Leading UK stocks reversed earlier gains to fall at the finish on Monday, with the FTSE 100 retreating but managing to stay above 7,000 by the skin of its teeth. The UK's benchmark lost 0.3% to end the day at 7,000.08, while the FTSE 250 nudged 0.1% lower to close at 22,490.86, easing off its record finish on Friday.It was a largely dull day for company news with attention very much grabbed by the

A quiet morning for UK shares belies the action and outrage in the football world, and thousands of investors will be closely watching Wall Street's opening bell to see how Manchester United's New York-listed stock trades after the ructions of its decision to join a breakaway European Super League.Shares in Italian club Juventus, also one of the breakaway dozen, saw its stock jump 14% on Monday.Le

UK stocks made modest gains in early trading on Monday, edging higher as investors continued to bet on a global economic recovery with vaccine rollouts gathering pace.By 8.32 am, London's FTSE 100 was up 0.06% at 7,023.92 points, consolidating its position above 7,000 as investors balanced reopening optimism with a need to take stock following recent gains, while the FTSE 250 crept 0.26% higher to

UK markets reversed early falls to rally into lunch time, shrugging off the brutal sell-off in US technology stocks overnight. This was despite sentiment towards the housebuilding sector souring on news of a competition regulator probe into the selling of leasehold homes.At midday, the benchmark FTSE 100 is up 0.5% at 5,882.02, while the mid-cap FTSE 250 rallied even harder, adding 1% at 17,629.47

UK stocks edged higher on Friday, shrugging off the brutal sell-off in US tech stocks on Thursday night, with the FTSE 100 up 0.2% to 5,861.13 early on.This was despite sentiment towards the housebuilding sector souring on news of a competition regulator probe into the selling of leasehold homes.Taylor Wimpey (TW.), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Persimmon (PSN) and Countryside Properties (CSP) are

The stock market's smallest and riskiest companies have always held fascination for private investors. On the premise that 'elephants don't gallop, but fleas leap,' to borrow Jim Slater's often quoted phrase, it's easier for a tiny company to double its size, and investor's money, than for a big one. Let's face it, a blue chip company worth £1 billion will find it much harder to double or even tr

Asia offers investors valuable upside exposure to the prospect of a global economic recovery. But the region's domestic consumption-driven growth plays should also fare well if the green shoots in the US and Europe wither again.There can be no denying the People's Republic of China's (PRC) manufacturing-dominated economy lies at the mercy of the world economy, as does industrialised Asia constitut