Markets today

Evidence of strength and price pressure in the UK services sector convinced investors that another interest rate hike is all but certain next month, sending...

Disappointing UK retail sales figures for last month and growing investor resignation to interest rate hikes next month combined to push down share prices early...

Blue-chip benchmarks in Paris and Frankfurt dropped as automotive shares suffered after poor Tesla results, while wider markets were also subdued as central banks look...

Interest rate policy remained front of mind for stock markets on Thursday at midday, despite the quarterly earnings season moving into full flow, and raised...

Share prices opened mostly lower in London on Thursday, as investors monitored a steady stream of earnings reports in the UK and US, as well...

Hawkish comments from Federal Reserve and European Central Bank officials and a robust UK inflation suggest more rate hikes could be on the cards, keeping...

European shares were trading lower heading into the start of US trading on Wednesday, as investors became resigned to yet another round of central bank...

London shares opened lower on Wednesday, after UK consumer price inflation remained in double digits last month, all-but ensuring an interest rate hike by the...

Shares in Europe were boosted by a resilient Chinese gross domestic product reading, which lifted mining stocks in London and luxury retail in Paris.

Across...

Sterling was on the rise against the dollar at midday in London on Tuesday, after UK wage growth data prompted the market to price in...