The UK economy unexpectedly contracted by 0.1% in October, the second monthly decline in a row. Traders added to BOE rate-cut ...

Stocks in Europe hold steady to defy a drop in US futures driven by AI fears, which has overshadowed a rate cut from the Federal Reserve Punchy US unemployment data and an interest rate cut from the ...

The FTSE 100 skirts most of the declines across stock markets, which have started December in a risk-off mood, while UK bonds ...

US stocks are open and dipping, with the S&P 500 off by 0.2% and the Nasdaq 100 by 0.5%. Weakness in shares of Microsoft, ...

The pound has slipped against the dollar, and the firmer greenback has weighed on the FTSE 100’s overseas-earnings ...

The only other notable conglomerate in the FTSE 100, AB Foods, is similarly considering splitting up. It said last month that ...

The final services PMI reading for November is due, and the Bank of England’s Catherine Mann is set to speak, albeit after we ...

Evoke, owner of 888casino and William Hill, scrapped its medium-term financial targets and said the tax rise will cut next year’s revenue by £80 million, increasing to about £130 million annually from ...

The biggest individual gainer on the FTSE 100 this morning is Fresnillo, with shares in the precious metals miner up as much as 6.2% at a fresh record. Its gain for the year is now just shy of 400%.

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Blackstone, Apollo, Ares and Hayfin are among the names that have signed up to participate in a so-called ‘stress-test’ ...