London's exporter-heavy FTSE 100 index closed at a record high on Wednesday, lifted by gains in AstraZeneca and insurer ...

Growth downgrades and the rise in bond yields in recent months have wiped out the £9.9 billion margin that Reeves left in her ...

The FTSE 100 Index is up 9.59 points or 0.11% today to 8777.39 --Largest two day point and percentage gain since Friday, Feb. 7, 2025 --Up 38.49% since the pre-Brexit vote level of 6338.10 hit ...

A barrel of Brent rose to USD76.63 early Tuesday, from USD75.88 at the time of the London equities close Monday. Gold rose to USD2,911.03 an ounce, from USD2,903.38. Gold spiked to another record high ...

One of Britain’s oldest industrial manufacturers has become the latest major listed company to say it is leaving the stock market ... lower sales for the high street estate. A quiet FTSE 100 index was ...

Sage Group, the FTSE-100 software provider, is braced for an investor backlash after proposing big increases to new executives' potential pay packages. Sky News has learnt that Institutional ...

Tariff fears failed to derail the strong new year for European markets today as Germany’s Dax jumped 1% and the FTSE 100 index built on three record finishes. It was a different story in Asia after ...

UK borrowing jumps in December EasyJet drops on soft guidance Hochschild Mining tumbles on production update FTSE 100 flat ... bottom of the domestic FTSE 250 index after the miner issued fourth ...

Former FTSE 250 stock Close Brothers jumped 49.4p to ... Lloyds was the clear frontrunner in the FTSE 100 index, which rose 10.59 points to 8531.29 amid signs that Wall Street markets will open ...

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The FTSE 100 has hit another all-time high today of 8,548.59, the second time in two trading days the blue-chip index has hit a record. For the first time, the FTSE 100 passed the 8,500 barrier ...

The CEO of a major FTSE 100 business just bought nearly £100k ... You could lose money in sterling even if the stock price rises in the currency of origin. Stocks listed on overseas exchanges ...