FTSE 100 continues climb as it rises by 1.8% or 107 points to 5861 in afternoon trading as investors are buoyed by oil price rally and UK plotting way out of lockdown FTSE 100 up 1.8 per cent this afternoon as the UK plans its way out of lockdown Domestically focused FTSE 250 also added … Read more
London markets open up 2.7% by 151 to 5,779 points as Donald Trump rolls out plans to gradually re-open the US economy and coronavirus drug trial shows promising early signs The rise in the markets was fuelled by Donald Trump’s plans to end US lockdown Also rose due to drug trial with promising results for … Read more
A travel expert has revealed how buying MasterCard gift cards can turbo-boost your airline and hotel reward points tally by hundreds of per cent. Ben Nickel-D’Andrea, a luxury travel writer who runs the NoMasCoach.com tips site, discovered that some earn five points per dollar on credit cards, up from the usual one point per dollar. … Read more
Gary Neville has taken aim at the Premier League and their handling of the coronavirus crisis, describing it as ‘terrible’. In a series of tweets on Sunday, the former England and Manchester United defender turned television pundit, listed five calamitous decisions the Premier League has made in recent weeks. Premier League executives met with the … Read more
Wall Street stocks opened down on Friday, as doubts grew about an end to the Saudi-Russia oil price war and investors awaited data on business activity to assess the extent of the economic hit from coronavirus. Stock indexes gained about 2 percent on Thursday as oil prices soared on hints of a Saudi-Russia deal, but … Read more
Given the Foreign Office has now advised against all overseas travel, it’s likely cancelling holidays is further up people’s priorities than booking new ones. But for those with bucketloads of Avios or American Express points who were intending on putting them towards flights, the news might leave them at a loss as to what to … Read more
The FTSE 100 fell more than 3 per cent upon opening this morning as UK investors reacted to the escalation of coronavirus cases in the US. The index of Britain’s biggest companies was down 210 points or 3.6 per cent at 5,605 shortly after opening today, following three straight days of gains. The fall is … Read more
The FTSE 100 fell this morning after two days of gains as investors gave a mixed reaction to US senators finally passing a big stimulus package to fight coronavirus. The index of Britain’s leading firms was down 169 points or 3 per cent to 5,519 shortly after opening in London today. Meanwhile the pound was … Read more
BMW driver who racked up speeding fines of more than £15,000 and 150 penalty points is banned from the roads for 30 months Marius Balan’s BMW caught 30 times by speed cameras on same stretch of road Police notices were sent asking him to identify driver but Balan, 25, did not reply Was given 6 … Read more
The FTSE 100 today rallied with a near five percent rise of 220 points to reach 5,371 as markets reacted favourably to the Bank of England’s decision to cut interest rates 0.1% and pump £200bn into the economy to fight the coronavirus crisis. The Bank – headed by new governor Andrew Bailey – cut rates from … Read more