Other well-known names include Rolls-Royce, Unilever, easyJet, BT Group and Next. FTSE stands for Financial Times Stock Exchange. If a company's share price drops significantly it can slip outside ...

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, known as MUFG, is Japan’s largest banking group, with 8.0% share of domestic loans and 11.6% of deposits as of March 2024. It was also the most global among Japanese banks in terms of the contribution of overseas operations to profits and balance sheet,

American Express shares slid 2.3% even though the credit card company beat Wall Street's profit forecasts on record revenue and raised its dividend. Billings growth accelerating to 8% in the fourth quarter after surprisingly strong holiday spending from card holders, which tend to have higher incomes.

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a long period of stagnation.

London's blue-chip FTSE 100 hit a record high on Monday for the second session in a row as investors awaited Donald Trump's return to the White House for fresh insights on his stance on tariffs and international relations.

Wall Street is pointing slightly lower in early trading but is on track to close the week with solid gains on healthy quarterly earnings reports from large U.S. corporations.

The UK's FTSE 100 rose on Thursday, ending just short of a fresh record high as investors sought clarity on U.S. President Donald Trump's trade policies, while shares in trading companies CMC Markets and IG Group tumbled after results.

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened mixed on Thursday, while investors reacted positively to an updated profit forecast from FTSE 250-listed Spectris.

Japan's finance ministry plans to plug a loophole in reporting requirements for foreign investors under the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act, in an effort to prevent intelligence from leaking to foreign governments.

World shares were mixed on Thursday after China rolled out more moves to try to boost its lagging stock markets by raising confidence that prices will rise. Germany's DAX gained 0.2% to 21,300 and the CAC 40 in Paris edged 0.

(Reuters) - Japanese investors raised their holdings in foreign stocks, driven by a benign U.S. core inflation report that fuelled expectations of Federal Reserve cuts and boosted global equities, while a strong yen also lifted domestic buying power.