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As of 12:30 GMT, the FTSE 100 had lost 43.25 points to stand 0.57 percent lower at 7,486.47, with investor attention staying firmly focused on a string …

Supermarket group J Sainsbury (LSE: SBRY) divided opinion when it acquired Argos owner Home Retail Group last year. Although the firm’s plan to …

Modern economic pressures mean that fewer households now own a pet, say retail analysts Mintel.

The DXY Index is stuck in a range between 94.29 and 95.17, and it’s looking increasingly likely a test of the range lows is due.

FTSE 100 closed firmly in the red as US stocks lagged and there were dismal growth forecasts for the UK in the wake of the Brexit vote.

This year’s Female FTSE Report reveals that while the number of women being appointed to FTSE 100 boards has increased, few women are fulfilling …

After trading with mixed to weak sentiment for three weeks, the United Kingdom’s FTSE 100 Index regained strength last week and rose to record high …

Burberry was the biggest faller in the FTSE 100 (INDEXFTSE:UKX) this morning as it announced future plans in a strategy update despite good …

The European Commission has slashed its UK growth forecasts for 2017 to 1.5% due to “uncertainty” over Brexit, down from its expectation of 1.8% …

Hurricane Energy Plc (LON:HUR) revealed this morning it is considering an upgrade to its listing, with a potential transfer from the junior AIM market to …

The increase was driven by its memory chip business, which it is has agreed to sell.

Is there an effective Betting Against Alpha (BAA) strategy analogous to the widely used Betting Against Beta (BAB) strategy? In his October 2017 paper entitled “Betting Against Alpha”, Alex Horenstein investigates relationships between stock 1-factor (market), 4-factor (market, size, book-to-market, momentum) alpha and 5-factor (profitability and investment instead of momentum) alphas and future stock returns. He specifies More

Britain’s blue-chip FTSE 100 .FTSE index was flat in percentage terms at 7,528.09 points by 0951 GMT, while mid caps .FTMC fell 0.4 percent.

The review, chaired by Sir Philip Hampton and the late Dame Helen Alexander, revealed almost 28 per cent of board positions in FTSE 100 …

It was another slow day in London for the blue chips with the FTSE 100 down 0.1%, or 5.2 points, to 7,524.6 as it struggled to find its mojo. One of the …

A target for gender diversity in FTSE 100 leadership teams has been … The previous target applied to both FTSE 100 and FTSE 350 boards, along …

(RTTNews.com) – U.K. shares were subdued on Thursday as U.S. tax reform worries and simmering Middle East tensions kept traders on tenterhooks.

The FTSE 100 sold off sharply following a double top formation completed on Tuesday. That has taken us into the 76.4% retracement at 7481.

What markets are doing: The FTSE 100 index lost 0.2% to 7,515.04, as basic material, industrial and consumer-related shares. But the financial and …

Shares in the fashion house sink 10% as it announces plans to move further upmarket.

Burberry was the biggest faller in the FTSE 100, with the UK’s benchmark share index down 18.83 points at 7,510.89 in early trade. Worries about the …

The fashion house plans to close some stores and stop selling in outlets that are not sufficiently upmarket.

This voluntary target was previously only applied to FTSE 100 firms, and FTSE 350 companies will need to appoint women to at least 40% of senior …

StockMarketWire.com – The FTSE 100 edged down 2.81 points to 7,527.09 on Thursday morning after trading on Wall Street was held back by …

The FTSE 100 index was down 0.2%, or 14.10 points, at 7,513.89. The mid-cap FTSE 250 index was down 0.1%, or 15.30 points, at 20,284.68, and …

The FTSE 100 got off to a sluggish start, falling 20 points to 7,510.10, following relatively quiet trading sessions on Wall Street and in Asia. Shares in …

Housebuilder Persimmon was one of the biggest fallers on the FTSE 100 yesterday after issuing what city analysts called a “thin” trading update.

Speaking in Beijing, the US president gives China “credit” for taking economic advantage of the US.

Nov 9 (Reuters) – Britain’s FTSE 100 index futures are seen opening down 0.1 percent ahead of the cash market open. * ASTRAZENECA: …

Many British firms – particularly those in the FTSE 100 – also derive a high proportion of their earnings from overseas, so are not solely dependent on …