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LONDON MARKET CLOSE: FTSE 100 drops on weak growth data, US tech falls

12 Dec 2025, 17:00pm

(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100's early promise faded on Friday amid downbeat economic growth figures and fresh US tech weakness. ...

IN BRIEF: S&P assigns ratings to Valterra Platinum, outlook stable

12 Dec 2025, 12:07pm

Valterra Platinum Ltd - Rosebank, Johannesburg-based company formerly known as Anglo American Platinum Ltd - S&P Global Ratings assigns Valterra a long-term foreign and local currency issuer credit rating of...

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Stocks green, EU agrees small parcel import tax

12 Dec 2025, 11:55am

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were higher midday on Friday, after the UK's Office for National Statistics announced that the economy shrank in October....

Consumers expect UK inflation rate to slow in 2026 - Bank of England

12 Dec 2025, 09:58am

(Alliance News) - Consumers in the UK surveyed in November before the government budget expected consumer price inflation to slow in 2026, the Bank of England said Friday....

LONDON MARKET OPEN: FTSE 100 rises, UK trade deficit widens

12 Dec 2025, 08:59am

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened higher on Friday, after UK data revealed a widened trade deficit and the economy shrinking in October....

UK trade deficit widens in October quarter as trade with US increases

12 Dec 2025, 07:58am

(Alliance News) - The UK's trade deficit increased sharply in the three months to October, the Office for National Statistics reported Friday....

LONDON BRIEFING: FTSE 100 to rise, UK GDP down, trade deficit spikes

12 Dec 2025, 07:43am

(Alliance News) - Stocks were called to open higher in London on Friday, as the Office for National Statistics reported that the UK economy unexpectedly shrank in October....

UK economy shrinks in October on month before, missing expectations

12 Dec 2025, 07:20am

(Alliance News) - The UK economy shrank in October and in the three months leading up to October, the Office for National Statistics reported on Friday....

LONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: Stocks to rise, UK shoppers avoid borrowing

12 Dec 2025, 06:58am

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open higher on Friday, ahead of UK gross domestic product, trade balance and industrial production data....

IN BRIEF: GSK says US FDA backs supplemental gepotidacin application

11 Dec 2025, 19:55pm

GSK PLC - London-based pharmaceuticals firm - US Food & Drug Administration approves a supplemental new drug application for gepotidacin as an oral option for adult and paediatric patients from...