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Shares dip as markets await financial services deal

City of London
London closed lower and with questions over its future (pic: Terry Murden) London’s stock market ended the final trading day of the year, and the last tied to EU rules,Read More

Markets in freefall: FTSE 100 down 3%

21st century gains lost as global stock markets crash

London Stock Exchange
The FTSE 100 plummeted by 217.79 points or 3.15% to 6704.05 as investors took fright at growing US China tensions, Brexit uncertainty and slowing global growth.  It was the blue chipRead More

On the Money

Market bogeymen on the hunt for red October

Alan Steel
World stock markets are back in the news for all the wrong reasons, writes ALAN STEEL

New record close for leading index

Blue chips on the rise as FTSE100 surges past 7,000 for first time

Traders and investors were celebrating a historic milestone on stock exchange today as the FTSE100 index pushed through 7,000 for the first time. The leading index closed up 0.9% at 7,022.51Read More