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LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Banks hold back FTSE 100; AO World drops 20%

Share price falls for London's big listed banks were threatening to prevent the FTSE 100 from recording a positive month of April, while a string...

Fri, 29/04/2022 - 12:24

LONDON MARKET OPEN: FTSE 100 pointed toward positive April

London's benchmark stock index early Friday was in line to end the week and the month of April in positive territory, with confident updates from...

Fri, 29/04/2022 - 09:03

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: StanChart lifts FTSE 100; Spectris hikes FTSE 250

Stocks in London ended mostly higher on Thursday, with robust numbers from Standard Chartered lifting the FTSE 100, while a strong start to 2022 by...

Thu, 28/04/2022 - 17:16

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Technology shares rise as Facebook shows growth

Share prices were rising midday Thursday in London, as just-good-enough results from Meta Platforms restored faith in the US technology sector. Meanwhile, the dollar was...

Thu, 28/04/2022 - 12:28

LONDON MARKET OPEN: StanChart up, Sainsbury's down amid earnings rush

Market focus on Thursday was once again on earnings and trading updates, with numerous UK companies warning about cost inflation, while in the US, the...

Thu, 28/04/2022 - 09:08

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Aveva, housebuilders fail to drag down FTSE 100

Stocks in London ended mixed on Wednesday, with heavyweight miners keeping the FTSE 100 in the green, despite warnings of slow growth from Aveva and...

Wed, 27/04/2022 - 17:12

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Europe shares firm and New York set to rebound

Stock markets were trading solidly on Wednesday despite several new sources of concern for investors. These include Google-owner Alphabet showing it isn't invincible and Russia...

Wed, 27/04/2022 - 12:27

LONDON MARKET OPEN: ‘Tech rout’, Russia tensions and China lockdowns

Shares were lower early Wednesday as the earnings season moved toward its peak, with lender Lloyds Banking and software firm Aveva at either end of...

Wed, 27/04/2022 - 08:53

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Oil lifts FTSE 100 despite dour sentiment

Stocks in London ended broadly lower on Tuesday as a drop in US stocks caused the evaporation of earlier gains, although the FTSE 100 remained...

Tue, 26/04/2022 - 17:13

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Miners lift FTSE 100 as big tech set to report

The first-quarter earnings season dominated investor attention on Tuesday, as big UK and European banks followed their US counterparts in releasing results, while more big...

Tue, 26/04/2022 - 12:25

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