13 April 2021 | 17:09pm
StockMarketWire.com - UK stocks ended the day barely changed on Tuesday after data showed the local economy grew modestly in February and investors globally remained wary of rising bond yields, tempering vaccine optimism.
At the close the benchmark FTSE 100 index was up just 2 points at 6,890 despite a wave of positive earnings reports and strong gains in consumer stocks.
UK gross domestic product rose 0.4% in the month of February, according to the Office for National Statistics, slightly below expectations of a 0.5% rise.
Food delivery company Just Eat Takeaway was the best performer on the FTSE, up 6.8% to £78.55 as it reported a 79% jump in orders in the first quarter, led by strong demand in the UK.
stop any spending on twitter advertising if the social media giant didn t, quote, address this disgusting bias. here s president trump today. president trump: we have now in a little while all of the heads of the biggest companies coming in and we re going to talk to them. they treat conservatives, republicans, don tly different than they totally different than they treat others. they can t do that. that meeting, with tech leaders, the president spoke of was also focused on the rise of online extremism and what can be con to thwart future massacres like el paso and dayton. michael beckerman of the internet association was in that meeting, he will join us in moments to tackle those issues. first, charlie kerr, town der and director of turning point usa. the president says conservative voices are being stifled online. you have said essentially the same thing, charlie. that s exactly what is happening.
president trump having fun on the campaign trail. jesse: president obama looking spry there, a little pep in his step. he s really lowered himself, to a place where he shouldn t be. some one that s just left office. i don t think there s been a president this early in the campaign so partisanly against his successor in that way. but he s trying to salvage his legacy. because donald trump has don tly destroyed it. the president got great news today on the economy, a quarter million jobs created in october despite the hurricane. and with other bright spots, 3.1% wage growth, the best wage growth for american workers in a decade. also, nearly 70,000 jobs created in construction, and mining, and manufacturing. remember, those jobs were never coming back, according to barack obama. lowest unemployment level since 1969. most americans with the job in american history. and the xwleed has really downplayed this economy. the media.
curfew. gulf power is telling residents of the four hardest hit counties they may not get electricity back for weeks. brett? bret: rick leven that will, thank you. as rich mentioned mexico beach is a waste land tonight after taking a direct hit. phil keating is there, live. good evening, phil. good evening, brett. the storm surge not to mention the 150 or 155-mile-an-hour winds came right off the gulf of mexico. look at this house here. cinder block house, very strong, nothing left. the place truly is an absolute wasteland. look at these homes. if you stand around mexico beach, you look around, if the home is not flattened and disappeared and pushed inland it is vooerly, severely damaged. like this three story building, two stories on stilts. you see the shower, don tly exposed. no walls, no roof, totally condemned. a 73-year-old woman was riding