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Money markets are pricing in a rate hike by the central bank at its meeting on Nov. 4.

However, data from the UK last week was mixed: business activity surveys showed improvement as the economy unexpectedly regained momentum in October, but retail sales figures were worse than expected, sending the pound lower at the end of the week.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSL1N2RL0SS

That's good to see ufo above 1p with last week's news its onwards and up the company is in a good position

Falky

Good morning its looking good for Lloyds to have a steady rise up to results day , good luck

spread betting firms expect the UK blue-chip index to open 11 points higher at 7,215.55

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/hsbc-q3-profit-up-74-beats-estimates-announces-up-2bln-buyback-2021-10-25/

A November rates hike will get Lloyds on its way to 60p

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/comment/article-10123167/HAMISH-MCRAE-rates-increase.html

Sabadell rejects offer from Co-op bank for its British unit TSB

https://www.google.com/amp/s/uk.finance.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/spains-sabadell-rejects-offer-co-140927233.html

LONDON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - British retail sales dropped by 0.2% September, official figures showed on Friday, adding to signs of weakness in the recovery and bucking economists' expectations in a Reuters poll for a monthly rise of 0.5%.

https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/uk-retail-sales-fall-unexpectedly-september-2021-10-22/

BoE tightening expectations have surged, with the first hike now fully priced for the November 4th meeting

The IPA Bellwether Report Q3 2021, released today 21st October 2021, has revealed that total UK marketing budgets have increased at their strongest rate since the Q2 2017, rising by a net balance of +12.8%, surpassing the +6.1% recorded last quarter. Optimism is also surging, with 37.5% of surveyed firms more positive about their financial prospects, the most confident the market has been in six years.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.exchangewire.com/blog/2021/10/21/ipa-bellwether-report-q3-2021-strongest-budget-growth-since-2017/%3famp#cobssid=s

hardup
Good time to buy the dip

Hardup

What time dose wall street close last night ?

They are talking this morning on cmbc now as its today's news

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58976991.amp

Evergrande collapse of its property deal dragging markets down

ALIEN METALS (@AlienMetals) tweeted at 3:34 PM on Wed, Oct 20, 2021:
Read about yesterday's Scoping Study announcement from the Han**** #Iron Ore Project in @MiningOnline. Read the article here: #UFO #AIM https://t.co/1EyR2n9hAj
(https://twitter.com/AlienMetals/status/1450832862974988291?t=Q4lxvvTyUGRdgvAYGqGxlg&s=03)

Share_Talk ™ (@Share_Talk) tweeted at 1:59 PM on Wed, Oct 20, 2021:
Bill Brodie Good, CEO & Technical Director of @AlienMetals (#UFO.L) ???Interview. Bill updates shareholders on current news and what investors can expect in the short term.
https://t.co/8NyGgEKR0I via @share_talk
(https://twitter.com/Share_Talk/status/1450808988463943687?t=eHGC17YPoq2pRrm0qcbSWw&s=03)

Inflation dip won't stop Governor Andrew Bailey from a rate hike on November 4, Lloyds SP gearing up for another Santa rally

the bank’s net loans stationed at £12.3bn, while the year-on-year decrease in loan to deposit ration reflected the £3.1bn mortgage portfolio, which was completed in February 2021.

https://www.cityam.com/metro-bank-on-track-with-sustainable-growth-in-quarter-results/

With today's news share price could cross the 1p line today

London has muscled out its European rivals to regain its crown as the premium listing location on the continent.

£3.9bn was raised from 11 listings in the City in the third quarter, blowing its European competitors out of the water. Its closest rival was Brussels, which raised £1.34bn from two listings in the same period.

https://www.cityam.com/london-muscles-out-european-rivals-to-regain-listing-crown/

Alien Metals Ltd jumped 14% to 0.825p at noon after an initial independent Scoping Study for the Han**** iron ore project showed “exceptionally” strong returns are possible from a potential development.

https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/963575/alien-metals-jumps-after-scoping-study-supports-development-of-han****-iron-ore-project-963575.html