Miners Glencore and Rio Tinto confirmed on Friday that they are in preliminary talks about a possible combination of some or ...

London stocks were set to rise at the open on Friday as investors eyed the non-farm payrolls report, with M&A in focus after ...

Safety equipment maker Halma said it had bought Italian firm Safetec for €72.5m (£63m), on a cash- and debt-free basis, to be funded from Halma's existing facilities.

US stocks finished mixed on Thursday with the Dow and S&P 500 closing in the green but the Nasdaq slipping, as nervousness ...

European stocks fell on Thursday, but defence stocks rallied on geopolitical tensions as US President Donald Trump said he wanted to ramp up military spending and talked up an increasingly ...

UK equities erased earlier losses to finish flat on Thursday as strong gains from defence and leisure stocks were offset by falls from energy majors and a mixed performance among retailers.

Global banking giant HSBC is to pay French authorities nearly €300m (£261m) to settle a dividend fraud case regarding ...

Citi reiterated its ‘sell’ rating and 140p price target on BT Group on Thursday as it said consumer downgrades should be in ...

The big event on Friday will be the non-farm payrolls report for December, which is due at 1330 GMT, along with the ...

GSK consumer spinoff Haleon said on Thursday that it was making changes to its operating units and announced the creation of ...

America's trade deficit with the rest of the world fell to its lowest in more than 16 years in October, according to the ...

US equity markets opened in mixed fashion on Thursday with defence stocks lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average higher ...