(Alliance News) - UK retail sales in August partially recovered from a washout in July, official data showed on Friday, but analysts remain nervous about how winter could play out. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened lower on Friday, but managed to avoid the steep declines seen in New York, as investors mulled over an eventful week dominated by central bank decisions. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in Europe closed lower on Thursday as hawkish words from the Federal Reserve hit equities, while the FTSE 100 ended off morning lows but failed to cling onto the gains it made after the Bank of England stood pat on interest rates. Read More
(Alliance News) - JD Sports Fashion PLC on Thursday once again proved that selling tracksuits and trainers is lucrative, as it defied a tough consumer backdrop to post improved first-half earnings. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London perked up heading into Thursday afternoon after the Bank of England, like the Federal Reserve, decided against a hike, hurting the pound. Read More
(Alliance News) - JD Sports Fashion PLC on Thursday said profit rose in the first half of 2023, alongside revenue, while it more than doubled its interim dividend payout to shareholders. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened in the red on Thursday, as sentiment took a hit from the prospect of another interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve, as investors awaited news from the Bank of England at midday. Read More
(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 was boosted by retailers and housebuilders midday Wednesday, as investors celebrated UK inflation easing to an 18-month low in a development that takes some pressure off the Bank of England. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened lower on Tuesday, with the FTSE 100 index weighed down by retailers and stocks with Chinese exposure. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London were higher at the close on Wednesday as "unquestionably bad" economic data in the UK helped pare back interest rate expectations. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in Europe were on the up heading into Wednesday afternoon, with equity markets in a confident mood on the eve of the Jackson Hole central banking event, shaking off tepid economic data which hurt the pound and euro. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London were higher at the close on Tuesday as markets celebrated better-than-expected public sector borrowing figures in the UK, and hoped that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt may have enough firepower in government coffers to enact some pre-election tax cuts. Read More
(Alliance News) - Continued worries about the health of the Chinese economy, interest rate fears in the US and less-than-stellar UK retail sales weighed on the FTSE 100 on Friday, which is now in its longest losing streak since late June. Read More
