FTSE

Core economic views unchanged

Better than expected US data boosts sentiment

William Dudley, the president of the New York branch of the Federal Reserve, has said the recent volatility in China makes a US rate hike next month less attractive.

FTSE recovers losses as Shanghai index falls another 7.6%

Blue-chip index fell below 6,000 for first time since 2013

Peter Askew, co-manager of the T. Bailey Growth, Dynamic and Defensive funds, explains why this sector has had a rough time of it lately

China's Shanghai Composite has suffered its worst day since early 2007 as the country's stock market sell-off returned with a vengeance on Monday morning.

The FTSE 100 has risen 1.3% in morning trading as risk appetite continues to approve ahead of the pivotal Eurogroup summit on Greece this weekend.

The FTSE 100 has moved higher despite Chinese stocks plunging another 6% today amid "panic sentiment" and many companies deciding to suspend their shares.

Toby Thompson, manager of the Brooks Macdonald Global Equity Income fund, analyses if equity investors are right to be concerned about the concentration of income from only a limited number of mega-cap companies