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FTSE 100 trimmed its losses as Wall Street sees strong gains after jobless claims Companies FTSE 100 trimmed its losses as Wall Street sees strong gains after jobless claims The UKs blue chip index cut losses, following US markets that are shrugging off inflation fears FTSE 100 down 41 points Dow up 1.3% 5.10pm: FTSE largely salvaged what was almost a severely negative day The FTSE 100 ended 41 points lower, 0.6%, at 6,963 after falling as low as 6,823 earlier in the day. Mining stocks were a...

4 hours ago Leading Walsall councillors attempted to persuade a judge to go easy on a gunman who almost killed a man when he blasted him with a shotgun in a barber shop, it has emerged. Subscribe to our daily newsletter! Sign Up The Katz Kutz barber shop Labour Group leader Aftab Nawaz. Members, including the Walsall Labour Group leader Aftab Nawaz, intervened as character references for Uzair Shahid, who was jailed for 25 and a half years over the shocking attack on Thursday. During sentencing...

Ten key changes for Sutton Coldfield as big moves planned A series of "big moves" are set out in a new town centre masterplan due to be adopted by Birmingham City Council next week 15:28, 13 MAY 2021 Get all the latest politics news via email updates Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscri...

FTSE 100 recovers ground, Wall Street sees strong gains after jobless claims Companies FTSE 100 recovers ground, Wall Street sees strong gains after jobless claims The UKs blue chip index cuts losses while US markets shrug off inflation fears and move higher FTSE 100 down 46 points Dow up 1.3% 3.22pm: What inflation worries? The panic over inflation seems to have eased, for the moment at least. The FTSE 100 continues to recover and is now down just 46.52 points or 0.66% at 6958.11. The UK marke...

Kier Group climbs after £241mln fundraising plans A look at the major movers on the London market on Thursday Kier Group PLC (LON:KIE) has built up a good gain after boosting its balance sheet. The construction company plans to raise £241mln with a placing and open offer at 85p a share. Together with the proceeds of the recent sale of housing division Kier Living to a company owned by financier Guy Hands, that will give the company funds of around £351.4mln. Chief executive Andrew Davies s...

A look at the major movers on the London market on Thursday

Proactive news headlines: Helium One, Arix Bioscience, Symphony Environmental… A glance at some of the days highlights from the Proactive Investors newswire Helium One Global Ltd (LON:HE1) said its planned exploration drilling programme at the Rukwa project in Tanzania was awarded an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Certificate on May 4, meaning the AIM-quoted company has all necessary permits in place to start exploration drilling in early June.  Arix Bioscience PLC (LON:ARIX) said af...

FTSE 100 trimmed its losses as Wall Street sees strong gains after jobless claims Companies FTSE 100 trimmed its losses as Wall Street sees strong gains after jobless claims The UKs blue chip index cut losses, following US markets that are shrugging off inflation fears FTSE 100 down 41 points Dow up 1.3% 5.10pm: FTSE largely salvaged what was almost a severely negative day The FTSE 100 ended 41 points lower, 0.6%, at 6,963 after falling as low as 6,823 earlier in the day. Mining stocks were a...

FTSE 100 trimmed its losses as Wall Street sees strong gains after jobless claims Companies FTSE 100 trimmed its losses as Wall Street sees strong gains after jobless claims The UKs blue chip index cut losses, following US markets that are shrugging off inflation fears FTSE 100 down 41 points Dow up 1.3% 5.10pm: FTSE largely salvaged what was almost a severely negative day The FTSE 100 ended 41 points lower, 0.6%, at 6,963 after falling as low as 6,823 earlier in the day. Mining stocks were a...

FTSE 100 trimmed its losses as Wall Street sees strong gains after jobless claims The UKs blue chip index cut losses, following US markets that are shrugging off inflation fears FTSE 100 down 41 points Dow up 1.3% 5.10pm: FTSE largely salvaged what was almost a severely negative day The FTSE 100 ended 41 points lower, 0.6%, at 6,963 after falling as low as 6,823 earlier in the day. Mining stocks were among the laggards due to weak iron ore price, according to media reports. Rio Tinto Group (...