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LONDON MARKET OPEN: UK pay squeeze; Darktrace, Ted Baker get M&A boost

Stocks in London got off to a positive start on Tuesday despite some mixed UK jobs data, with real wages falling at the fastest rate...

Tue, 16/08/2022 - 09:08

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: RS Group rises on word of possible takeover bid

Stocks in London struggled on Monday, but managed to end higher, even as weakness in the world's second-largest economy sent oil and mining stocks reeling....

Mon, 15/08/2022 - 17:10

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Miners hit by slowing China industrial growth

Stocks drifted on Monday with investors mulling some disappointing Chinese industrial output and retail sales data amid an otherwise quiet economic calendar.

The coming...

Mon, 15/08/2022 - 12:25

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks pause as traders digest weak Chinese data

European markets hovered at the start of trade on Monday, with last week's US inflation elation replaced by concern over disappointing Chinese data.

‘The...

Mon, 15/08/2022 - 09:02

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: FTSE 100 ends higher for fourth week in a row

- The FTSE 100 continued to be lifted by slowing US inflation on Friday, despite data showing the UK economy contracted on a quarterly basis....

Fri, 12/08/2022 - 17:12

REPEAT: Signs of cooling inflation give stocks good week

Stock markets were positioning to close off another positive week, after safe passage through a week rich with economic data and company earnings.

Figures suggesting...

Fri, 12/08/2022 - 12:42

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Signs of cooling inflation give stocks goodk

Stock markets were positioning to close off another positive week, after safe passage through a week rich with economic data and company earnings.

Figures suggesting...

Fri, 12/08/2022 - 12:36

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks mixed as UK GDP, US inflation scrutinized

Gambling operators and pharmaceutical firms were in focus in London early Friday in a mixed start to the last day of an eventful week that...

Fri, 12/08/2022 - 09:24

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: FTSE 100 ends lower despite cooler US PPI

- Stocks in London returned some of Wednesday's gains on Thursday, despite new data showing a slowdown in US producer inflation.

The FTSE 100...

Thu, 11/08/2022 - 17:13

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Entain and Disney up, Haleon and GSK down

With financial markets still digesting the meaning of a report that suggested that inflation has peaked in the US, earnings reports and individual stocks were...

Thu, 11/08/2022 - 12:37

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