Markets today

Housebuilders were leading a positive equity market in London early Tuesday, after Taylor Wimpey issued an upbeat trading statement for its annual general meeting.

Meanwhile,...

Miners sent stocks in London into a deeply red close on Monday on fears that Covid-19 lockdowns will extend to China's capital city, as cases...

China's aggressive zero-Covid strategy was combining with the US Fed's aggressive inflation-bashing plan to send stock markets reeling on Monday.

Worries about widening lockdowns...

Covid-19 came back to scare financial markets at the start of the new week, after Beijing looked likely to join Shanghai in lockdown, prompting concerns...

A hawkish tone from the head of the US central bank pummelled global stock markets at the end of the week, with a 50 basis...

London-listed retailers were under selling pressure on Friday after UK retail sales figures showed consumers cutting back on non-essential spending, while the overall market adjusted...

Hawkish comments by central bankers attending the IMF and World Bank spring meetings sent share sliding around the world, while the dollar was on the...

Blue chip miners were weighing on the FTSE 100 on Thursday, as Anglo American put the sector on the back foot, while New York got...

London's heavyweight mining sector was holding back the FTSE 100 index at midday on Thursday, as a litany of problems including Covid held back production...

(Alliance News) - Big miners were dragging on the FTSE 100 index early Thursday, amid a raft of company earnings and trading updates, while later in...