KEEPING SCORE: Britain’s FTSE 100 gained 0.4 percent to 7,646 while France’s CAC 40 advanced 0.9 percent to 5,529. Germany’s DAX added 0.1 percent to 13,308. Futures augured small gains on Wall Street, with Dow futures up 0.2 percent and S&P futures up 0.3 percent. TRUMP: Investors will …
The UK economy expanded at a slightly faster pace at the end of 2017, preliminary data from the Office for National Statistics showed Friday.
Gross domestic product grew 0.5 percent sequentially in the fourth quarter, faster than the 0.4 percent logg…
Economic growth is a better than expected 0.5% for the last three months of 2017, official figures say.
Our 100% success rate over FTSE 100 (UKX)for Friday movements managed to remain intact last week but we’re losing confidence due to the markets frequent inability to match secondary targets. This, often, can be a sign of coming trend changes. While the world awaits some sort of political faux pas …
At 4.30 am ET Friday, the Office for National Statistics has released UK GDP data. The pound rose against its major counterparts following the data.
The pound was trading at 155.51 against the yen, 1.3319 against the franc, 1.4275 against the greenba…
Sweden’s foreign trade gap widened in December from a year ago, figures from Statistics Sweden showed Friday.
The trade deficit rose to SEK 1.7 billion in December from SEK 1.4 billion in the corresponding month last year. In November, the trade bala…
UK Nov Index Of Services Up 0.4% On Month
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The FTSE 100 has broken down significantly during the trading session on Thursday, testing the 7600 level. That is an area that should be supportive based upon recent action, and I think that if we break down below there we will probably then go lookin…
The FTSE 100 is on track to end a volatile week 1.1% lower, which would be its biggest weekly loss since early December. The drop comes as stocks have been whipped around by a strengthening pound, which has partly rallied on optimism on securing a Brex…
Just as worryingly, the 10 companies most frequently given ‘sell’ ratings last January not only performed better than the ten ‘buy’ firms, but they even outperformed the FTSE 100 itself. For example, almost two-thirds (63%) of analysts suggested selling Rolls Royce at the start of 2017, yet its share price …
A turn higher will challenge the downtrend from the January highs, but we will need to see a push above 7750 to create a new higher high. FTSE 100 chart. FTSE 100 chart. DAX holds above 13,300. Despite being knocked back over the past two days, the DAX…
CAF’s Corporate Giving by the FTSE 100 Report reveals that total donations by the FTSE 100 have fallen year on year by 11% (£235m) since 2014. The largest decline was over the course of 2015 to 2016, which saw total donations by FTSE 100 companies fall by £141m. This decrease is seen across …
GVC was the worst mid-cap performer, closely followed by proposed merger partner Ladbrokes, while in the FTSE 100, AstraZeneca was an early riser … On the FTSE 100, in a quiet day on the company news front, National Grid was the biggest riser, up 1.6…
Clashes over cut-price Nutella in France are not the first time bargain hunters have turned violent.
Clashes over cut-price Nutella in France are not the first time bargain hunters have turned violent.
The FTSE 100 opened 15 points higher at 7,631.16, taking its cue from Wall Street where the Dow hit another record high. The World Economic Summit in Davos – which is fast becoming the Big Brother for plutocrats and politicians – enters its final day. And for the first time in two decades, an American …
The Bank of England governor says uncertainty over the form Brexit will take continues to hit growth.
The advance 4Q U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report may generate headwinds for the greenback as the update is expected to show a small slowdown in the growth rate.
The advance 4Q U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report may generate headwinds for the greenback as the update is expected to show a small slowdown in the growth rate.
IG says futures indicate the FTSE 100 index of large-caps to open 20.30 points higher on Friday at 7,639.90. … In a quiet day on the corporate news front in the UK, FTSE 100-listed pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca said its PT010 treatment for patients…
Finding stocks capable of beating the FTSE 100 (INDEXFTSE:UKX) is still my top priority, and that’s the rationale for me looking at Diageo plc (LON:DGE) (DGE.L), Prudential plc (LON:PRU) (PRU.L), J Sainsbury plc (LON:SBRY) (SBRY.L), Fevertree Drinks PLC (LON:FEVR) (FEVR.L) and Standard …
We challenge FTSE100 companies to review reporting timetables and consider the benefits of improvement. It’s time for regulators and the UK stock market to give … The IASB recommendation has not been updated in 17 years, and nearly a quarter of the FTSE100 ignore it. Stakeholders deserve better.
IG’s opening calls suggest that the FTSE 100 will start the session 0.27 percent higher at 7,637 points. The blue-chip index looks set to claw back some of the previous sessions’ losses following a positive handover from the US where the Dow closed at a record high following results from Caterpillar amid …
FTSE 100 is called to open firmly higher after the Dow Jones finished at a new high yesterday and growth data from the UK and US comes into view as well as a speech from President Trump. On Wall Street, the Dow added 140 points to 26,392 on Thursday as…
Crude oil and gold prices rebounded after a setback yesterday but soft UK and US GDP data may yet put sellers back in the driver’s seat.
India Premier League clubs will spend big bucks as some of the world’s best cricketers go on offer.
The British Pound may decline as UK GDP growth ticks down in the fourth quarter but the US Dollar may do just the opposite on signs of a slowdown in the last three months of 2017.
Chief executives of FTSE 100 companies say that, in the absence of detailed information from the government on the anticipated transition period or future trade relationship, they are being forced into planning for a no-deal outcome. The government is …
The two firms will launch an online grocery delivery service in the Asian nation later this year.
Huw Edwards, Jeremy Vine and John Humphrys are among those to accept lower pay after a BBC pay row.
