunity for generic drug manufacturers. The key beneficiaries of upcoming patent expiries are Mylan, Teva, Celgene, Wockhardt, Dr Reddy’s, Cipla, Lupin, Aurobindo, Natco and Cadila.
OMCs attract positive media coverage in Aug’17; IOCL’s news sentiment hits 5-year high
Media coverage was overwhelmingly positive for Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) during August 2017. Corporate growth, expansion and M&A related news flow dominated the media coverage for OMCs in the past month.
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), the country’s largest OMC, witnessed a marked improvement in positive media coverage during August 2017.
Were you able to spot downtrend in the UK passenger vehicle sales?
The UK new passenger vehicle sales data has shown a decline in recent months. Conversely, European new passenger vehicle sales continue its upward trajectory. The downward trend in UK sales is the first in five years.
The UK passenger vehicle sales’ 12-month moving sum for June 2017 and July 2017 fell below the previous year’s same period unit sales level for the first time in the last 5-years.
UK Passenger Vehicle Sales
10 Essential Trading Tools to Make You a Pro Trader
The advent of new technologies such as artificial intelligence and automated trading have turned the stock markets into a battlefield. As a trader, you need to be prepared just as any soldier before going into combat in the market. Therefore, it is important for you to use the right trading platform and tools in order to survive in today’s fast paced markets.
To empower traders with the best in class tools, Heckyl launched next generation trading platform. Heckyl has integrated real-time market data, news and financial analytics to develop comprehensive platform for trading in cash, futures and options. Here are the 10 essential trading tools, integrated in our platform, to make you a pro trader:
1. Watch list
Dynamic and lightning fast watch list
For a trader, it is important to stay alert and keep a watch on the market data to spot opportunities. Heckyl offers reliable and exhaustive market data with analytics in real-time. You can track stocks, futures and options in highly customized watch list. 9 pre-set watch lists allow you to monitor stocks across different levels of market capitalization.
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