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US close: Stocks rise despite political news, third week of fund outflows
Investors continued to move back into Wall Street stocks following the largest drop since September on Wednesday, despite the continuing negative newsflow around the White House and a spate of mixed company results.
Week ahead: Greece, euro area in focus
The market spotlight will shift back towards the euro area this week, with finance ministers from the single currency bloc set to decide whether or not to grant debt relief to Greece at their meeting on Monday.
Sunday share tips: Informa, HICL Infrastructure
Question marks were hanging over whether exhibitions and publishing giant Informa could remain such a behemoth, the Telegraph’s Questor suggested, pointing to the fact companies usually get “sliced up” when investors press the case.
Sunday newspaper round-up: Tory manifesto, M&S, Store Twenty One, 'Platinum Pensioners'
Top business leaders have warned Theresa May's interventionist manifesto proposals are “ill-judged, unworkable and risk damaging the British economy”. Andy Higginson, the chairman of Morrisons, described the Conservative proposals as an "attack on business" that risked damaging the UK’s competitiveness as it prepares to leave the European Union. The FTSE 100 supermarket boss, who is also chairman of online retailer N Brown, said the Tories’ “headline grabbing” manifesto was unlikely to address long-term challenges such as raising productivity and living standards.