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US stocks open 0.3% higher as US-China trade rhetoric softens

UK stocks opened higher on Friday, in line with other European exchanges, after the US and China appeared to soften their rhetoric on trade tensions....

Fri, 30/08/2019 - 09:05


FTSE firms thanks to sterling weakness boost

UK stocks climbed on Thursday amid weaker sterling, which fell in response to UK prime minister Boris Johnson's decision on Wednesday to prorogue parliament ahead...

Thu, 29/08/2019 - 16:46


FTSE boosted by sterling weakness

UK stocks are climbing on Thursday amid weaker sterling, which fell in response to UK prime minister Boris Johnson's decision on Wednesday to prorogue parliament...

Thu, 29/08/2019 - 11:51


UK stocks lifted by sterling weakness

UK stocks are climbing on Thursday amid weaker sterling, which fell in response to UK prime minister Boris Johnson's decision on Wednesday to prorogue parliament...

Thu, 29/08/2019 - 09:26


FTSE 100 reverses losses at close as pound slumps on PM's Parliament suspension

UK stocks were bumped and buffeted through the afternoon session on Wednesday after a day of political and macroeconomic swings and roundabouts. The Queen's sign-off...

Wed, 28/08/2019 - 16:58


FTSE 100 reverses losses as pound slumps on PM's Parliament suspension plans

UK stocks showed a sharp split in midday trade after Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed plans to ask the Queen to suspend Parliament just days...

Wed, 28/08/2019 - 11:59


UK stocks open 0.2% lower as US-China trade tensions linger

UK stocks opened lower on Wednesday as investors continued to fret about the frosty state of trade relations between the US and China and related...

Wed, 28/08/2019 - 09:06


FTSE flat as pound gains on hope of no-deal Brexit block

UK stocks failed to go the way of their American counterparts on Tuesday and closed slightly in the red after the pound gained against the...

Tue, 27/08/2019 - 16:41


FTSE down as pound strengthens

Leading UK stocks remained lower at midday on Tuesday as the pound strengthened, hurting exporters.

European markets also flattened as hopes of a breakthrough to...

Tue, 27/08/2019 - 11:58


UK stocks open 0.4% lower as trade tensions linger

UK stocks opened lower on Tuesday, as investors returning from a bank holiday Monday took account of substantial falls in US markets last Friday, while...

Tue, 27/08/2019 - 09:07


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