FTSE 100 shrinks as global markets post unwelcome stats

UK Market:,The UK stock market moved higher on Monday, with the blue-chip FTSE100 index gaining over 0.6%. Mining stocks including Anglo American, Rio Tinto, and Antofagasta pulled the index higher. European markets were boosted amid the hopes that the US...

UK Market News:,The UK stock market rose sharply on Friday, supported by defensive stock amid mounting fears around hawkish central bank and rising concern over recession. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index over 1.5% after the Office for National Statistics (ON...

US stocks gained on Thursday after a steep decline the day before.

UK Market News:,The UK stock market witnessed fresh strain on Thursday after ONS showed that the government borrowed £14 billion in May, significantly higher than economists' forecast. The FTSE 100 index shed over 0.50%, touching a low of 7,015.06, before...

UK Market News:,The UK stock market declined on Wednesday as a fall in oil and metal prices weighed on the commodity stocks. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index loosed over 1% after new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed UK inflation ...

US indices ended higher on Tuesday after a worst week in two years.

FTSE 100 rallies,,energy stocks surge,UK Market:,The UK stock market moved higher on Tuesday, with the blue-chip FTSE100 index gaining over 0.5%. Rallying crude prices led to a surge in energy stocks amid restricted supplies of crude and fuel products. Th...

UK Market News: The UK stock market advanced on Monday after a dreadful last week over economic worries, and further interest rate hikes fear from major central banks. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index gained over a per cent on Monday, boosted by gains in...

Benchmark US indices closed the week mixed on Friday, June 17, as mega-cap growth stocks rallied, shaking off the negative sentiments about inflation and declining economic growth. The S&P 500 was up 0.22% to 3,674.84. The Dow Jones lost 0.13% t...

UK Market News:  The UK stock market recovered on Friday from a sharp fall in the last session, with the blue-chip FTSE 100 index gaining around a per cent. Oil and mining stocks tried to push the blue-chip index lower as commodity prices slippe...