Main Menu

Markets

Friday update

Daily Business Live: Wall St slumps; virus hits Cabinet

Matt Hancock
10pm: Markets Wall Street ended a three-day winning run by tumbling into negative territory to end another tumultuous week for investors. Even after the House of Representatives approved a $2.2Read More

Wednesday Update

Daily Business Live: Bus firms get funds; Prince has virus

Stagecoach
4.45pm: Markets, FTSE surges The FTSE100 resumed its upward surge, closing at 5,688.20, up 242.19 points (4.45%). Wall Street also continued its rebound. The Dow Jones closed 495.64 (2.39%) higher. Full report hereRead More

Markets rocket

FTSE extends rally after Dow Jones’ biggest jump since 1933

Traders on Wall St (pic: NYSE)
Wall Street rocketed on hopes of stimulus London continued to surge higher today, building on overnight gains in Asia and a return of buyers on Wall Street. The FTSE 100Read More

Director buys

Foley and Daniels buy M&G shares on the dip

John Foley: profit on shares (pic: Terry Murden) M&G chief executive John Foley and chief investment officer Jonathan Daniels have each paid more than £166,000 for shares in the businessRead More

Tuesday update

Daily Business Live: markets surge; Whitbread cuts

Traders on Wall St (pic: NYSE)
9.30pm: Markets The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 11.3%, or nearly 2,100 points, its biggest one-day gain since 1933. The S&P 500 was up 9.3% – its best day sinceRead More

Payouts slashed

Shareholders lose £1.5 billion in dividend income

Aggreko among the firms cancelling payouts Shareholders have taken a £1.5 billion hit to their income since the coronavirus hit, with a dozen or so companies this week alone scrappingRead More

Markets panic

Shares plunge as central banks fail to halt virus fears

Heathrow
Planes are being grounded as demand for flights slumps Investors fled stock markets despite measures to prop up the economy taken overnight in the US. Coordinated stimulus actions by centralRead More

Markets: FTSE falls 8%

Wall Street halts trading as oil falls by a third in price war

Maersk oil field
Biggest fall in prices since Gulf War Trading on the New York Stock Exchange was halted briefly after stocks crashed by 2,000 points as global coronavirus fears and an oilRead More

More steep losses

US jobs growth fails to halt freefall on stock markets.

City of London
Markets are suffering big falls Stock markets continued to slide and offices emptied as the coronavirus spread fear among businesses and a second fatality was confirmed n the UK. TheRead More

Sign of easing

China stocks head for biggest weekly gains as virus fears ease

Coronavirus disinfecting
Authorities may be getting on top of virus As investors around the world pressed the sell button over the impact of coronavirus, China stocks were on track for their biggestRead More