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London open: Stocks flat but Sainsbury’s rallies as Bestway takes stake London stocks were steady in early trade on Friday as investors continued to mull a better-than-expected US GDP reading a day earlier, with Sainsbury’s surging on news that Bestway has bought a stake in the supermarket giant. At 0825 GMT, the FTSE 100 was flat at 7,761.33. Richard […]

London open: FTSE edges up as investors eye US GDP London stocks edged higher in early trade on Thursday following a late rally on Wall Street, as investors eyed the latest US GDP data. At 0835 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.2% at 7,761.31. Fourth-quarter US GDP data is due at 1330 GMT. CMC […]

London open: Stocks nudge higher; easyJet, Ascential surge London stocks were just a touch higher in early trade on Wednesday, but easyJet and Ascential surged after upbeat updates. At 0845 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.1% at 7,762.08. Data released earlier by the Office for National Statistics showed that factory gate inflation in the UK slowed in the year to […]

London open: Stocks fall as investors mull borrowing figures London stocks edged lower in early trade on Tuesday despite strong gains on Wall Street, as investors mulled a surge in public borrowing. At 0825 GMT, the FTSE 100 was down 0.2% at 7,768.01. According to data released earlier by the Office for National Statistics, government borrowing […]

London open: Possibility of slower Fed rate hikes buoys stocks Stocks were a tad higher at the start of the week with investors shaking off the freezing temperatures in London and downbeat forecasts for the UK economy out of consultancy EY, helped by increased speculation of a downshift in the speed of rate hikes in the […]

Two big uptrends in the gold market occurred in the years 1971–1980, during which gold went up by two thousand two hundred percent. Also, from 1999 to 2011, the value of gold increased by a whopping seven hundred and sixty percent. In between the two uptrends, the gold market experienced two downtrends, one from 1981 […]

London open: Stocks flat as investors digest inflation data London stocks were little changed in early trade on Wednesday as investors mulled the latest UK inflation data. At 0910 GMT, the FTSE 100 was flat at 7,849.51, while the pound was 0.4% firmer against the dollar at 1.2333. Figures released earlier by the Office for National […]

London open: FTSE nudges lower as Ocado tumbles London stocks nudged lower in early trade on Tuesday as the latest UK jobs data showed that wages grew at their fastest pace in more than 20 years in the three months to November, adding pressure on the Bank of England to hike rates. At 0910 GMT, […]

Cryptocurrency taxes are complex, but one only needs to know three pieces of information, which are the date, quantity, and price of the cryptocurrency asset that one sold. The amount one ought to pay in tax can be deduced from these three pieces of information. Things become more complicated when one is exchanging, earning, loaning, […]

London open: Stocks edge up as FTSE nears record highs London stocks nudged higher in early trade on Monday, heading towards a new record high, but the session could be fairly quiet as US markets are closed for Martin Luther King day. At 0900 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.1% at 7,852.38. Susannah Streeter, […]