The FTSE 100 index is used as the benchmark for measuring the strength of the UK stockmarket, and some commentators have argued it has a natural bias to outperform the wider FT All Share index, because it tends to promote to its ranks those stocks which are in the ascendancy and remove others that are […]
London shares continued to move higher this morning, with the FTSE100 still edging new record highs up over 7200, supported by a weaker pound after Mrs Mays comments over the weekend pointing towards a ‘hard’ brexit. Commenting on sky news over the weekend the prime minister said “People often talk… as if somehow we’re leaving […]
The FTSE100 rallied higher this morning gaining 1% along with other european markets, after being supported by decent results from both DCC (DCC.L) and Taylor Wimpey (TW.L), both shares jumped off of the back of positive statements. DCC (DCC.L), the international sales, marketing, distribution and business support services group was up more than 6 percent […]
ftse 100 was trading slightly lower this morning despite some positive economic news coming out of Asia overnight, as news of latest French terror attack filtered through. However the index is current on the move to recover some of those gains. DCC (DCC.L) was trading higher after a positive statement, the company believes that the UKs […]
Under pressure housing and real estate shares jumped today after the news that Ms Leadsom has withdrawn from the conservative leadership race, paving the way for Teresa May to become the next British Prime Minister. Housing has been under pressure since the Brexit vote result was announced but the news today spurred on a recovery […]
