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US pre-open: Stocks to open higher as investors eye data releases
US futures were suggesting a slightly higher open on Wall Street as investors turned their attention to a raft of data releases and an upcoming meeting between the US and China leaders.
Europe close: Geopolitics weigh on stocks in the new quarter
European equity markets lost ground at the start of the new quarter as news broke that two blasts had rocked the St. Petersburg metro and some US data came in wide of the mark, weighing on the greenback.
FX round-up: Sterling pulled down by UK PMI disappointment and more Brexit unease
Sterling took a dive on key currencies, except South Africa's besieged rand, as disappointing UK manufacturing data dented confidence in the British unit against a backdrop of still more Brexit nerves.
Directors dealings: Travis Perkins COO sells stock at multi-year lows
Travis Perkins's chief operating officer, Antony Buffin, unloaded some shares even as they were trading at multi-year lows.
London close: Falling sterling fails to helps stocks as details emerge of Russia bomb attack
Stocks in London closed lower on Monday as sterling sank convincingly against both the US dollar and euro on market concerns of a possible diplomatic spat between the UK and Spain over Gibraltar in a post-Brexit world.
S&P downgrades South Africa's sovereign debt ratings
Standard&Poor's downgraded its rating on the Republic of South Africa's long-term debt after its president removed the country's finance minister from his post.
FTSE 100 movers: Financials lead fall, Next and ITV down on broker talk
A sharp drop in government bond yields on both sides of the Atlantic pulled the rug out from underneath life insurers and financial more generally.
FTSE 250 movers: WS Atkins jumps after receiving bid
Confirmation that WS Atkins has received a cash takeover offer from Canadian rival SNC-Lavalin at a price of 2,080p per share, sent shares in the engineer to the top of the leaderboard.
Android surpasses Windows as most-used operating system for first time
Google has struck a blow against major tech rival Microsoft after its Android software became the world’s most popular operating system ahead of Windows.
Sector movers: Drop in Gilt yields hits life insurers, gold-diggers higher
Interest rate sensitive REITs led fallers in the market place at the start of the week even as longer-term Gilts' prices advanced at the start of the quarter, pushing their yields sharply lower, with jitters surrounding Brexit a possible trigger.
US open: Stocks little changed as investors shrug off Trump North Korea comments
US equity markets little changed on Monday as investors looked towards the second quarterly earnings season and shrugged off Trump’s comments on North Korea.
Atkins confirms possible offer from SNC-Lavalin
WS Atkins has received a cash takeover offer from Canadian rival SNC-Lavalin at a price of 2,080p per share, which valued the engineer at £2. 1bn.
Glanbia completes acquisition of Body & Fit
Glanbia announced on Monday that it had completed the acquisition of B&F Vastgoed - trading as Body & Fit - after the completion conditions were satisfied and regulatory approval was obtained.
Commodities: Crude consolidates after 'indifferent' reaction to latest rig-count data
Crude-oil futures are consolidating on Monday afternoon as traders look for hard evidence cartel Opec will extend its output pledge beyond June, having taken latest rig-count data somewhat indifferently.
US March ISM manufacturing PMI edges back
Manufacturing activity in the States cooled a little in March as firms eased back a tad on the rate of production level increases, but according to economists the report showed strength across its major subcomponents.
CityFibre offers little clarity on its expansion plans
CityFibre issued an update to the market on Monday, citing recent unspecified speculation over its future expansion plans - though it gave no details on what those plans might be.
Tuesday preview: Macro data and Macron in focus
Tuesday's main macroeconomic data will be a survey on the health of the construction industry, while the main European event will move over the British Channel and from macro to Macron, as the French presidential election candidates hold their first TV debate.
Google promises tighter ad control as YouTube creators fight back
Google’s YouTube division was doing its best to play down the controversy surrounding its advertising practices over the weekend, days after a number of large clients pulled their spending from the video platform.
South African rand tanks again as new finance minister steps in
South Africa’s new finance minister Malusi Gigaba has criticised the economic management of the country in his first days since taking up the office, with the rand plummeting a further 1. 5% to hit a two-month low on Monday.