Soft earnings weigh on London’s FTSE 100 as IWG slumps 12 per cent August 9, 2022 Weak results from the UK’s largest companies amid the quieter summer period weighed on market sentiment in the City today. The capital’s premier FTSE 100 index squeezed out a small gain of 0.08 per cent to close at 7,488.15 points, while the domestically-focused mid-cap FTSE 250 index, which is more aligned with the health of [...]
Where next for the Rolls-Royce share price? August 9, 2022 | City Talk Rolls-Royce shares (LON: RR) sunk by 10% to 83p on Friday after half-year results spooked investors over long-running problems with supply chain issues and inflation. The FTSE 100 engineer has struggled to gain traction after the pandemic crash in 2020 saw its shares collapse from 236p in February 2020 to just 39p by October 2020. And after recovering to 147p [...]
Financials boost FTSE 100 as City leans into quiet summer period August 8, 2022 A rally among financial stocks boosted London markets today as the City leant into the quieter summer period. The capital’s premier FTSE 100 index climbed 0.57 per cent to 7,482.37 points, while the domestically-focused mid-cap FTSE 250 index, which is more aligned with the health of the UK economy, jumped 0.33 per cent to 20,118.44 [...]
Oil prices collapse to February lows amid growing fears of global recession August 8, 2022 Fears of a worldwide recession and weakened demand for oil continues to weigh down prices on both major benchmarks.
Boost financial education to nurture young investors, says London Stock Exchange boss August 7, 2022 The boss of the London Stock Exchange has called for better financial education in schools to prevent a generation of young investors being shut out of capital markets.
US Federal Reserve’s rate hike cycle takes centre stage in investors’ minds August 7, 2022 Investors are grappling with a mix of challenges they have not faced in years. Tighter monetary policy. Sky-high inflation. Strong geopolitical tensions. These factors have driven volatile swings in asset prices. Usually in times of uncertainty, investors pile into the US dollar and American assets. And that is exactly what they are doing now. US [...]
Week ahead: City braces for soft economy data and US inflation figures August 7, 2022 Top of City traders’ minds this week will be whether fresh GDP figures reveal the UK is already in the early stages of the drawn out recession the Bank of England forecast last week. Despite the economic doom, London’s FTSE 100 was broadly stable, edging 0.16 per cent lower to close the week at 7,439.74 [...]
Equity exodus continues as UK investors pull £416m from funds August 5, 2022 Nervous UK investors are pulling cash from equity funds in droves as soaring inflation continues to batter global stock markets.
Evraz profits plunge 99.5 per cent as sanctions hit August 4, 2022 Russian steel giant Evraz saw its profits fall by 99.5 per cent in the first half of the year after sanctions were slapped on the firm in May and demand for its products dried up.
London markets turn around early losses on strong company earnings August 3, 2022 London markets turned around early morning losses today, driven by a bumper crop of results lifting market sentiment. The FTSE 100 and 250 were initially weighed down by a poor session on Wall Street on Tuesday triggered by fears over escalating tensions between the US and China after house speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan. [...]
