On the corporate front, Holiday Inn Express owner IHG has acquired European city centre chain Ruby Hotels. BT Group shares ...

Defence-focused stocks have opened sharply higher, with BAE Systems up 5% or 67p to 1295p at the top of the FTSE 100 index.

Britain's benchmark index closed higher on Monday, supported by aerospace and defence stocks, while some banks slid after the ...

Astrazeneca is too big and complex to base its CEO's pay on the rest of the FTSE index, according to the chair of its ...

The FTSE 100 remained flat, buoyed by banking stocks despite midcap shares declining. HSBC boosted bank shares with a ...

Consumer healthcare firm Reckitt Benckiser declined 1.3% or 68p to 5144p as the worst performing stock in the FTSE 100. The ...

London's exporter-heavy FTSE 100 index closed at a record high on Wednesday, lifted by gains in AstraZeneca and insurer ...

This article looks at the FTSE 100 index and what to expect next week as several blue chip companies like Barclays and ...

London’s blue chip stocks suffered another dip on Friday as the pound added to recent gains. Some of the City’s key ...

Britain's primary stock index remained stable, while mid-cap stocks fell as increased wage growth led investors to reassess ...

US stocks moved higher on Thursday after President Donald Trump said he plans to introduce reciprocal tariffs but delayed ...

The blue-chip FTSE 100 added 0.2% at 1037 GMT, after it fell 0.4% on Friday. The midcap FTSE 250 rose 0.2%. Defence company ...