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Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s says Venezuela failed to make $200m in payments on its bonds.

Mid-caps Bovis Homes (BVS) and McCarthy & Stone (MCS) revealed strong results, which had a positive read across for the FTSE 100 housebuilders.

What markets are doing: The FTSE 100 index rose 0.2% to 7,431.01, with telecoms, tech and consumer-services shares among advancers.

The FTSE 100 (INDEXFTSE:UKX) rallied this morning to break a three day losing streak with Tesco and Vodafone the strongest performers on the …

Smiths Group (LSE: SMIN) is far too cheap, I believe. The company, which manufactures a variety of high-quality products for the medical industry, has …

Shares in the FTSE 100 druggie Shire Plc (LON:SHP) were in demand late morning following an upgrade by the City broker Liberum. The ‘buy’ call …

Finding shares which offer a mix of good value and dividend growth potential is never easy. However, with the FTSE 100 trading close to a record high …

Property price growth was fastest in the North West of England in the last year, official figures show.

In corporate news, Tesco (TSCO) was one of the biggest risers on the FTSE 100 as the supermarket’s takeover of wholesaler Booker was given the …

Do value strategy returns vary exploitably over time and across asset classes? In their October 2017 paper entitled “Value Timing: Risk and Return Across Asset Classes”, Fahiz Baba Yara, Martijn Boons and Andrea Tamoni examine the power of value spreads to predict returns for individual U.S. equities, global stock indexes, global government bonds, commodities and currencies. They measure value spreads More

Grocery inflation rose to 3.4% in the three months ended 5 November – its highest level for four years – according to the latest Kantar Worldpanel data.

Shares in Tesco (TSCO) have jumped to the top of the FTSE 100 after regulators gave the supermarket the provisional go-ahead for its planned …

The schizophrenia tablets have an embedded sensor that tells doctors whether the patient has taken them.

Michael Bloomberg says the UK’s departure from the EU will not damage London’s financial reputation.

In equities, supermarket chain Tesco was 4.9% higher on London’s FTSE 100 Index after its merger with Booker was provisionally cleared by Britain’s …

The fall in sterling helped to push the internationally-focused FTSE 100 … The FTSE 100 has got off to bright start on a dreary Tuesday Morning here in …

LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling slipped to its lowest in almost three weeks against the euro on Tuesday, while Britain’s main FTSE 100 stock index …

What markets are doing: The FTSE 100 index rose 0.2% to 7,428.96, with telecoms, tech and health care shares among advancers. But commodity …

LONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Sterling slipped to its lowest in almost three weeks against the euro on Tuesday, while Britain’s main FTSE 100 stock …

The UK’s key inflation rate remained at 3% in October, even though food inflation hit a four year high.

The price comparison site has rejected a £460m takeover bid from rival ZPG.

The UK stock market rose in early trade, lifted by strong results from Vodafone and the clearance of Tesco’s takeover of wholesaler Booker.

The FTSE 100 rose 0.16 percent at 7,426.6 points by 0848 GMT, following three straight days of declines. The mid-cap index gained 0.31 percent.

The UK stock market rose in early trade, lifted by strong results from Vodafone and the clearance of Tesco’s takeover of wholesaler Booker.

The FTSE 100 has started to regain ground this morning, coming off the back of a strong sell-off yesterday. That move lower brought the price back …

Yesterday’s decline for the indices has been arrested for now, with the price heading back into key resistance. This provides us with clear hurdles to …

The FTSE 100 is ticking 0.2 per cent higher and the mid-cap FTSE 250, which has a lower proportion of international companies, is up 0.3 per cent.

The FTSE 100 defied the early, slightly pessimistic predictions to open the session in positive territory – adding around 17 points at the start to trade at …

A series of positive trading updates led by Vodafone helped lift the FTSE 100 on Tuesday morning, putting the UK’s blue chip index on track for its first …

Gold prices continue to look to US tax cut prospects to guide 2018 Fed policy expectations. A speech from Fed Chair Yellen may also draw attention.