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FTSE 100 opens up 4 per cent to 5,191 points as investors react to Boris Johnson’s UK coronavirus lockdown and US Federal Reserve’s pledge to print cash FTSE 100 index of leading UK companies opens 198 points up at 5,191 today Rises in London comes after Asian markets soared overnight, with Tokyo up 7% US … Read more
The FTSE 100 today rallied with a near five percent rise of 220 points to reach 5,371 as markets reacted favourably to the Bank of England’s decision to cut interest rates 0.1% and pump £200bn into the economy to fight the coronavirus crisis. The Bank – headed by new governor Andrew Bailey – cut rates from … Read more
The FTSE fell again this morning despite early morning rises as the markets continue to be rocked by the coronavirus pandemic. It comes a day after the pound slumped to a 35-year low against the US dollar as the Chancellor’s £350billion coronavirus bailout failed to calm the markets. Europe’s stock markets initially rebounded today, as … Read more
Mother-to-be Georgia Elisabeth Carney, 30, (pictured) from Cheshire was stung by speed cameras multiple times on the M62 A pregnant beauty business owner who was caught speeding 20 times in two months has been allowed to keep driving her Audi despite the 66 points on her licence. Mother-to-be Georgia Elisabeth Carney, 30, from Cheshire, was … Read more
Kim Kardashian shared a book excerpt to Twitter on Wednesday that she claimed predicted the coronavirus outbreak years earlier. The 39-year-old Keeping Up With The Kardashians star posted a photo from the 2008 book End Of Days, written by the late Sylvia Brown, an author who claimed to be psychic. The excerpt claimed that a … Read more
BUDGET 2020 AT A GLANCE: The key points of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s crucial speech as it happens By Alex Sebastian For This Is Money Published: 12:26 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 12:26 GMT, 11 March 2020 As the newly-installed Chancellor Rishi Sunak gets to his feet to deliver his and this Government’s first Budget … Read more
London markets rise by 2.1% with FTSE 100 opening 124 points up at 6,084 after Bank of England’s emergency cut in interest rates to combat coronavirus FTSE 100 index of Britain’s biggest firms up 124 points or 2.1% to 6,084 today It comes after Bank of England base rate was cut from to 0.25% from … Read more
Global markets are in freefall again today and the contagion will spread to the UK when the markets open this morning as coronavirus cases raced towards 110,000 worldwide. The FTSE 100 is predicted to open at least 300 points down this morning after Japan’s Nikkei index plummeted 6.2 per cent overnight, while the Australian stock market suffered … Read more
Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 1,000 points in early trading Sunday night amid a price war over crude oil, marking the greatest plunge in oil markets since the Gulf War in 1991. Oil prices plunged 30 percent after the start of electronic trading late Sunday, pointing to a more than 1,000-point loss … Read more
Legal loophole is allowing a man with 66 points on his driving licence to stay on the roads along with 10,000 others Magistrates can let drivers carry on if ban would cause ‘exceptional hardship’ Loophole allowed 10,589 motorists to stay on the roads in recent years 1,792 were women and 8,797 were men and many … Read more