Markets

Rathbones Unit Trust Management CIO Julian Chillingworth and S&P global equity strategist Alec Young debate the outlook for the global economy

Bric economies have enjoyed a strong rebound since markets started to recover, but for markets to move decisively upwards from current levels, we will need more evidence of bottoming out of developed world economic data and for upwards revisions to start...

Having spent the past six weeks trading in a tight range of 100 points around 4,400, the UK FTSE 100 has recently fallen back to its end of April levels.

Equity markets stabilised in March and rallies witnessed since have reflected investors' belief the combined actions of Western central banks and governments have prevented a horrendous collapse in the global banking and credit systems.

The Dow Jones is up 100.99 points or 1.19% to 8,575.84 in morning trading, buoyed by capital raising ...

The FTSE 100 opened on 4,204, having closed on 4,190 the previous day, following the Dow's 168 point ...

Early gains for a handful of financial stocks has driven the FTSE 100 higher in early trading this mo...

Trading in London was buoyed by a positive reaction to the merger of Lloyds TSB and HBOS, pushing th...

London trading deteriorated on Friday afternoon after the US markets opened sharply lower on news mo...

UK stocks continued to rise and US markets opened higher as the news of China's $586bn fiscal packag...