The FTSE 100 index, which stands for Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index, includes the 100 largest public companies in the UK with the highest market capitalisation. It is the most popular index as the companies listed on it often pay healthy ...
UK’s blue-chip FTSE 100 index was trading in the green on Wednesday, gaining ground amid the rising volatility in the market. While inflation levels are soaring and economic growth is slowing down, the FTSE 100 index has gone higher, outstrip...
Highlights The UK market has been going through a roller coaster ride lately, especially since the Ukraine war. The release of the latest inflation data by ONS on 18 May has again shaken the UK market, with inflation hitting a 40-year high leve...
l products. Bank of England (BoE) Governor Andrew Bailey admitted that the policymakers are helpless due to sharply rising inflation. The statement came after the central bank raised the interest rate from 0.75% to 1% earlier this month for the ...
ment (TCA). The UK and the European Union (EU) may face a trade war if the clashes regarding the post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland aren’t resolved soon. If the dispute keeps escalating, the UK Government may ditch...
Highlights London’s blue-chip firms are preparing to buy their own shares worth £37billion this year, as per investment platform AJ Bell. The number of shares to be repurchased this year will be over three times greater than what wa...
Highlights UK-based think tank NIESER has said that the country may slide into recession later this year. The think tank warned that an estimated 1.5 million households are likely to struggle to pay their food and energy bills. The UK econ...
Highlights The zero-Covid lockdown policies of China have significantly impacted the global markets, including the UK market. On Tuesday, Asian equities hit their two-year low amid low economic growth and skyrocketing inflation. Oil prices, as...
London’s blue-chip FTSE 100 index rose on Friday, driven by strong quarterly earnings and gains in miners, amid increasing concern over the soaring cost of living crisis and slower economic growth. Covid lockdown in China, geopolitical tensio...
Highlights Several biggest companies in the UK are facing revolt this week over excessive high pay packages offered to their bosses amid the high inflation rate. Influential investor advisory group, Pirc urged shareholders to come out against t...