With Wall Street futures pointing to a positive session later, the FTSE 100 index rose by an initial 0.5% before settling 0.2 ...

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The FTSE 100 index slipped 0.7% or 60.38 points to 8629.21, in line with the weaker performances of benchmarks in Paris and Frankfurt. European stock market jitters were also fuelled by today’s ...

Here are a few fun facts about the FTSE 100. Since the start of the century, the index has fallen more than 20 per cent ... a ‘random walk’ collapse on examination of almost any price chart. While ...

A change at the top of Hellmann’s and Knorr business Unilever today wrongfooted the City. Elsewhere in the FTSE 100, Smith & Nephew shares surged after results and guidance beat forecasts.