Markets today

Global inflation worries, with UK consumer prices rising faster than expected in April, kept markets on the back foot on Wednesday with the FTSE 100...

UK stocks opened almost 1% lower on Wednesday as global markets were hit by niggling fears that rising inflation, underpinned by a recovery from the...

The FTSE 100 closed the day up a modest 1.39 points at 7,034.24, after earlier making more significant progress. In the US the S&P 500...

The FTSE 100 had drifted a little by midday but was still up 0.4% to 7,060.15 after some well-received corporate results and better-than-expected UK jobs...

UK stocks opened higher on Tuesday after pleasing earnings updates from Imperial Brands, Micro Focus, Cranswick and Britvic helped offset a disappointing annual report from...

On an up and down (and up) day the FTSE 100 ended up erasing earlier losses to trade only slightly lower at 7,032.85.

The move,...

Weakness in the mining and banking sectors and strength in sterling as the UK took the next step in its reopening helped put the FTSE...

UK stocks fell modestly in early trade on Monday as optimism about the pace of Covid-19 vaccine rollouts continues to be tempered by inflation fears....

The FTSE 100 finished the day up 1.2% at 7,047.01 as US retail sales came in flat, short of expectations, helping to calm the recent...

The FTSE 100 built on its early gains to trade up 0.7% at 7,011.66 by midday. The move higher followed a rally on Wall Street...