British stocks climb cautiously on Brexit and trade war hopes, central bank easing
British stocks climbed higher on Friday on hopes for a Brexit deal and after U.S.-China trade talks resumed but the FTSE 100 was held back by a stronger pound.
Weekend catchup — this week’s personal finance headlines
UK inflation in August dropped to its weakest level since December 2016, driven by the prices of computer games and clothing, and offering a boost for consumers against the backdrop of a strong labour market and Brexit-related economic uncertainty, wri...
Strategists Play Spoilsport Just as Europe Stock Rally Heats Up
(Bloomberg) -- European stocks have been on a tear over the past month, signaling investor optimism returning to the market. Not so fast, say strategists.They predict losses of more than 4% in both the Stoxx Europe 600 Index and the Euro Stoxx 50 Index...
European stocks edge higher as U.S.-China trade talks resume but investors remain wary
European stocks edged higher on Friday as markets looked set for calm at the end of an eventful week.
Labour share plan to hit pensioners’ funds
The Labour party’s plans to hand 10 per cent of shares from UK-based companies to workers over a decade would see British pension funds lose £31bn, according to new research. Shadow chancellor John McDonnell’s plan to introduce “inclusive ownership fu...
Opening Quote: RBS picks Rose to be its new chief as challenges mount
one of the UK’s top banks in November, after being confirmed as the successor to the Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Ross McEwan. The state-owned lender will also become the only company in the FTSE 100 index with women in both its top two exec...
Rolls-Royce’s says repair of Trent 1000 engines will take longer
Rolls-Royce expects problems with its Trent 1000 engines to take longer to repair than anticipated, warning that a reduction in the number of grounded aircraft to single digits would be delayed until the second quarter of 2020. The FTSE 100 group on F...
European shares rise as retailers, defensive stocks gain
European shares opened higher on Friday, set for their fifth straight week of gains, with the retail sector outperforming and investors rotating into defensive stocks. The European retail sector jumped 0.8%, the most among the main sub-sectors, powere...
UK lender RBS appoints Alison Rose as chief executive
The state-owned lender will also become the only company in the FTSE 100 index with women in both its top two executive positions, following Katie Murray’s appointment as chief financial officer last year. Howard Davies, RBS chairman, said: “I am deli...