

A firm start on Wall Street gave fresh heart to UK equities, with financial stocks to the fore, with the notable exception of insurers. Ahead of resu...


Leading shares consolidated gains over the lunchtime session though it remains a bad day to be invested in the insurance sector. Insurer Prudential i...


Although base metal miners have reversed course and are now heading south the FTSE 100 index has added to early gains, helped by a surge in interest i...


Allied Irish Banks slumped to a loss €2.66bn last year as bad debt and loan impairment provisions hit €5.4bn in very tough conditions that it says sho...


London's blue chips recovered most of their losses in late afternoon trading and looked like they could be set for a positive finish before turning do...


Leading share prices are still holding steady at lower levels as investors await further developments from Dubai. Banks such as Lloyds Banking, Roya...


UK share prices are stabilising at lower levels after hopes of a continued rebound from the Dubai-inspired shake-out on Thursday were quashed by disap...


News of heavy selling in the Middle East, which began trading for the first time today following the four-day Muslim holiday of Eid, had markets in re...