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US close: Major indices end week in the red
Wall Street stocks closed lower on Friday as another week in what has been a volatile month for stocks drew to a close.
Christmas shortages threat as Tesco staff reject pay offer
Fears of supermarket shortages ahead of Christmas grew on Friday after truck drivers and warehouse workers at four Tesco distribution centres rejected the company’s latest pay offer.
Europe close: Miners, inflation fears, weak Wall St hit sentiment
European shares finished the week lower as a weak opening on Wall Street, slump in mining stocks and rising euro zone inflation hit sentiment.
London close: Stocks end another week in the red
Stocks surrendered early gains to finish another week firmly in the red ahead of the quarterly expiry of financial derivatives contracts for individual stocks and indices in the States.
Jefferies stays at 'buy' on Anglo American despite headwinds from Chinese housing
Analysts at Jefferies reiterated their 'buy' recommendation for shares of Anglo American following investor meetings with the miner's boss, Mark Cutifani, its finance director, Stephen Pearce, and its head of investor relations, Paul Galloway.
London open: Stocks rise as markets mull weak data, rate hike expectations
Stocks are holding onto early gains despite the release of data showing a fourth consecutive monthly drop in UK retail sales - their worst stretch since 1996 - which led some economists to question just how soon the Bank of England might be ready to raise interest rates.
US open: Stocks open lower in week's final session
Wall Street stocks were trading lower early on Friday as another week in what has been a volatile month for stocks gets set to draw to a close.
Euro area CPI jumps in August on dearer energy, base effects
Consumer price inflation in the euro area accelerated in August on the back of dearer energy and base effects, potentially piling on the pressure on the European Central Bank.