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Miners, Oil Lift FTSE The FTSE opened with a dip but then proceeded to recover helped with a strong performance from mining firms and oil majors. Copper, silver and other primary metals all picked up...

Investors are buying the dip this morning, picking up assets which plunged in value last week. Later today G7 finance minsters will have a phone call to discuss how to best to respond to the economic...

Crude oil is on the rebound after suffering heavy losses across the previous week. After shedding 16% in its worst weekly decline in 11 years, oil was rebounding in early trade on Monday, up 2.7% on...

After last week’s brutal stock selloff, the inevitable swing back. Although the coronavirus is still spreading at pace, and the number of cases over the weekend rose by over 5,000, markets are...

European markets opened with a heavy weight on their collective shoulders Friday after the Dow Jones Index lost 4.4%, building up cumulative losses for this week that are beginning to resemble those...

European markets are set for another day of losses after the first case of the coronavirus was reported in the US. A news conference by President Trump late yesterday did little to assuage...

European stocks are being sold off heavily after Wall Street had a historically bad day triggered by the warning from the US Centre for Disease Control that the US is at risk of the coronavirus...

The spread of the coronavirus, rather than abating, is now intensifying outside of China and it is beginning to take its toll in Europe. Austria is considering closing its border with Italy which...

The coronavirus has just become less predictable as it took hold in South Korea and the number of cases there tripled in the last few days. The faster spread of the virus in Korea comes on top of the...

Lloyds (NYSE:LYG) the last of the big 4 banks to report full-year earnings. To say the bar was set low would be an understatement. Results Annual profit -26% to £4.4 billion vs £3 billion...

The FTSE is higher this morning, propped up by a strong rally in medical device maker Smith & Nephew but the news flowis gradually eroding any investor optimism.First the good news: Smith &...

The pound spiked briefly higher in early trade on Wednesday following upbeat CPI reading, however, was unable to hold its gains and has slipped back through $1.30. Whilst UK inflation declined -0.3%...

A lot of negative corporate news over the last two weeks has hit a number of top FTSE stocks and created fertile ground for bargain hunters. This morning high volumes of trade are going through...

The real toll of the coronavirus on businesses is starting to become more apparent now that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has warned that it would not be able to meet its revenue target in March because of...

HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) has tanked over 5% as trading kicks off on Tuesday following the release of its full year results. Results 33% fall in pre-tax profits to $13.35 billion including. $7.3 billion...

Britain's two largest banks, HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) and Lloyds (NYSE:LYG) reveal their full-year results this week. Here’s what to expect:HSBC Results Restructuring & Outlook in FocusWhen -...