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London’s FTSE 100 made a fast start to the new year, thought it was shaping up to be a slower day in New York, with...

Stock markets were starting 2023 positively despite multiple reminders of the economic challenges facing the world this year, while the pound was faring less well,...

London shares rose strongly at the start of the new year, but the pound dropped against the dollar, as rail strikes threatened the UK economy...

London shares on Friday ended a mostly dismal year with another decline, leaving the FTSE 100 essentially flat in 2022 but smaller listings well down....

Shares opened lower Friday, looking set to round off a year of stark divergence in stock performance in London on an overall negative note.

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Shares in London failed to replicate the sharper gains posted in Frankfurt, Paris and Wall Street, though a minor gain for the FTSE 100 on...

The rapid rise in Covid-19 cases in China was creating concern for financial markets globally on Thursday, depressing equities prices as the 2022 draws to...

Stocks markets were lower globally on Thursday, as a rapid increase in Covid-19 cases in China prompted new testing requirements for travellers and increased worries...

On a day when global markets suffered inflation-related jitters stemming from a Covid policy change in China, the catch-up playing FTSE 100 posted a strong...

The FTSE 100 index was higher at midday on Wednesday, putting London’s blue-chip equity benchmark in position to end the year in positive territory.

The...