BRITAIN’S blue-chip index closed flat yesterday after staging a late recovery on talk that Greece was making progress towards securing a bailout deal and avert a messy default.
The FTSE 100 gauge ended the session 1.94 points lower at 5,...
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BRITAIN’S blue-chip index closed flat yesterday after staging a late recovery on talk that Greece was making progress towards securing a bailout deal and avert a messy default.
The FTSE 100 gauge ended the session 1.94 points lower at 5,...
US stocks rose slightly yesterday, but with the outcome of discussions on a bailout package for Greece uncertain, investors are unlikely to make big bets in coming days.
The Dow Jones industrial average was up 33.07 points, or 0.26 per...
THE Reserve Bank of Australia caught the markets by surprise after holding interest rates yesterday – contrary to the expected cut.
With December retail figures contracting, house prices dropping an average of 4.8 per cent year-on-year and...
THE euro-dollar pair continues to hold onto ground above the $1.3000 level, but the nerve of the bulls is being tested as discussions in Greece drag on. Recent data has indicated that there are fewer euro shorts than there were at the beginning...
MINERS dragged Britain’s top share index lower yesterday, after doubt surfaced about Glencore’s potential merger with Xstrata, while banks waned in the absence of a debt deal for Greece.
The FTSE 100 index ended down 8.87 points, or 0.2...
US stocks closed slightly lower yesterday as lingering questions about Europe’s debt crisis and corporate earnings overshadowed growing optimism about economic growth after a five-week rally.
The S&P has risen about seven per cent so...
AS THE buzz continues about the Facebook public offering later this year, IG Markets is offering grey market trading on the social networking site’s market cap. The grey market allows shares to be traded on an unofficial market ahead of the IPO...
ANOTHER week has passed by without a deal from Athens and the currency markets are clearly starting to suffer from headline fatigue. While the risks are quite serious, the markets continue to believe in an 11th hour deal – which is why the...
INVESTORS in housing firm Bellway will be hoping that the company won’t be dropping any clangers tomorrow when it releases its latest trading update, but instead will be looking for signs that the future is still relatively appealing. The last...
AS CHINA’S economic power grows, its authorities are increasingly willing to punch their weight on the international stage. The decision to direct Chinese airlines to ignore the European Union’s carbon-emissions system is a slap in the face. But...