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Heavy discounting pushes retail sales to 10-month high despite lockdown
Early Black Friday deals helped bolster retail sales in November, research showed on Friday, despite a second national lockdown closing non-essential stores.
Retail footfall plunges during second lockdown - BRC
Visits to Britain's shops plunged in November during a second Covid-19 lockdown imposed in the run-up to Christmas.
Friday preview: US non-farm payrolls, German factory orders in focus
All eyes at the end of the week will be on the non-farm payrolls report for November to see how the US jobs market is holding up and to gauge strength over what might could be a critical few months ahead.
B&M European Value Retail lifts full-year guidance, will return rates relief
B&M European Value Retail guided higher for full-year operating profits following a "strong" start to the second half, even as it said that it would return the government's approximately £80m of full-year business rates relief for the firm.
Europe close: Rapid gains for single currency dampen investment
The mood among European investors on Thursday was restrained as the euro continued to gain altitude, despite downbeat euro area business activity data, and as investors continued looking for signs of any movement on a Brexit trade deal.
London close: Stocks higher as investors focus on Brexit, US jobless claims
London stocks closed in positive territory on Thursday, following solid gains in the previous session, as jobless claims surprised in the US, while Brexit talks remained in focus as the end of December deadline loomed.
Broker tips: Avon Rubber, Centamin, G4S
Analysts at Berenberg raised their target price on engineering and manufacturing group Avon Rubber from 3,510. 0p to 4,065. 0p on Thursday.
Director dealings: Trainline CFO makes share sale
Trainline revealed on Thursday that chief financial officer Shaun McCabe had offloaded 600,000 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed operator of the online train booking platform.
CyanConnode appoints operating chiefs for group and India
Mesh network technology company CyanConnode has appointed Allan Baig as its group chief operating officer, and Ratna Garapati as the chief operating officer of CyanConnode India, it announced on Thursday, which are both non-board appointments.
FTSE 250 movers: AJ Bell gains on results; Avon Rubber retreats
London’s FTSE 250 was up 1. 1% at 20,097. 95 in afternoon trade on Thursday.
BofA backs Centamin with 'buy' rating
Bank of America has upgraded Centamin to ‘buy’ after new chief executive Martin Horgan outlined his three-year outlook for the gold miner.
US open: Stocks extend gains following stronger-than-expected data
Wall Street stocks opened higher on Thursday as some stronger-than-expected data offset news that the US had registered a new single-day record for Covid-19 deaths.
Totally wins extensions to several urgent care contracts
Healthcare services provider Totally announced a number of contract extensions for the provision of clinical assessment services, GP out-of-hours and urgent treatment centres across the North East of England, the Midlands and Greater London on Thursday.
FTSE 100 movers: Rolls-Royce rallies; Severn Trent goes ex-div
London’s FTSE 100 was up 0. 3% at 6,484. 05 in afternoon trade on Thursday.
ISM services gauge dips slightly in November
Activity in America's services sector slowed slightly in November as businesses try to cope with the recent surge in Covid-19 infections, the results of a closely-followed survey revealed.
3M to cut almost 3,000 jobs worldwide in restructuring
3M announced on Thursday that it would be cutting 2,900 jobs worldwide as part of its latest restructuring plan.
China accuses US of fabricating fake news of forced labour in Xinjiang
China accused the US on Thursday of fabricating fake news about forced labour in the Chinese region of Xinjiang after the Trump administration banned imports of cotton from the region.
Boeing shares rally as Ryanair orders more 737 MAX aircraft
Ryanair has agreed to buy an additional 75 new MAX-8200 aircraft from Boeing, taking the total number of aircraft ordered to 210 from 135.
MJ Gleeson shares jump on dividend restart plan
MJ Gleeson shares jumped after the housebuilder said annual results would beat expectations and it was planning to restart dividends during 2021.
Initial US jobless claims drop sharply, but some economists cautious
US jobless claims for the previous week surprised sharply to the downside, although at least one top-ranked economist was expecting the improvement to be short-lived.