Sainsbury's Share News (SBRY)

London close: Stocks rise as BoE holds interest rates

(Sharecast News) - London stocks ended Thursday on a positive note following the Bank of England's decision to maintain interest rates, aligning with market expectations despite the backdrop of decreasing inflation.

TOP NEWS: Sainsbury's pays NatWest GBP125 million to take on bank arm

(Alliance News) - NatWest Group PLC on Thursday agreed to buy the retail banking assets and liabilities of Sainsbury's Bank from J Sainsbury PLC.

LONDON MARKET OPEN: FTSE 100 climbs before BoE takes centre-stage

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London largely opened higher on Thursday, in somewhat confident trade ahead of a Bank of England interest rate decision, which comes in the wake of the UK inflation rate returning to target.

NatWest swoops on retailer Sainsbury's banking business

LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) - NatWest has struck a deal to acquire most of the banking business of UK retailer Sainsbury's, the companies said on Thursday, in a deal that would increase the British lender's assets by 2.5 billion pounds ($3.2 billion).

LONDON BRIEFING: Sainsbury's sells core banking arm to NatWest

(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 is set to trade higher in morning dealings, before focus on Thursday afternoon turns to an expected interest rate hold by the Bank of England.

NatWest to buy Sainsbury's core banking unit for £2.5bn

(Sharecast News) - Sainsbury's has announced it is selling its core banking business, comprising £2.5bn of outstanding credit card, unsecured personal loan and saving accounts, to NatWest and plans to return a tenth of that amount to shareholders.

UK supermarket Sainsbury's to sell banking unit to Natwest

LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) - British supermarket Sainsbury's said on Thursday it had agreed to sell most of its banking unit to Natwest and expected the sale to complete in the first half of next year.

(Reporting by Sarah Young; Editing by Kate Holton)

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Deutsche Bank likes Vodafone and raises Avacta

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning and on Tuesday:

Wet weather sees slowdown in grocery sales

(Sharecast News) - Fresh data released on Tuesday revealed a slowdown in take-home grocery sales, which increased by just 1.0% over the four weeks to 9 June.

TOP NEWS: Food price inflation falls in June on wet spring weather

(Alliance News) - Food price inflation fell for the sixteenth month in a row while sales ticked higher, figures on Tuesday showed.

UK grocery inflation edges lower again ahead of election, Kantar says

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Kantar: Grocery inflation at 2.1% in 4 weeks to June 9
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