Daily market update

Associated British Foods gets back on its feet, and DS Smith disappoints on dividends

“Renewed optimism over finding a vaccine for coronavirus more than offset concerns over US unemployment figures later today, causing stocks to push ahead across Asia...

Thu, 02/07/2020 - 11:04

Argos lifts Sainsbury’s and SSP to cut UK workforce in half

“For the same reason that markets didn’t take much notice of backward-looking apocalyptic economic data in the spring, more positive data seen recently is also...

Wed, 01/07/2020 - 10:20

Trailer for Shell’s second quarter spooks investors, and Redrow pleas for Help to Buy existing scheme extension

“The biggest quarterly drop in UK GDP in more than a generation helped contribute to a downbeat feel for the markets on Tuesday,” says AJ...

Tue, 30/06/2020 - 10:05

Markets look past new coronavirus flare-ups with gains across Europe on Monday

“Investors’ fears over a second wave of Covid-19 have proved correct after China reinstated a lockdown for 400,000 people after a spike in the virus....

Mon, 29/06/2020 - 09:19

Tesco should reap longer-term benefits from its hard work during the pandemic, and is time finally up for Intu?

“Governments and central banks continue to shield equities from the bad news on fresh spikes in coronavirus and evidence of the economic damage wrought by...

Fri, 26/06/2020 - 09:43

EasyJet gets a financial injection and Royal Mail failures exposed by Covid-19

“Any gains made by equities over the last week or so are being wiped out as concern builds over the increase in coronavirus infections in...

Thu, 25/06/2020 - 09:45

FTSE swoons on second wave fears and lockdown hunger drives Premier Foods’ sales growth

“Just when it looks like the markets are shaking themselves free of coronavirus another bout of worry returns to put them on their back,” says...

Wed, 24/06/2020 - 10:20

FTSE higher after seesaw session on Wall Street, and Rightmove reports surge in housing market activity

“The FTSE 100 was firmly higher on Tuesday after traders on Wall Street were left with sore necks thanks to the whiplash-like nature of last...

Tue, 23/06/2020 - 09:34

Mixed messages shake the market and JD Sports weighs up the future for Go Outdoors

“Investors continue to be pulled from different directions by various headwinds and tailwinds. On one hand there is positive news such as Spain accepting UK...

Mon, 22/06/2020 - 09:18

Retail rebound as FTSE looks to end the week on a positive note

“An up and down (and up again) session in the US overnight didn’t prevent a relatively calm start for the FTSE 100 on Friday. The...

Fri, 19/06/2020 - 11:17

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