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  • 5 days ago | sg.finance.yahoo.com | Vicky McKeever

    Updated Mon, 23 June 2025 at 4:25 am GMT-4 2 min read In this article: The FTSE 100 (^FTSE) opened lower on Monday, after the US launched air strikes on Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend. President Donald Trump said the US had struck three nuclear sites in Iran. He claimed in a late-night address on Saturday that Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities had been "completely and totally obliterated" — a declaration that has since come under scrutiny.

  • 1 week ago | aol.co.uk | Vicky McKeever

    Earlier this week, investment bank Peel Hunt (PEEL.L) said it was seeing more positivity from institutional investors towards the UK market. In its full-year results, published on Monday, Peel Hunt said: "Following the challenging market conditions of February and March, FY26 has started more positively, with the Trump administration agreeing a number of trade deals, including with the UK, and with interest rates having been cut by the Bank of England.

  • 1 week ago | aol.co.uk | Vicky McKeever

    While market focus is likely to remain on geopolitical tensions and economic data in the coming week, investors will also be keeping an eye on earnings releases from companies across a range of sectors. Investors will be looking at Nike's (NKE) latest results for any commentary on how tariff uncertainty is impacting the sportswear giant. In the tech space, BlackBerry (BB) is due to report, with the company having warned of uncertainty going into the current financial year.

  • 1 week ago | aol.co.uk | Vicky McKeever

    Gold prices slumped in early European trading on Friday morning, after US president Donald Trump set a two-week deadline to decide on whether the US would get directly involved in the Iran-Israel conflict.

  • 1 week ago | aol.co.uk | Vicky McKeever

    Petrol prices are expected to rise as escalating conflict in the Middle East has driven oil sharply higher, which along with tariff uncertainty, could impact consumer confidence, according to market research and data analytics company GfK. Oil prices have surged over the past week as Iran and Israel have continued to attack each other with missile strikes. Brent crude futures (BZ=F) rose 1.2% on Thursday, to trade at $77.65 a barrel, their highest point since late January.

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Vicky McKeever
Vicky McKeever @VickyMcKeever
27 Sep 24

Greggs, Tesco and JD Wetherspoon are among the companies due to report next week. Find out more on what investors will be looking for in the results https://t.co/KeJ6nwDsWU

Vicky McKeever
Vicky McKeever @VickyMcKeever
19 Sep 24

The Bank of England decided to keep interest rates at 5% at its latest meeting. Here's more detail on the decision #interestrates https://t.co/bitN50apk3

Vicky McKeever
Vicky McKeever @VickyMcKeever
12 Sep 24

The @ecb announced it was cutting interest rates to 3.5% on Thursday and lowered economic growth forecasts, with president Christine Lagarde warning the recovery still faced "headwinds." #interestrates #EconomicGrowth https://t.co/w5VuRWnBd9