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FX round-up: Sterling rests ahead of UK CPI, retail sales after rates-driven rises
Sterling plugged its way through a Friday session of malaise as transatlantic and European traders took pause after this week's excitement around interest-rate decisions by the central banks of the UK and the US.
Mulesoft kicks higher on IPO debut
Mulesoft, the provider of cloud-based business software, enjoyed a strong Wall Street debut on Friday, with its stock kicking more than 45% higher in opening hours.
Europe close: Stoxx 600 finishes week with 1.28% gain
European stocks were slightly higher on Friday as investors eyed a meeting of G20 finance ministers, while the euro dipped following fresh gains made overnight.
Hochschild Mining falls as chairman sells £42m worth of shares
Shares in gold miner Hochschild Mining stumbled lower after chairman Eduardo Hochschild sold almost £42m worth of stock on Friday.
London close: FTSE takes pause after week studded with volatility and caution
Stocks in London spent Friday locked in sideways trade to finish marginally higher, relaxing at the end of a week studded with volatility and caution linked to interest rates, Brexit and Netherlands' elections.
Tony Blair warns against 'authoritarian populism' on launch of new thinktank
Former prime minister Tony Blair has vowed to combat the rise of populism through his new centrist think-tank, the Institute for Global Change.
Week ahead: Fed speakers, manufacturing data in focus
Anyone hoping for a respite from central bank-watch may be sorely disappointed next week.
IGas proposes complex capital restructure
UK onshore oil and gas explorer and producer IGas Energy announced the final terms of a proposed capital restructuring that it believed would will result in a new capital structure which would be sustainable in the current oil price environment.
Results round-up: React Group, Horizonte Minerals, Range Resources
Specialist provider of rapid response deep cleaning and emergency decontamination services, React Group, announced its final results for the year to 30 September on Friday - its first full year since listing on AIM in mid-2015 via a reverse takeover.
Major shareholder of Uranium Resources extends fully-drawn loans
Uranium Resources announced on Friday that its major shareholder Estes had agreed to extend the terms of its loan facilities dated 15 March 2013, 18 March 2014 and 19 February 2015 to 31 May 2017.
US open: Stocks flat as investors eye G20 finance ministers meeting
US stocks were little changed on Friday as investors eyed the G20 meeting of finance ministers and oil rig count data.
Bushveld comes one step closer to acquiring Strategic Minerals interest
Southern Africa-focussed diversified mineral development company Bushveld Minerals updated the market on the conditional acquisition by Bushveld Vametco of a 78. 8% interest in Strategic Minerals Corporation from Evraz Group on Friday.
Commodities: Metals, crude trade sideways with gold facing resistance around $1231/oz
Commodities futures traded broadly sideways with mildly positive biases on Friday, as gold struggled to bust through resistance at the $1,231 per ounce level after its Federal Reserve rate hike-inspired dash higher on Thursday.
Small cap news round-up
Shares rose in Stellar Diamonds on Friday after the miner announced that a church minister had discovered a 709 carat diamond in Sierra Leone, which it claims is the 13th largest ever found.
US industrial production flat in February as utilities' output falls
Industrial production in the States was unchanged in February as gains in manufacturing and mining production offset a drop in utilities output.
Goldplat agrees $2m loan facility
AIM-listed African gold producer Goldplat has agreed to a $2m uncommitted, on-demand, revolving pre-export loan facility with Scipion Active Trading Fund to fund the expansion of a processing plant.
Medilink disposes of remainder of China subsidiary
Electronic health card network service provider Medilink-Global UK announced on Friday that its wholly-owned subsidiary Medilink-Global Asia had entered into an agreement with Selfdoctor Beijing Technology Co on 16 March, for the sale of the group's remaining 49% interest in its associate entity, Medilink Beijing TPA Services Co for a total consideration of $0. 3m in cash.
Former chancellor Osborne named editor of London Evening Standard
George Osborne has been named as the new editor of the London Evening Standard newspaper, but the Conservative MP has stated his intention to continue his role in the House of Commons rather than open the party to a byelection in his Tatton seat.
Ilika expecting to start year with 'record' revenue commitments
Materials innovation and solid-state battery technology company Ilika updated the market on its trading on Friday, saying that since its last trading update in November, it had announced four “significant” commercial deals, which were resulting in a strong ramp-up of revenue relative to 2015/16 and which would continue to support revenue growth into 2017/18.
MP Evans Group completes sale of stake in Indonesian oil plantation
AIM-listed investor MP Evans Group has completed the sale of its 36. 84% stake in the PT Agro Muko palm oil plantation in Indonesia to Belgian Sipef Group, an agro-industrial firm, for $100m.