Shares and the stockmarket

One of the very few things that RBS’ first-quarter results have going for them is that it was the last bank of the Big...

AstraZeneca is one of just 11 FTSE 100 firms whose shares have risen so far in 2020 and the pharmaceutical giant’s first-quarter results and...

Surging loan loss provisions and plunging pre-tax profits are already losing their ability to shock investors, who are already familiar with these trends after the...

BP’s $0.1050-a-share first-quarter dividend offers £1.7 billion of income to hard-pressed investors and the oil major’s cost reductions, cuts to capital investment, asset sales...

Even though the insurer’s decision to cancel its proposed 20.7p-per-share special dividend will be a blow, Admiral’s retention of its £166 million final, ordinary...

Global stock markets are still well down for the year, despite a big rally since late March, but two trends in the regional performance figures...

The FTSE All-Share Banks sector is down by 43% over the past year and it will be uncomfortable for holders of Barclays, HSBC,...

Even before the recent capitulation, the price of oil was on the slide in March and this dragged inflation down slightly from February’s 1.7% to...

While the stunning collapse of the price of West Texas Intermediate oil for May delivery has got markets in a tizzy, shrewd investors will be...