Other blue chips under pressure included Marks & Spencer, Barclays and Rolls-Royce, with their shares down by around 0.5%.
The FTSE 100 has started the year with a bang, hitting its second all-time high of 2025 on Thursday morning, surging past ...
House prices rose just a day after the Bank of England cut interest rates for the first time this year in a boost for the ...
London's blue-chip index jumped to a record high on Thursday, lifted by shares of AstraZeneca after upbeat results and ahead ...
The FTSE 100 headed lower as trading got underway on Friday, in line with a drop for heavyweights AstraZeneca PLC (LON: AZN) ...
US President Donald Trump warned the European Union and the UK they would be hit with tariffs unless they 'work it out' ...
Britain's benchmark index closed at record peak on Thursday as investors cheered a healthy set of corporate updates, while a ...
AstraZeneca's strong results boosted the FTSE 100 to a record close, aided by the Bank of England's rate cut. The BoE's ...
The FTSE 100 index stood 22.42 points lower at 8561.14, while the FTSE 250 index lost 21.26 points to 20,690.50. Vodafone ...
The UK's main stock indexes closed higher on Wednesday boosted by gains in the technology and financial sectors, while the ...
Tech stock sell off over AI investment fears and the expectation of cheaper borrowing through more interest rate cuts are ...
On the FTSE 100, Smiths Group jumped 11% after it responded to an activist investor's call for change with plans for a break-up and increased share buy backs. London-based Smiths said it plans to ...