Lockdown gloom stifles FTSE: Market remains up 1.8% by 118 on 6,579 points as gains made on morning of Oxford jab rollout are lost amid fears UK is set for third national lockdown London’s top market gained more than 200 points as it opened this morning Brexit and rollout of Oxford University/ AstraZeneca jab encourages … Read more
FTSE closes down 0.7% or 47 points at 6,556 after approval for Oxford’s Covid vaccine and vote passing post-Brexit deal were overshadowed by three quarters of UK being plunged into Tier 4 lockdown FTSE 100 index of biggest UK firms down by 0.71% or 47 points at 6,556 today Fall comes despite PM’s post-Brexit EU trade … Read more
The London stock market soared by more than 2 per cent today as investors gave a thumbs-up to Britain’s post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union. The FTSE 100 was up by 2.23 per cent or 145 points to 6,647 this morning, in its first day of trading since the dramatic agreement was reached on … Read more
The London stock market crept up today as investors were buoyed by the UK and European Union being on the threshold of striking a post-Brexit trade deal. The FTSE 100 index rose by 0.48 per cent or 31 points to 6,527 in early trading this morning, while the pound was up 0.5 per cent against … Read more
BUSINESS LIVE: FTSE and pound slump as new Covid strain crisis grips the nation; Frasers Group warns on profits; Arcadia sells Evans to Australian firm By This Is Money Published: 08:40 GMT, 21 December 2020 | Updated: 08:40 GMT, 21 December 2020 The FTSE 100 and the pound are deep in the red this morning … Read more
More than £33billion was wiped off the FTSE 100 within minutes of opening today as panicked investors reacted to the devastating economic threat of a toughened lockdown, the new coronavirus strain and the continued Brexit deadlock. The index of Britain’s leading companies fell 1.8 per cent or 117 points to 6,410 shortly after opening in … Read more
Investors in FTSE 100 companies had a tough year as more than half of those firms cut, deferred or cancelled over £37billion of dividend payments in response to the Covid crisis, new research shows. But while dividend cuts have been the story of 2020, the outlook for 2021 is more positive, according to analysts – especially … Read more
Warnings of a no-deal Brexit saw the value of the pound suffer its biggest daily drop in months today against the euro and US dollar as the financial implications of Boris Johnson‘s failed negotiations began to show. The British currency was 1.3177 dollars compared to 1.3293 dollars at the previous close, a fall of 0.9 … Read more
London shares hit a nine-month high as FTSE 100 rises by 0.9% or 60 points to 6,550 amid hopes coronavirus vaccine will help business bounce back (but will there be a ‘Santa Rally’?) FTSE 100 rose by nearly 1 per cent to its highest level since March 5 yesterday The rise took gains since the … Read more
The FTSE 100 hit its highest level since June after the UK became the first country to approve Pfizer and Biontech’s Covid vaccine. The jab will be rolled out from next week to pave the way for mass vaccination and could herald a return to ‘normal’ life by next summer. Elderly people in care homes … Read more