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U.K. blue-chip stocks inched up to another closing high on Monday, with medical-products supplier ConvaTec Group PLC and commodity shares …

British banks were the exception to the strong equity market performance over the week on the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250. Standard Chartered (-4.0%) …

The FTSE 100 Index eked out a 1.93 rise to close at an all-time high of 7,562.28, with oil majors BP and Royal Dutch Shell B climbing 4.3p to 521.1p …

ETFs tracking the FTSE 100 Index have rallied as the UK blue-chip index closed at a new record high of 7,560 on Friday 3 November 2017, driven by …

A batch of dovish ECB rhetoric may produce headwinds for EUR/USD as President Mario Draghi and Co. plan to carry the quantitative easing (QE) program into 2018.

Only around a third of FTSE 100 companies have signed up to pay their staff the real living wage. Meanwhile, as Equality Trust executive director Dr …

Glencore, the FTSE 100 mining giant, is facing fresh questions about the way it conducts its business following a massive data leak called the …

Given that Frankfurt’s DAX 30 and the CAC 40 in Paris set fresh record highs last week, while the FTSE 100 hit a multi-month high, “a small pullback …

As a consolidator, Amazon could reduce healthcare costs on Main Street and solve some problems related to Obamacare.

Buoyed by the Bank of England’s vote of confidence in the domestic economy and a slew of surprisingly strong economic data, the FTSE 100 closed at …

As expected, the euro opened the new trading week with a fall. The EUR/USD pair continues to trade at lows. The single European currency went down from the level of 1.16 against the US dollar. The released macroeconomic data failed to support the euro. Today, Germany published data on factory orders. In September, the corresponding index grew by 1%, following a 4.1% gain in the previous month while market expected a 1.5% fall. Meanwhile, eurozone Composite PMI […]

US stocks closed higher on Friday, as gains in Healthcare, Technology, and Consumer Services lifted the market. The Dow Jones rose by 0.10%, the S&P 500 by 0.31%, and the NASDAQ added 0.74% to its value. The US dollar rose against a basket of major currencies on Friday as bullish service sector data offset an October jobs report that undershot expectations. Gold fell, as the weaker than expected jobs report failed to derail investor expectations for a year […]

The U.S. Dollar continues to show signs of strength, but with bulls unable to leave behind the 95.00 level in DXY, a deeper retracement may show before the longer-term bullish theme can continue.

The company is offering $103bn for Qualcomm to create the world’s largest computer chipmaker.

That’s in contrast to the FTSE 100’s gain of 3.5% during the same period, … More share price declines and underperformance versus the FTSE 100 …

1.10pm…FTSE edges into the black. As traders sat down for their lunches, the FTSE 100 edged its way back into the black early on Monday afternoon.

The facts behind the latest financial leak, from who’s been named to who’s the source.

Three actors from the hit BBC comedy were paid via tax-free loans through a Mauritian company.

As of 12:30 BST, the FTSE 100 had lost 2.96 points to stand 0.04 percent lower at 7,557.39. Miners are providing some support to the blue-chip index …

An update to the smartphone’s operating system means the letter “i” is auto-corrected in error.

London’s FTSE 100 was flat at 7,562.3 in afternoon trade on Monday as investors paused for breath after a busy week. Medical technology group …

The benchmark FTSE 100 index is nudging all-time highs once again and naturally, everybody is starting to panic. Well, not everybody, but the usual …

Saudi Arabia’s arrest of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has dented one of the kingdom’s biggest firms.

The FTSE-100 insurer was founded in 1848, and now has a major presence in the US and Asia, where it is the region’s second-largest life insurer.

Ignore the doom-mongering about how bad the country in the face of Brexit: here is some brilliant economic news. The FTSE100, ladies and …

The FTSE 100 (INDEXFTSE:UKX) is little changed from its record high in the last session as the commodities lend support but the financials are …

Quieter calendars out of Europe and North America means attention should be on the Australian and New Zealand Dollars, as well as the Chinese Yuan.

Having finished on a record high on Friday, the FTSE 100 has begun the week on a subdued note with little in the way of corporate results or major …

By contrast, the FTSE 100 Index is a happier place after setting a record on Friday night. Despite further gains for miners and oil stocks as commodity …

The UK challenger bank is to be sold to South Africa’s FirstRand, if shareholders approve the deal.