FTSE 100

UK election countdown: The start of a volatile year?

The FTSE 100 has soared to its highest level since early 2000, as mining and housing stocks boost the blue-chip index at the start of the week.

Are UK valuations too expensive?

SVM UK Growth

Sell-off gives Watts 'another bite of the cherry'

Fund managers are backing miners as a key income play this year, predicting the largest names in the sector will ramp up their dividend payouts after a poor first quarter.

The pace of the economic recovery in the UK has taken economists by surprise in the last year, prompting a number of upwards revisions for GDP growth.

M&G's Tom Dobell has been upping his stake in the firm he described as formerly the "worst-run company" in the FTSE 100 in anticipation of a change of fortunes for the business.

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The FTSE 100 has risen in early trading as news of a fresh Pfizer approach for AstraZeneca sparks a 15% jump in the UK group's share price.