The demise of the London stock market partly reflects the growing dominance of the US. The London stock market used to be the ...

FTSE 100 eases back from record highs - The export-heavy FTSE was weighed down partly by a recovery in the value of the pound ...

A potential £1 billion boost for Legal & General shareholders today fired the dealmaking insurance giant to the top of a ...

Strong performances by AstraZeneca and mining stocks today helped the FTSE 100 index set a new record above 8700.

The FTSE 100 headed lower as trading got underway on Friday, in line with a drop for heavyweights AstraZeneca PLC (LON: AZN) ...

The Shanghai Composite fell 0.7% in afternoon trade. It was the first time the Shanghai market re-opened after the Chinese New Year break. The Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong was down 0.9%. Tokyo's ...

AstraZeneca's strong results boosted the FTSE 100 to a record close, aided by the Bank of England's rate cut. The BoE's ...

Some calm is returning to Wall Street, and U.S. stock indexes are making only modest moves after much of Europe and Asia rose ...

Global shares are trading mostly higher after a Wall Street rally that followed profit reports from major companies.