Friday looked set to be a quiet end to a busy week, with no corporate or macroeconomic releases of note due in the UK.

US homebuilder sentiment rose in October, with the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo housing market index ...

Manufacturing activity in the Philadelphia region contracted sharply in October, with the Philly Fed Manufacturing Index ...

On the upside, Croda shot to the top of the index as it reiterated its full-year outlook after the speciality chemicals group ...

Charles Schwab impressed investors with record revenues and earnings in the third quarter, as higher trading volumes and ...

Franchise Brands revealed on Thursday that non-executive director Nigel Wray had acquired 50,000 ordinary shares in the multi ...

Major indices opened higher on Thursday as more solid bank earnings and strong guidance from big-name tech firms offset ...

Flat pack furniture giant Inter Ikea Group posted a second consecutive decline in annual sales on Thursday, as it cut prices ...

Drinks giant Diageo is facing a potential investor backlash over pay, it was reported on Thursday. Proxy adviser Glass Lewis ...

Shares in Bank of New York Mellon Corp were rising in pre-market trade on Thursday despite the financial services group ...

Legal action against US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson got underway in London on Thursday, over claims its talcum powder ...

Analysts at RBC Capital Markets lowered their target price on wealth management firm Brooks Macdonald from 1,900p to 1,850p ...