

Shares closed with decent gains Tuesday, though off earlier highs that came after an extension of George W Bush's tax cuts in the US lifted sentiment....


With US stocks set to open high on the back of the tax-cuts deal between president Obama and the Republican party, London's blue-chips added to the mo...


Footsie has been moving steadily upward as higher commodity prices boost resource stocks after a US tax cut extension improved optimism on global econ...


London's blue-chips have opened firmer with resources stocks in demand and a solid update from Tesco providing some encouragement for buyers. Miners ...


Standard Life has agreed to buy pensions and life product back office software group Focus Solutions through a £42m, 140p per share, all cash offer. ...


Financial services software provider Focus Solutions had a better than expected first half, with revenues and profits both up. Sales for the six mont...


Footsie enjoyed a brief incursion into positive territory in mid-afternoon trading, but was driven back into the red in line with weakness on Wall Str...


Footsie threatened to move back into positive territory over the lunch time session but just fell short. Oil stocks remains a major drag on the inde...