Market Report: UK inflations rears its ugly head, US markets hit fresh highs

Matt Britzman
  • FTSE 100 opens flat.
  • UK inflation jumps, two rate cuts still on the cards for 2025.
  • S&P 500, Nasdaq, and gold reach all-time highs.
  • HSBC tops estimates on strong wealth management.
  • Oil continues to edge higher.
  • BAE marches ahead.

Matt Britzman, senior equity analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown:

“UK markets have opened flat this morning, with the FTSE 100 barely moving at the open, as investors digest the latest set of inflation figures. UK inflation jumped from 2.5% to 3.0% in January,...

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Megawatt grants electrify truck charging corridors

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Startup electric truck infrastructure developer WattEV won’t say how much money it has raised from...

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No signs of panic as Nikola gets 2nd Nasdaq delisting warning

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Nikola Corp.’s languishing share price prompted the Nasdaq to threaten the electric truck maker with...

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Autonomous truck developer TuSimple going private

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TuSimple, the first autonomous trucking startup to go public, is voluntarily delisting from the...

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Will stationary power generators save Hyliion?

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It’s too soon to know whether Hyliion Holdings will be able to make a commercial success of its...

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Nikola asks customers to return electric trucks at risk of fires

Nikola Corp. is asking dealers and customers to return battery-electric trucks under recall for possible battery fires to its Coolidge, Arizona plant despite the company still working on a fix.

“We’re bringing them back to Coolidge for repairs to be made instead of in the field,” spokesman Dan Passe told FreightWaves in an email Saturday.

“We are able to keep a very close eye on all non-used vehicles (either from inventory or customers who are not running them daily) if they are on site in...

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222 Philip Chaabane – CEO i-tech

Revisiting a Swedish maritime startup, now noted on NASDAQ

Antifouling coatings are necessary to protect a ship’s hull from attaching marine organisms. Ship owners need marine coating solutions that deliver fouling prevention for vessels with differing activity levels, shipping routes and construction. 

Selektope® is a unique biocide that, through biotechnology, creates the possibility of more sustainable and efficient marine paint systems.
When attached to a ship’s hull, barnacles harm the...

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