As it happened: FTSE 100 rises as oil slips; Analysts warn of ‘short-lived’ inflation drop Markets Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. The City has welcomed news of undershooting inflation this morning, but warning signs already suggest it’s a temporary blip. The Consumer Price Index rose 2.8 per cent in the 12 months to April, that’s under the three per cent pencilled in and a major drop [...]
Oil price pulls back and FTSE 100 rebounds after ‘TACO’ Trump post Markets Oil prices took a step back from a gradual climb on Wednesday after President Trump announced he would pause his military escort operation through the Strait of Hormuz, prompting analysts to joke that the “TACO” president was back. The Brent crude oil price slipped below $100 per barrel amid hopes of a peace deal being [...]
How is Vietnam outperforming the FTSE 100? Investing The UK’s blue chip stock market index has been outpaced in 2026 by rival benchmarks tracking alternatives in emerging markets, creating some eye-catching comparisons over the returns generated in the year to date. For London and the FTSE 100, it amounts to a change in fortunes. It gained roughly 22 per cent for 2025, in [...]
Santander hits pause on €5bn buyback after US takeover April 23, 2026 Santander has been forced to hit the pause button on its bumper buyback programme announced earlier this year to comply with US regulation. The Spanish-headquartered bank told markets on Thursday it would temporarily suspend the €5bn (£4.3bn) buyback launched in February to comply with US regulation around its takeover of Webster. The lender struck a [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Stocks jitter as inflation surges; Trump extends ceasefire April 22, 2026 Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Inflation has surged this morning follow the outbreak of war in Iran. Fresh figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has shown the consumer price index rose by 3.3 per cent in the 12 months to March 2026. That’s up from three per cent [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Stocks take a dip as Trump’s ceasefire in doubt April 9, 2026 Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Hopes for peace in the Middle East are on thin ice with the ceasefire unveiled on Wednesday morning already seemingly in tatters. According to Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s parliament speaker, the US and Israel have already “violated” Iran’s 10-point ceasefire proposal in three ways. And [...]
Revolut eyes trading and wealth push amid hiring spree March 24, 2026 Revolut has laid out its initial blue-print for major expansion in its trading operations after the fintech giant bagged its full-fat UK banking licence earlier this month. The $75bn digital banking juggernaut has kicked off a hiring spree at its Canary Wharf headquarters as well as other financial hubs across the globe. The fintech has [...]
Manic Monday: How Trump rocked global markets March 23, 2026 President Donald Trump sent global markets on a rollercoaster ride as traders were left stunned by mixed messages coming from the US administration and the Iranian regime. The Brent Crude oil price was trading around $114 per barrel before Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he was pausing strikes due to “productive” [...]
Iran war wipes £4.5 trillion from global stock markets March 9, 2026 The war in the Middle East has knocked £4.5 trillion off the value of global stocks since its start, as the financial impact continues to cause shockwaves around the world. The value of listed businesses has nosedived since the start of the US and Israeli campaign from $157.5 trillion (£117.6 trillion) to $151.5 trillion (£113.1 [...]
Buy more small caps, says Panmure Liberum. But which ones? February 26, 2026 Now is the time to get back into British small caps, according to the boffins at Panmure Liberum. Headline valuations, on a P/E ratio basis, don’t seem much different in the small caps compared to their big-cap counterparts. But Panmure says that when you adjust for differences in sector composition, you get an average discount [...]