(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
(Alliance News) - UK retail sales were worse than expected last month, with analysts questioning whether it was because of consumers contending with wet weather or the intensifying cost-of-living crisis. Read More
(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 opened lower on Friday, with a robust UK gross domestic product giving the Bank of England leeway to enact more hikes, while fears of higher rates were also evident across the Atlantic, after hawkish words from a US central banker. Read More
(Alliance News) - JD Sports Fashion PLC on Tuesday said it exercised a call option to acquire the outstanding 40% stake in Marketing Investment Group SA to become the sole owner. Read More
(Alliance News) - European equities tumbled on Wednesday with markets rocked by a US credit rating downgrade from Fitch, and the uneasy mood also did nothing for the pound on the eve of the next Bank of England decision. Read More
(Alliance News) - JD Sports Fashion PLC escaped a fine but was found to have broken UK competition law alongside Leicester City Football Club, a UK watchdog said on Monday. Read More
