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LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Pound lower, stocks mixed after‘peak’ inflation

Sterling gave back some recently recovered ground against the dollar, but London stock prices were barely moved, after official figures showed UK inflation hit a...

Wed, 18/05/2022 - 12:28

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Pound slips back as UK inflation surges to 9.0%

Stock prices were flat early Wednesday, but the pound took a knock from the report of historically high inflation in the UK.

Consumer prices...

Wed, 18/05/2022 - 09:13

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: TI Fluid sinks among midcaps as revenue declines

Stocks in London ended in the green on Wednesday, as a stronger pound following UK jobs data failed to keep the FTSE 100 down....

Tue, 17/05/2022 - 17:04

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: UK jobs figures lift pound and stocks

UK employment and earnings figures on Tuesday highlighted the need for the Bank of England to tighten monetary policy to get inflation under control, allowing...

Tue, 17/05/2022 - 12:40

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Sterling gets boost as UK unemployment cut to 3.7%

Both the pound and London share prices were rising early Tuesday, after strong UK employment figures were expected to keep the Bank of England on...

Tue, 17/05/2022 - 09:09

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Vodafone rises after gaining new shareholder

Stocks in London rose above European equities to close higher on Monday, with Vodafone and utility stocks performing well despite dull economic data from China....

Mon, 16/05/2022 - 17:05

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Shares stable despite economic slowdown in China

European shares started the new week lower, reacting a two indicators of a weakening economy in China, but markets had recovered by midday.

China's retail...

Mon, 16/05/2022 - 12:34

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Covid crackdown shrinks China's industrial output

Shockingly bad industrial production figures from China, the factory of the world, has send stock markets lower at the start of the new week....

Mon, 16/05/2022 - 09:19

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: European markets up as Powell quells hike fears

Stocks in London managed to claw back losses on Friday, ending the week firmly in the green, as comments from US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome...

Fri, 13/05/2022 - 17:17

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Twitter drops 16% as Musk pauses acquisition

The excitement in stocks was all in the US on Friday, as Elon Musk said he was putting his acquisition of Twitter ‘on hold’....

Fri, 13/05/2022 - 12:20

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