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London stocks on the FTSE 100 rose in early trade on Friday as investors mulled the latest twists and turns in the Trump tariff saga. At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 was 0.4% higher at 8,753.56. Derren Nathan, head of equity research at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: “When it comes to global trade right now the only […]

London stocks on the FTSE 100 ticked higher in early trade on Thursday but gains were muted, after a US court blocked Donald Trump from imposing sweeping global tariffs. At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.1% at 8,735.23. In a major blow to Trump’s core economic policy, the US Court of International Trade […]

London stocks on the FTSE 100 nudged a touch higher in early trade on Wednesday following solid gains on Wall Street, as investors eyed results from Nvidia after the US close. At 0825 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.1% at 8,785.72. Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior analyst at Swissquote Bank, said: “In the US, it’s Nvidia earnings day! The […]

London stocks on the FTSE 100 gained in early trade on Tuesday following the long weekend, catching up with gains in Europe a day earlier after Trump agreed to extend a deadline to negotiate tariffs with the European Union. At 0845 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.6% at 8,772.73. Trump announced on Sunday that […]

London stocks on the FTSE 100 fell in early trade on Thursday, taking their cue from a downbeat session on Wall Street after a weak US Treasury auction, as investors mulled the latest UK borrowing figures and a raft results from the likes of BT and easyJet. At 0835 BST, the FTSE 100 was down 0.5% at 8,747.01. […]

London stocks on the FTSE 100 were just a smidgen higher in early trade on Wednesday following the release of hotter-than-expected UK inflation figures and amid tensions in the Middle East. At 0915 BST, the FTSE 100 was 0.1% firmer at 8,785.84, while the pound was up 0.3% against the dollar at 1.3418. Data released […]

London stocks on the FTSE 100 rose in early trade on Tuesday as concerns about Moody’s US credit rating downgrade faded. At 0855 BST, the FTSE 100 was 0.3% higher at 8,721.70. Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: “Renewed hopes for a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, combined with another wave of stimulus […]

Crypto Wealth Turns Sinister: Father of Millionaire Abducted and Mutilated in Paris In a chilling reminder of the dark side of digital wealth, the father of a Paris-based cryptocurrency millionaire was violently abducted in broad daylight—an attack that quickly escalated into a gruesome extortion scheme. The victim was snatched Thursday morning from the 14th arrondissement […]

London stocks fell in early trade on Monday as sentiment took a hit after Moody’s downgraded its credit rating on the US. At 0825 BST, the FTSE 100 was down 0.3% at 8,661.91. Moody’s announced late on Friday that it was cutting the rating to Aa1 from the highest triple-A rating. “This one-notch downgrade on our 21-notch […]

London stocks on the FTSE 100 rose in early trade on Friday as investors continued to mull the main event of the week – the trade deal between the US and China. At 0840 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.4% at 8,669.45. Kathleen Brooks, research director at XTB, said: “The chief driver of global markets […]