

Shares rallied in the afternoon after a good start on Wall Street where stocks won back some recent losses. Engineer Weir Group was the highest riser...


Retailers are heavily under the cosh today after a raft of gloomy updates, but the top share index is little changed as investors await US jobs data d...


Shares of distribution group Wincanton tumbled as it swung into a pre-tax loss following a slowdown at its UK and French businesses. The goods transp...


Footsie finished on or around its high point for the day but just shy of the 6,000 level. Risers outnumbered fallers by about three to one among FTSE...


The top share index failed to regain the 6,000 level in the morning, but came close before subsiding just before midday. Banks are dragging the index...


The Footsie is sidling back up towards the 6,000 level, with resource stocks leading the way after China's economy grew faster than expected in the fi...


Distribution group Wincanton warned that revenue at its German Intermodal business fell in the fourth quarter after the Rhine was closed to traffic fo...


Serco, the provider of outsourced services to the government, has won a contract to escort prisoners to and from jails and courts in London and the ea...