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Crispin Odey's hedge fund firm has bucked the green investing trend by backing a Norwegian oil company – and betting against a renewable energy stock.  One of the City Brexiteer's top fund managers, James Hanbury, has put investors' money into £7.9billion firm Aker BP.  According to documents seen by The Mail on Sunday, Hanbury bought the stock because of its low price, high quality management team and potential for cost-cutting. Meanwhile, Hanbury has bet that the share price of Ballard Power will fall. Ballard is a Canadian firm that develops fuel cells for electric cars and machinery...

Wall Street opens higher as investors await week of major economic data Investors are awaiting key data later in the week to judge the pace of the economic recovery. Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher today, kicking off a week packed with major economic data that will shed more light on the path of inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.9 per cent at the open, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.6 per cent. The S&P 500 added 0.7 per cent as it continued to rally after rising to within 0.6 per cent of its record high on Friday. Investors are now awaiting ke...

“Trading in May has settled back in line with expectations.” The home improvement, or do-it-yourself (DIY), sector has boomed during COVID-19 as Britons have spent more time at home, have had fewer leisure options and have traveled less. Wickes said its total like-for-like sales in the 21 weeks to 22nd May were 45.7% ahead of the same period a year ago and 23.1% ahead of two years ago. Chief Executive David Wood said: “Availability constraints and inflationary pressures across some raw materials have been well-flagged, but we have strong supplier relationships and are working closely wi...

DJ WICKES GROUP PLC: Trading Update WICKES GROUP PLC (WIX) WICKES GROUP PLC: Trading Update 01-Jun-2021 / 07:00 GMT/BST Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement that contains inside information

London's FTSE 100 index rose on Tuesday, helped by gains in heavyweight commodity stocks, while investors awaited a monthly reading on factory activity to gauge the pace of the country's economic recovery.