The FTSE 100 has started the year with a bang, hitting its second all-time high of 2025 on Thursday morning, surging past ...

FTSE 100 futures are about flat, in line with their equivalents in the US. European futures are declining around 0.4%. Stay ...

The FTSE 100 index held steady and reached a new all-time high as the Bank of England (BoE) slashed interest rates and as ...

Market update: FTSE 100 falls on results-day selling, Tate & Lyle down 12% 10:33 , Graeme Evans Results-day setbacks for Unilever, Barclays and British American Tobacco ...

But can we judge calls like this more broadly? In his 2002 book, When Buy Means Sell, the investor Eric Shkolnik argued that analyst downgrades should be considered a contrarian indicator. Typically, ...

The FTSE 100 hit an all time high this week, and could reach 9,000 points by the end of 2025 according to the investment platform AJ Bell, with a bumper dividend forecast of £83.6bn adding an extra ...

The FTSE 100 index of most valuable companies on the London Stock Exchange closed at 8679.46, breaking the record set on Thursday night after four consecutive days of rises. January has been the ...

Eyes on Trump's return to White House Reach posts best day in more than four years Pod Point Group plunges after downbeat forecast FTSE 100 up 0.2%, FTSE 250 down 0.5% Jan 20 (Reuters ...

Speculation over an activist investor’s BP stake building today powered the oil giant’s shares during a robust start to the week for the FTSE 100 index. BP jumped 6% or 27.3p to its highest ...

London’s FTSE 100 hit a record high Friday, as international exposure in the equity index shielded it from much of the turmoil that has weakened the pound, gilts and domestic stocks. The ...

The UK's benchmark stock index has reached an all-time high. The FTSE 100 index of most valuable companies on the London Stock Exchange closed at 8,505.69, breaking the record set last May.

First, the FTSE 100 is no barometer for the UK economy. In fact, there is little correlation between stock market movements and domestic GDP, says Jason Hollands, of investment platform Bestinvest.