FTSE 100 futures are edging lower, down about 0.2%. The pound is slipping too, off by around 0.2% and trading closer to $1.36. Stay with us for everything that matters to UK markets.

The FTSE 100 index is seen falling 0.2%, while Wall Street benchmarks are also pointing lower. London’s top flight finished flat on Friday. In Asia, the Nikkei 225 is down by 0.6% while the Hang Seng ...

Standard Chartered is also one of the FTSE 100’s worst performers today, dropping as much as 1.7% after liquidators launched ...

FTSE 100 latest after Shell reject BP takeover bid reports and Nvidia sets record high - Stock markets latest updates and ...

Trump told reporters on Thursday that by his 9 July tariff deal extension deadline "they’ll be fully covered and they’ll ...

The stronger-than-expected US jobs figures today have decreased the chances of an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve ...

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) released data showing fewer than 50,000 cars and vans were produced in ...

LIVE – Updated at 07:55. The FTSE 100 hit a new closing record after investors continued to look for opportunities outside the US, despite the UK economy shrinking by more than expected in April.

Top riser on the FTSE 350 today is B&M European Value Retail SA (LSE:BME) after analysts at RBC Capital Markets joined those ...

New data showed private employers in the US unexpectedly cut 33,000 jobs in the month, badly missing expectations.

UK retail data shows that in May, sales fell at the largest level since December 2023 in a cutback by shoppers on clothes and food alike. Follow The Independent’s live coverage of the latest stock ...

The FTSE 100 (^FTSE) and European stocks rose on Thursday as the ceasefire between Iran and Israel continued to hold. “We’re ...