FTSE 100 closes higher with pound volatile, as tobacco stocks fire up on FDA move
The UK blue chip index rose 34 points to 7,308 around 3.40pm
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FTSE 100 sails higher, bolstered by stumbling sterling
The UK blue-chip index finished up over 72 points at 7,504, while the mid-cap FTSE 250 was also higher
Severn Trent splashes out £120mln to buy organic waste recycler Agrivert as it expands renewable energy business
Agrivert – founded in 1994 - generates renewable energy from food waste and operates food-waste processing plants and waste composting sites in the UK
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FTSE 100 gets hit by sterling surge after Barnier's Brexit comments
Michel Barnier apparently said that the bloc was willing to offer the UK a unique deal
Severn Trent maintains outlook after 'good start' to the year
Severn Trent said it was on track to deliver a previously announced £100mln reinvestment programme
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FTSE 100 closes higher, bolstered by sterling's fall; rate rise doubts
The index of leading UK shares closed up just shy of 50 points higher at 7,676, while the FTSE 250 was also up
As Ryanair's struggles continue can easyjet look to the blue skies?
Easyjet and Severn Treant are among the key names in the diary for Wednesday.
Water companies bob higher in spite of move by water regulator to change 2019 price review methodology
Ofwat chief executive, Rachel Fletcher said: "Through the measures we've announced today, we are strengthening the incentive on companies to improve their performance for customers and cutting the rewards that come from financial engineerin
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FTSE 100 closes higher as European Central Bank message cheers markets
The FTSE 100 has clawed back all of this morning's losses and some, while the ECB has unveiled plans to end its quantitative easing programme in December
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QE or not QE, that will be the question for the ECB Council meeting on Thursday
Aside from the ECB meeting, the day ahead also includes an annual general meeting for Wm Morrison Supermarkets, and updates from PZ Cussons and Majestic Wine
Deutsche Bank puts utilities in crosshairs; downgrades United Utilities amid target price changes
The bank said that while it had turned more positive on the sector in early April, an average 20% rally in prices since then meant there was now “a more balanced risk-reward trade-off”
M&S could escape FTSE 100 relegation by a whisker, but other high street names look vulnerable
Laith Khalaf, senior analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown said: ‘Marks and Spencer looks like it’s going to avoid relegation from the FTSE 100 by the skin of its teeth”
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FTSE 100 closes higher but gives up gains; sterling hit on Brexit worries
Both the US and UK are heading towards a three-day weekend and, to be honest, it kind of feels like the break has already begun...
United Utilities ebbs lower as full-year profits fall
Full-year revenues rose thanks to Ofwat’s pricing changes, but profits dipped due to a £40mln increase in net finance costs
Severn Trent unveils £100mln investment drive as full-year profits climb 4%
The FTSE 100 group will spend £100mln on improving its offering and infrastructure after reporting a rise in revenue and profit
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FTSE 100 closes firmly in red as resource stocks suffer
Global markets are in the red after Donald Trump said he was not happy with the progress of talks with China.
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M&S shareholders braced for another gloomy update
M&S announced shop closures a day ahead of its results announcement; was that to spread the bad news over two days or to ensure the bad news did not overshadow a decent trading performance?
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FTSE 100 propelled to new record close as pound weakens and Dow Jones breaches 25,000
FTSE 100 reached a new record close on Monday after achieving it last time on Thursday
BT Group is not the only blue-chip with a debt mountain and pension problems
There's an argument to be made that BT would have been better off tapping the market three years ago when its shares were twice as high as they are now, rather than braving it out. John Harrington looks at the FTSE 350 to see whether there
FTSE 100 ends week on a positive note; ITV is top riser
ITV's trading statement at the AGM gave the broadcaster a hot in the arm