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After starting this week on a mixed note, the United Kingdom’s FTSE 100 Index lost strength as the week progressed. After falling to two-week low price …

Budget airline easyJet on Friday turned to a Swedish travel industry veteran to replace outgoing chief executive Carolyn McCall. The FTSE 100 …

An encroaching sea on the north-west coast of Senegal is threatening to destroy one of West Africa’s most historically important towns.

The FTSE 100 ended the week on a lacklustre note as City fears over disruption from Amazon unpacked the market value of the distribution and …

The FTSE 100 this morning was brought to you by the letter B with bad news driving Bunzl (LON:BNZL) and Burberry (LON:BRBY) to the top of the …

Distribution and outsourcing group Bunzl (BNZL) was the biggest faller on the FTSE 100 as Goldman Sachs trimmed its price target on the stock from …

In London, the FTSE 100 struggled to make gains as fashion retailer Burberry (BRBY), which announced a move upmarket yesterday, continued to …

Plumbing supplier Ferguson has sold its Nordic building materials business to US private equity firm Lone Star Funds for €1billion (£885million).

The firm’s drivers should get workers’ rights including holiday and sick pay, a tribunal rules.

Production rises by more than expected, while the UK’s trade deficit narrows.

Are low volatility stock strategies, as implemented by exchange-traded funds (ETF), attractive? To investigate, we consider eight of the largest low volatility ETFs, all currently available, in order of longest to shortest available histories: PowerSha…

Investors looking to protect against downside risk might consider building a “poor man’s hedge fund.”

The FTSE 100 and 250 were both down 0.3 per cent, while France’s Cac 40 fell 0.4 per cent and the Dax dropped 0.3 per cent. The declines followed …

FTSE 100 companies are on course to hit Lord Davies’ target of having 33% women on their boards by 2020 – but smaller firms on the London Stock …

The pan-European Stoxx 600 Index was 0.04% higher, London’s FTSE 100 Index was down by 0.01%, Frankfurt’s DAX was up by 0.07% and Paris’ …

Another unexpected improvement in U.S. household confidence may undermine the near-term rebound in EUR/USD as it boost the outlook for growth and inflation.

Britain’s FTSE 100 was down 0.2 percent by 0830 GMT, sliding for the second day alongside broad weakness in European trading. It was set for its …

What markets are doing: The FTSE 100 index was down 0.1% at 7,478.83, with utilities, industrials, consumer goods and financial sectors on the …

Bakkavor, the UK’s biggest hummus maker, decides to list its shares after all just a week after dropping the plans.

We’ve harboured a suspicion the FTSE 100 (UKX) intends to continue growth, rather suspecting the drop experienced on the 9th was probably a bit …

The benchmark FTSE 100 was down 14 points or 0.19 percent at 7,469 in late opening deals after losing 0.6 percent in the previous session.

The UK market ends trading for the week at its lowest level since 29 September.

That made Burberry the biggest faller on the FTSE 100, but the benchmark share index was little changed, down just 1.66 points at 7,482.44.

Householders will get £8 a day if broadband or landline faults are not fixed immediately.

Dips for the FTSE 100 in the direction of 7450 have continued to bring out buyers, but the overnight bounce is fizzling out below 7500, which is a …

Japan’s third-biggest steel maker says it will automate more operations and reorganise quality control.

… as compared with a 0.09-percent gain in the FTSE 100. The group’s shares have lost more than 10 percent of their value over the past year, and are …

Persimmon led the fallers among FTSE 100 housebuilder fallers with another day of share price losses, down 3.97% to £26.62, while Barratt …

The FTSE 100 index was up 0.2%, or 14.20 points, at 7,497.27. The mid-cap FTSE 250 index was flat, off just 1.95 points at 20,267.56. The AIM …

Ferguson, the FTSE 100 plumbing and heating equipment supplier, has agreed to sell its Nordic building materials business in a €1bn deal as it …