5 top FTSE 100 stocks for long term

• June 18, 2021 08:56 AM BST
• Kamalika Ghosh

Summary GlaxoSmithKline has announced an alliance with iTeos to co-develop cancer treatment antibody drug. Lloyds Banking Group appointed a new independent Non-Executive Director. BT Group shares hit a new 52-week high after investment by Fren...

• June 03, 2021 01:40 PM BST
• Abhijeet

Summary Ashtead Group shares, down 1%, have returned over 50% in 2021 The stock has rallied 300 per cent from pandemic closing lows Shares have mostly risen after recognising multi-year bottoms in March 2020  UK stock markets have st...

• May 26, 2021 03:43 PM BST
• Suhita Poddar

Summary UK manufacturing output grew to its highest in April, driven by few important sectors, including chemicals. Chemical’s giant Croda’s shares surged in trade today. The UK chemicals sector has faced some volatility due to...

• March 17, 2021 01:44 PM GMT
• Abhijeet

Source: Vlad Ispas, Shutterstock  Summary FTSE 100 extended the losses in the early afternoon deals on Wednesday. At around 1157 GMT, the FTSE 100 was trading at 6,764.80, down 0.57 per cent. BT Group shares emerged as the top gainers am...

• March 15, 2021 04:24 PM GMT
• Abhijeet

Source: JomNicha, Shutterstock Market capitalisation is one of the simpler metrices to determine which stocks valuation is increasing or decreasing with respect to the market movement. Unilever Plc, AstraZeneca Plc, and BHP Plc are among the top ...

• March 11, 2021 03:19 PM GMT
• Suhita Poddar

Source: ShutterstockProfessional, Shutterstock Summary 3 FTSE 100 stocks --- Rolls Royce, Morrison, WPP PLC announced lower FY 2020 results on 11 March due to the pandemic. Rolls Royce and WPP reported losses while Morrison’s reported lo...

• March 10, 2021 03:10 PM GMT
• Abhijeet

Source: ShutterstockProfessional, Shutterstock Summary Footsie index comprises of 101 blue-chip companies, which usually have a global footprint and are too big to fail. The large-cap companies might be the safest bet in the stock markets as o...

• March 08, 2021 03:43 PM GMT
• Suhita Poddar

Source: Jacob Lund, Shutterstock  Summary Only 5% of the FTSE 100 companies were headed by women in 2020. The figure is even worse for FTSE 250 companies, with only 2% headed by women. Some of the FSTE 100 companies that have women bosse...

• March 05, 2021 11:04 AM GMT
• Abhijeet

Source: ShutterstockProfessional, Shutterstock Summary Covid-induced mini crashes in the capital markets have critically trembled the valuations of companies and the securities floated by them. FTSE 100 has amassed a gain of more than 11 per c...

• March 03, 2021 12:46 PM GMT
• Abhijeet

Source: ShutterstockProfessional, Shutterstock Summary The FTSE 100 has already gained more than 1 per cent ahead of the Budget 2021 presentation Several stocks related to hospitality, tourism, travel, retailing, food processing, beverages, an...