How the financial markets reacted to the UK budget (and why they matter)

Alongside them are currency traders, who buy and sell the pound based on how they view the UK’s economic outlook. Their ...
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What does the Budget mean for the UK stock market?

Stamp duty holidays were set against tax relief cuts in Rachel Reeves’s second Budget. We assess the new measures that could impact UK stocks.

Investors pile into UK bonds and sterling after budget

Investors piled into long-dated UK bonds on Wednesday, pushing yields down by the most since April, and boosted the pound ...

Budget wary UK markets get Transatlantic balm

Britain's anxious budget process reaches its climax on Wednesday when Finance Minister Rachel Reeves releases her ...

European Stocks Gain on Fed Cut Bets; FTSE 100 Rises on Budget

European stocks followed global markets higher as traders raised bets on a December interest-rate rate cut by the Federal Reserve. UK stocks advanced as investors responded to the government’s ...

Global Markets Mixed as Bets on December Rate Cut Rise

U.S. stock futures were flat and international equities mixed amid further signs of returning calm after last week’s ...

UK financial sector makes slow progress on preparations for new settlement system

Four in 10 financial businesses in Britain expect to miss a deadline to prepare for a halving of the settlement time for ...