Hugo Duncan

4 days ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Hugo Duncan

Investors are braced for days of turmoil as conflict in the Middle East rattles global markets. Oil spiked higher and sterling fell to a five-week low against the US dollar early yesterday as the world awaited Tehran’s response to the US bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites. But crude gave up its gains – dropping from above $81 a barrel to around $76 later in the session – while the pound rose back towards $1.35, having earlier slipped as low as $1.3371.

5 days ago | msn.com | Hugo Duncan

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

5 days ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Hugo Duncan

Rachel Reeves has been urged to scrap the stamp duty on share trading to revive the flagging stock market. Figures from HM Revenue and Customs show the tax raised £4.3billion in the 12 months to the end of May – up 34 per cent on the £3.2billion brought in the previous year. City analysts conceded that the idea of giving up this revenue stream 'might make the Chancellor wince' given the parlous state of the public finances.

1 week ago | msn.com | Hugo Duncan

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

1 week ago | msn.com | Hugo Duncan

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.