FTSE Gains Following Wall Street Rally
20th May 2019
The FTSE 100 closed up by 22.1 points, at 6,583.8 on Monday, after improved sentiment on Wall Street helped to bolster sentiment across the globe. ... Read More
The FTSE 100 closed up by 22.1 points, at 6,583.8 on Monday, after improved sentiment on Wall Street helped to bolster sentiment across the globe. ... Read More
The FTSE 100 slipped on Tuesday, as shares in mining, financial and supermarket stocks all fell. A similar picture played out in Wall Street thanks to poorer than expected inflation data for the US, and increasing tensions in the Ukraine. ... Read More
The FTSE 100 posted small gains on Wednesday, helped by an increase in the share values of the main supermarkets as well as a strong performance by Sports Direct. ... Read More
In the run-up to Easter, the UK’s leading index reached a one-week high, thanks in part to upbeat US financial results from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, which drove up financials across the board in the Thursday trading session. ... Read More
The FTSE 100 closed up by 56.51 points, or 0.9 percent, on Tuesday, thanks to some positive activity in the pharmaceuticals sector. By the end of the trading session on Tuesday the FTSE 100 was up to 6,681.76, sitting at a two week high, and close to its closing peak for the year. ... Read More
Shares in Associated British Foods, the owner of Primark, climbed on Wednesday after the company announced plans to launch branches of the budget fashion retailer in the United States, and also published strong trading figures for their European arm. ... Read More
The FTSE 100 closed at a seven-week high point on Thursday, boosted by positive sentiment towards the healthcare sector thanks to the deals talk that had dominated the minds of share traders throughout the week. The gains were, unfortunately, slightly hampered by renewed tensions between the Ukraine and Russia. ... Read More
While the FTSE 100 got off to a good start to the week, with positive updates from Microsoft, Apple and Facebook, as well as optimistic deals talk in the healthcare industry, the good mood did not last long. After climbing to a seven week high, the UK's leading index slipped back towards the end of the week, thanks to disappointing results from Amazon and continued tensions in the Ukraine. ... Read More
Fund manager Blackrock has teamed up with FTSE Group to help investors to avoid fossil fuel related companies while still protecting their financial investments. The move is just one part of what appears to be a global campaign against fossil fuels, as companies that explore for and/or extract coal, oil and gas will be excluded from the new set of indices that FTSE plans to create. ... Read More
The UK's leading share index hit a seven and a half week high point on Tuesday, boosted by the news of easing tensions in the Ukraine as well as upbeat corporate earnings reports form BP and St James's Place. ... Read More
Sir Martin Sorrell, who serves as the chief executive of WPP, a marketing and advertising conglomerate, has benefited massively from performance related pay, seeing a 70% boost in his renumeration during the last year. His total salary now amounts to almost £30 million - making it the highest pay award out of all FTSE 100 companies. ... Read More
The UK’s leading index climbed to a two-month high on Thursday, posting gains for the fourth session in a row. One of the biggest gainers of the day was Lloyds Bank, who surged by 5.5 percent, bolstering a market that had gotten off to a difficult start thanks to poor US data. ... Read More
Over the last few weeks there has been a lot of discussion about market correction. The property bubble in China, QE concerns in the USA, deflation in Europe and tension in the Ukraine all weigh heavily on the UK’s leading index. However, the FTSE continues to climb in spite of those concerns. ... Read More
The final trading session of the week saw the FTSE 100 slip from its 11 week high point, with Petrofac leading the list of losers. Investors displayed a cautious sentiment due to mixed company results, and the coming referendum in the Ukraine. ... Read More
The FTSE 100 closed up by 0.6 percent on Monday, climbing back up to almost its January peak. The gains were caused in part by a strong performance in the mining sector, which saw stocks boosted by a JP Morgan upgrade. ... Read More
The FTSE 100 has successfully brushed off worries about tensions in the Ukraine and a slowdown in the Chinese economy, and has climbed closer towards an all-time high, hitting a 14 year high point of 6,873.08 by the close of Tuesday’s trading session. ... Read More
The UK economy is enjoying a strong rebound at the moment, and unemployment has reached a five year low, while the FTSE 100 is approaching a 14 year high. ... Read More
The FTSE 100 fell by 0.6 percent on Thursday, being dragged down by airlines, after briefly touching a 14 year high point during the day's trading session. ... Read More
The FTSE 100 closed up by just 14.9 points on Friday, clawing back early losses to end the trading session at 6,855.81 points, mirroring a similar performance in Wall Street and on the Continent, where trading was also fairly muted. ... Read More
The FTSE 100 faltered slightly on Tuesday following sell-offs in Vodafone and Marks & Spencer. The UK's leading index slipped slightly after the mobile operator and the retailer both revealed disappointing forecasts. ... Read More
The FTSE 100 closed up by 19.04 points on Wednesday, sitting at 6,821.04. The UK's leading index was boosted by positive retail sales and gains in the United States. ... Read More
The FTSE 100 fell slightly on Thursday, following mixed economic signals from China, France and the USA. The UK’s leading index closed down b 0.48 points, at 6,820.56, as mining shares boosted the index during a see-saw trading day. ... Read More
Private equity group 3i is preparing for a possible re-entry into the FTSE 100. The re-entry would be a major triumph for chief executive Simon Borrows, who took control of the group in May 2012. ... Read More
The FTSE 100 gained slightly thanks to positive news from the Euro Zone, but shares in AstraZeneca slipped significantly after Pfizer pulled out of their takeover bid. AstraZeneca's US rival had been engaged in a long-running £69 billion takeover attempt of the UK-based pharmaceuticals company, but AstraZeneca had resisted the company's advances. ... Read More
Wealth managers are warning that active fund managers must take care to manage the challenge of rotation into FTSE 100 stocks, following several years of outperformance. The average active manager has, over the last five years, outperformed the FTSE 250 by a significant margin, but this may become difficult to sustain. ... Read More