On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve enacted a 50 basis point rate cut, ensuring the mood in equity markets was largely bullish this week. The Bank of England followed with a hold on Thursday. Elsewhere ...

According to the Office for National Statistics, UK retail sales volumes rose 1.0% in August from July, beating the FXStreet cited consensus of 0.4%. They had risen 0.7% in July from June. That ...

Brent oil was quoted at USD74.57 a barrel early Friday, from USD75.05 at the time of the London equities close on Thursday. Gold climbed to USD2,594.59 an ounce from USD2,585.15. Friday's economic ...

(Alliance News) - Consumer confidence has fallen sharply in "not encouraging news" for the UK government as households "nervously" await next month's autumn budget, according to a long-running survey.