Market Report
McCarthy & Stone pleased with likely exemption from ground rent ban
Retirement housebuilder McCarthy & Stone welcomed the response of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to its October consultation on ground rents on Friday.
TRIG makes two onshore wind investments in France
The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has made two onshore wind investments, it announced on Friday, increasing the proportion of the portfolio in France to 13% from 10%.
CLS Holdings sells Paris office space for €42m
CLS has exchanged contracts to sell Paris office space, Ateliers Victoires, for €42m.
London pre-open: Stocks seen flat ahead of Trump and Xi meeting
London stocks were set for a steady open on Friday, with investors likely to err on the side of caution ahead of this weekend's meeting between China's Xi Jinping and US President Trump.
Riverstone pours $100m into Argentina's Aleph Midstream, John Laing set to meet full-year forecasts
London open The FTSE 100 is expected to open four points lower on Friday, having closed down 0. 19% at 7,402. 33 on Thursday.
Friday newspaper round-up: Woodhouse, Glencore, retailers, online fashion
Seven investors, who ploughed their savings into businesses owned by the embattled financier Gavin Woodhouse, have applied to the high court to have four of his companies taken into administration. The move comes a day after an undercover investigation by the Guardian and ITV News highlighted questions about the business interests of Woodhouse, who has raised millions of pounds from private investors but whose firms have a multimillion-pound “black hole”. – Guardian.
US close: Markets mixed as traders cling to US-China trade deal hopes
Wall Street trading ended on a mixed note on Thursday, as traders held out hope that the world's two largest economies could finally call a truce on their ongoing trade war.