Japan’s Nikkei 225 is down 1.4% but the Lunar New Year holiday means China stock markets are now closed until 4 February. The FTSE 100 index is forecast to open slightly higher, having closed ...

National Grid and Barclays are near the top of the FTSE 100 index after their shares were boosted by improved City price ...

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Finance, mining and building stocks were among the top risers on the FTSE 100, which ended the day up 1.4 per cent or 113.32 points at 8,505.22. The index also ... from the Bank of England ...

The FTSE 100 index has made a stronger than expected start ... an upbeat phone call between Trump and President Xi Jinping. “Japan's Nikkei gained on expectations of a rate hike, and the yen ...

Gold and Bitcoin were in demand today as the FTSE 100 ... Bank’s industry top picks with a new price target of 350p. Other risers included Rolls-Royce, which added 4.2p to 592.2p, and British Airways ...

The UK's premier stock market index, the FTSE 100, has shattered records ... raised the odds of an interest rate cut when the Bank of England makes its next decision in February.

With the FTSE 100 having surpassed its May peak, it has hit a new all-time high close to the 8500 mark, raising the question among investors about how high the index could go in 2025 ... in any ...

The FTSE 100 returned 5.8 per cent in 2024, but under the surface, a clear gap has emerged between the blue-chip index’s winners and losers ... A strong set of results assisted the Big Four bank in ...