Market Report
Sunday newspaper round-up: Brexit, Trump, railways, Ted Baker, WPP, Interserve
Theresa May will seek to emulate Margaret Thatcher by travelling to Brussels to demand a better Brexit deal in a last-ditch attempt to save her government from collapse. Ministers and aides have convinced the prime minister that she needs “a handbag moment” with EU bosses if she is to have any chance of persuading her own MPs to support her. - The Sunday Times.
Chinese export and import growth slows sharply in November
Both Chinese exports and imports slowed last month with the former buoyed by firms' attempts to front-run the new US tariffs that had been expected to kick-in at the start of 2019.
US close: Stocks end week on down note after softer than expected jobs report
US stocks added to their losses at the end of the week on the back of a weaker-than-expected reading on US jobs for the month of November and ongoing concerns regarding the outlook for US-China trade talks.