Surging U.S. index futures have sparked rallies across many bourses. In Asia, the Nikkei 225 jumped 2.1% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 2%, while in Europe the FTSE 100 is up 1.2%, helped by its big ...

The Bank of England left interest rates on hold today, as expected, but with just one vote for a cut (so relatively hawkish).

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey said it had been able to cut the base rate because inflationary pressures had “eased ...

The U.K. pound is up 0.7% to $1.3307, its highest level against the U.S. dollar since March 2022, as traders react to news that the Bank of England left its main bank rate unchanged at 5%. BoE Governo ...

Markets on Wall Street were positioned to open at record highs Thursday after the Federal Reserve issued a bigger-than-usual ...

U.S. stocks look set to rack up big gains on Thursday. If they do, they'd be following the lead of global equities, with the Federal Reserve's outsized interest-rate cut boosting the odds that the ...

The pound was at to its highest level in two-and-a-half years after the Bank of England left its key interest rate unchanged, ...

The FTSE 100 ( ^FTSE) and European stocks were higher on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve delivered its half-point cut ...

Markets rally after 0.5% US rates cut, Rolls-Royce up another 2% 10:15 , Graeme Evans A surge in ...

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Sterling’s rise took it above the value it reached on Wednesday after the US Federal Reserve delivered a bumper 0.5 percentage point interest rate cut. It marked the pound’s highest level against the ...