UK GDP

Market Report: Stock markets fight back after a bruising week

Derren Nathan
  • FTSE creeps up as hopes of avoiding US government shutdown grow.
  • UK GDP shrinks unexpectedly, down 0.1% in January.
  • US futures pointing up after stocks hit new 6-month lows.
  • Gold approaches $3,000 per oz.
  • US consumer confidence in focus today.
  • Brent crude rallies above $70 per barrel.

Derren Nathan, head of equity research, Hargreaves Lansdown:

“The FTSE 100’s opened up a touch this morning after a rebound in Asian stocks overnight. They were buoyed by hopes that the US government...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/14/market-report-stock-markets-fight-back-after-a-bruising-week/

Market report: FTSE pulls back from record high despite rosier GDP picture

Derren Nathan
  • UK GDP grows 0.4% month-on-month
  • FTSE down slightly after record close
  • Dax also tests record highs
  • Wall Street pulls back after stubborn inflation print
  • Palo Alto, Applied Materials, Deere in focus today
  • Brent crude weakens on Trump’s push for peace in Ukraine
  • BATS outlook disappoints as noose tightens on cigarettes
  • Nestle cooks up a solid set of results
  • Barclays sets positive tone for UK bank earnings

Derren Nathan, head of equity research, Hargreaves Lansdown:

“UK GDP for...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/02/13/market-report-ftse-pulls-back-from-record-high-despite-rosier-gdp-picture/

Britain’s priority: Overcoming European growth lag

Britain’s priority: Overcoming European growth lag

OMFIF – Tuesday 5 January 2021

Britain’s priority: overcoming European growth lag. Diversions and disruption ahead on EU journey

By David Marsh in Berlin

UK GDP growth was outperforming the euro area’s anaemic outturn until the Brexit referendum. Now that the European Union and the UK have sealed a post-Brexit trade deal, rebuilding economic dynamism via growth policies and deregulation after a disproportionately severe Covid hit will be easier...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/01/05/britains-priority-overcoming-european-growth-lag/