LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Sterling Strength Continues To Hold Back FTSE 100
LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Sterling Strength Continues To Hold Back FTSE 100

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Sterling Strength Continues To Hold Back FTSE 100
By Iain WithersLONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - HSBC has opted out of an industry-wide plan for collecting unpaid emergency COVID-19 business loans, in a blow to efforts by other banks to team up to limit any reputational damage if firms struggling to re...
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* S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq finish up ~1%; Russell 2000 gains ~2%* S&P 500, Nasdaq, Russell 2000 end at fresh record highs* Financials lead S&P sector gainers; materials sole loser* Dollar, crude up, gold tumbles* U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield ~1.14%Feb 4 -...
* S&P, Dow, Nasdaq all up ~0.9%; small caps outperform* Financials lead S&P sector gainers; materials sole loser* Dollar, crude up, gold tumbles* U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield ~1.14%Feb 4 - Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought...
* S&P, Dow, Nasdaq all up ~0.8%; small caps outperform* Financials lead S&P sector gainers; materials sole loser* Dollar, crude up, gold tumbles* U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield ~1.14%Feb 4 - Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought...
* U.S. equity indexes gain ground; small caps outperform* Financials lead S&P sector gainers; materials is sole loser* Euro STOXX 600 Index closes up 0.6%* Dollar, crude up, gold tumbles* U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield ~1.14%Feb 4 - Welcome to the home...
LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Surging Sterling Takes Wind Of FTSE's Sails
(Adds more detail)By Huw JonesLONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The Bank of England's banking supervisor said that banks would need at least six months to make quick fixes before they could implement any sub-zero interest rates, which may not include curr...
(Adds banking sector reaction)By Huw JonesLONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Banks told the Bank of England they would need at least six months to work out how to respond to sub-zero rates, which experts say could see borrowers paying less interest, savers...
* BoE sees risks if negative rates used in under 6 months* Sterling jumps as investors see less chance of sub-zero rates* A cut to zero would be less difficult - Woods* BoE working on new guidance for easing stimulus* UK economy seen shrinking by 4%...
(Sharecast News) - NatWest has switched to issuing Mastercard debit cards from Visa, in an agreement that includes 16m consumer and business customer cards.
LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - NatWest has become the latest British lender to switch to issuing Mastercard debit cards from Visa, in an agreement that includes 16 million consumer and business customer cards.Mastercard - long the main provider of UK c...
* Diversity push slowed by patchy disclosure - activists* Campaigners call for greater accountability on targets* Top Black, Asian bankers accept duty of care to juniorsBy Sinead Cruise and Elizabeth HowcroftLONDON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - For many bankers...