Michele Maatouk

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Neptune delivers high-quality, real-time pre-trade bond market data from many sell-side banks to buy-side clients, the interdealer broker said. "TP ICAP will bring together Neptune’s extensive proprietary data network with Liquidnet’s electronic credit trading platform, creating a unique, full service, global Dealer-to-Client (D2C) credit business," it said.

5 days ago | sharecast.com | Michele Maatouk

At 0835 BST, the FTSE 100 was down 0.2% at 8,756.43. Sentiment took a hit after Trump said on Friday that he was planning to double tariffs on steel and aluminium imports to 50% from this week. He also said that China had violated the Geneva trade agreement. China hit back, accusing the Trump administration of "seriously violating" its trade deal with the US, saying that it had introduced multiple "discriminatory restrictive" measures.

5 days ago | sharecast.com | Michele Maatouk

Blueprint specialises in systemic mastocytosis (SM), a rare immunological disease, and other KIT-driven diseases. The deal includes a rare immunology disease medicine, Ayvakit/Ayvakyt (avapritinib), approved in the US and the EU, and a promising advanced and early-stage immunology pipeline, Sanofi said. It added that Blueprint’s established presence among allergists, dermatologists, and immunologists is expected to enhance its growing immunology pipeline.

5 days ago | sharecast.com | Michele Maatouk

Prices rose 3.5% on the year, up from 3.4% growth April. On the month, house prices were up 0.5% in May following a 0.6% decline the month before. The average price of a home stood at £273,427, versus £270,752 in April. Nationwide chief economist Robert Gardner said: "Official data confirmed that there was a significant jump in residential property transactions in March, with buyers bringing forward their purchases to avoid additional stamp duty costs.

5 days ago | sharecast.com | Michele Maatouk

The FTSE was called to open unchanged at 8,772. Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior analyst at Swissquote Bank, said: "Trade tensions are heating up again. Not only does Donald Trump seem unfazed by growing questions around the legitimacy of his tariffs, but he also accused China of violating the trade truce they signed in Geneva earlier this month. The US spent the week cancelling Chinese student visas and imposing fresh restrictions on chip designers doing business in China.