Markets today

A rebound in oil prices after a container ship blocked the Suez Canal helped lift the FTSE 100 off its lows on Wednesday. By midday...

UK stocks fell in early trading on Wednesday after the issue of weak local inflation data that stoked concerns that persistent Covid-19 lockdowns are weighing...

The FTSE 100 finished in the red on Tuesday as a mixture of rising Covid cases, new restrictions on the travel sector and tensions between...

On the anniversary of the first Covid lockdown the FTSE 100 recovered some of its heavier losses to trade down 0.3% to 6,707.28 by midday...

Despite a Turkish currency crisis and weakness in the travel sector on fears of another summer marred by restrictions the FTSE 100 managed modest gains...

A currency crisis in Turkey, pressure on the travel sector and a vaccine spat between the EU and UK set the scene for an up...

UK stocks opened lower on Monday after a plunge in the Turkish lira unsettled currency markets.

At 0820, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was down...

There was no sign of any end to the market's concern about inflation as the FTSE 100 closed down materially on Friday though it regained...

The FTSE 100 was sharply lower on Friday amid a global sell-off which suggested central bank attempts to calm fears over inflation this week were...

The latest borrowing figures weighed on UK markets which opened lower as the Office for National Statistics reported the highest February borrowing since monthly records...