UK car sales lowest since 1946 London-listed stocks rose on Tuesday, with the FTSE 100 closing 1.7% higher, despite disastrous figures on UK car sales and negative economic data. New car registrations fell 97% in April versus the same month last year, with only 4,321 cars registered, according to a trade body. That figure is…
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Finance names were also a weight on the FTSE, with Lloyds Banking Group, Standard Chartered, Standard Life Aberdeen, M&G, Royal Bank of Scotland and Aviva all losing more than 2%. In the FTSE 250, 10 firms posted share price falls of more than 8%, including WH Smith Plc, Provident Financial, and Cineworld Group. At the…
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Rolls-Royce looking at mass layoffs London-listed mid cap stocks outperformed their large cap counterparts last week, with the FTSE 250 gaining 2.9% to the FTSE 100’s 0.2%. In economic data, March car production in the UK fell 37.6% year-over-year, while mortgage approvals fell from 73,670 in February to 56,200 in March. Over the weekend, it…
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Financial stocks suffered a negative day too, with Royal Bank of Scotland, Standard Life Aberdeen and Lloyds Banking Group all closing more than 7% lower. The FTSE 250 also sank on Thursday, closing 2.3% lower, with Virgin Money UK and Crest Nicholson both posting double digit losses. FTSE 100: -3.5% Thursday, -21.8% YTD FTSE 250:…
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Overall, US markets enjoyed a significant rally on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 gaining 2.7%. Notably, the Nasdaq Composite is now less than one percentage point away from being back to where it started 2020. The Nasdaq was led higher by 8% plus gains from Micron, Marriott, Alphabet (Google’s parent) and Align Technology. S&P 500:…
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All three major US stock indices posted a negative day yesterday, with the tech heavy Nasdaq Composite falling furthest at -1.4%, although the index is down just 4.1% year-to-date. Information technology stocks were among the day's biggest losers, with the IT sector of the S&P 500 falling 1.4%, driven by a 2.4% decline in software…
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FTSE climbs, Tesco begins laying off temporary workers London-listed stocks mirrored the US with a positive start to the week yesterday, with the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 rallying by 1.6% and 1.7% respectively. Chancellor Rishi Sunak told Parliament that small businesses will get access to 100% taxpayer-backed loans of up to £50,000 that they…
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FTSE 100: -1.3% Friday, -23.7% YTD (-0.6% last week) FTSE 250: -1.1% Friday, -28.3% YTD (-1.1% last week) What to watch Keurig Dr Pepper: Keurig Dr Pepper is the firm behind brands including Krispy Kreme, 7Up and Evian. The firm’s share price is down 9.2% year-to-date, meaning it is performing better than the broader market.…
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Investors also shrugged them off, with the FTSE 100 led higher by homebuilders. Taylor Wimpey, Barratt Developments and Persimmon were the top three performers in the index, all with daily gains of more than 8%. The surge was prompted by Taylor Wimpey announcing that its order book has grown, with recent cancellations accounting for less…
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In the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which fell 2.4% yesterday, Boeing, Dow and Walt Disney were among the bottom five performers, along with Chevron and Exxon. Disney fell 4.1% as investors reacted to its decision to stop paying more than 100,000 workers during the shutdown while still planning to pay a $1.5bn dividend, while Boeing…
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