WH Smith has reported “strong momentum” in its travel business after sales in the division rose 6% on a like-for-like basis in the 21 weeks to 25 January. This figure included a 7% rise in the UK ...

The FTSE 100 fell ... ahead of the New Year holiday on Wednesday. The FTSE 100 (^FTSE) hovered just below the flatline. The domestically-focused FTSE 250 (^FTMC) was 0.1% higher.

Indeed, on 1 March ... year. Based on a current (27 December) share price of 1,184p, this means the stock’s still yielding 5.1%. This is comfortably above the average for the FTSE 100 as a ...

The FTSE 100 has risen by ... of 25 for the S&P 500 or the 33.1 of the Nasdaq 100. This is why fund managers decided to rotate out of US, especially mega cap, shares into “cheaper” European ones at ...

UK stocks make a comeback, as BoE rate cut bets soar.

Sanderson Design has warned that its profits will slump by more than half this year after ... on Friday. The FTSE 100 index is seen falling by about 30 points, having posted 1% gains over the ...

Former FTSE ... in a year, weakened in early dealings to stand at $1.2262. The Hang Seng index rose 0.8% while the Shanghai Composite stayed close to its opening mark. The FTSE 100 is seen falling ...

the first trading session of the year, boosted by gains in commodity-linked stocks. The blue-chip FTSE 100 rose 1.1% to an over two-week high, logging its best day since Nov. 22. The mid-cap FTSE 250 ...

Stocks across Asia lost ground on Monday as worries about Chinese AI company DeepSeek reverberated. The company's discounted R1 model knocked tech stocks, sending the Nikkei ( ^N225) in Japan 0.9% ...

Analysis of FTSE 100's 2025 outlook now that it has risen to a new all-time high, examining key drivers including P/E ratios, ...