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Markets rose on Tuesday amid hopes the US elections will deliver a Democrat clean sweep of the White House and Congress, which could lay the...

London's FTSE 100 rallied on Tuesday, getting a boost from financial and mining stocks as investors bet on more stimulus measures to soften the economic...

Weakness in sterling and a bit of a recovery in sentiment helped the FTSE 100 recover some of last week's bruising losses, up 1.2% at...

The FTSE 100 opened lower on Monday morning after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a new four-week national lockdown in England.

Investors reacted negatively to...

The FTSE 100, along with other major global indices, was on course for its worst week for March by midday on Friday, down 0.3% to...

UK stocks opened lower on Friday as Covid-19 cases continued to climb at alarming levels both at home and abroad, stoking fears of long-lasting economic...

Amid relief that US equities were able to claw back some of the ground lost yesterday the FTSE 100 finished the day down a little...

The FTSE 100 traded 0.4% lower at 5,559.45 by midday on Thursday despite some positive corporate news as Covid-19 continued to dominate sentiment.

The open...

The FTSE 100 index was flat in early trading this morning, after a big drop yesterday as the oil price fell and fears rose of...

The market has decided it needs to panic about coronavirus amid the threat of new national lockdowns with the FTSE 100 hitting its lowest level...