Rolls Royce sinks after clarifying funding speculation London-listed shares fell on Wednesday, with the FTSE 100 down 0.4% and the FTSE 250 off by 0.1%. Brexit news dominated headlines, as the Government accepted a compromise that will allow MPs a vote before powers are used that would break international law. Having recovered back to the…
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Banking stocks help FTSE 100 higher London-listed shares were buoyed by positive employment figures in the US, as the UK’s biggest companies make a substantial portion of their revenues from the US. The FTSE 100 jumped 1.3%, although it is still down 17.3% year-to-date, lagging far behind the major US indices. Banking, travel and retail…
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UK house prices fall for first time since 2012 London-listed shares had a mixed Wednesday, with the FTSE 100 marginally down, and the FTSE 250 up 0.4%. Data from Nationwide showed that UK house prices fell for the first time since 2012 in June, losing 0.1% versus the same month last year, after climbing 1.8%…
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FTSE 100 and 250 soar in lock step Both of the UK’s major indices jumped 2.6% on Wednesday, with the FTSE 250 now up 12% over the past month. London-listed stocks remain well behind their US counterparts but have been making solid progress in recent weeks. The gains reflect investor optimism about both the UK…
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What to watch Although Q1 corporate earnings season is drawing to a close, there are still some interesting names reporting this week which have been direct beneficiaries of the lockdown. Video conferencing firm Zoom and business communications platform Slack have made major gains in 2020 so far, with Slack up 55.9% and Zoom up by…
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Rolls-Royce looking at mass layoffs London-listed mid cap stocks outperformed their large cap counterparts last week, with the FTSE 250 gaining 2.9% to the FTSE 100’s 0.2%. In economic data, March car production in the UK fell 37.6% year-over-year, while mortgage approvals fell from 73,670 in February to 56,200 in March. Over the weekend, it…
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Another day of record-breaking on Friday, the half-day session being the last trading day of 2017, with fresh highs for both the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 while the AIM All-Share Index traded around its highest level since 2008, London Stock Exchange (LSE) reported. The FTSE 100 index closed up 0.9%, or 64.89 points at…
Read moreProvider of payment solutions Paysafe Group Plc (LON:PAYS), formerly known as Optimal Payments, is joining the FTSE 250 Index from the start of trading today. Paysafe's inclusion in the Index was initially announced by FTSE Russell earlier this month. This follows Paysafe's admission to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the UK Financial…
Read moreProvider of payment solutions Paysafe Group Plc (LON:PAYS), formerly known as Optimal Payments, has announced that it will be included as a constituent in the FTSE 250 Index later this month. The inclusion, officially unveiled by FTSE Russell on Wednesday, will be effective from the start of trading on March 21, 2016. In December last…
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