WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Blue-chip and tech stocks on Wall Street hit record highs on Friday, notching their best in five weeks, as investors celebrated the lack of a.
business stories, looking ahead to see what a speech by the us federal reserve head, jerome powell could hold and the impact on shares. you can reach me on twitter. i m @ samanthatvnews. hello. it s a mark of how strange a summer it s been when i can tell the truth and say it s been warmer than average for the uk. some of you will look at me like i ve gone crazy. the met office say that it s been about a degree warmer than average this summer so far, warmest compared with average in scotland and northern ireland. you know in london and south east england, even though it has been a little warmer than average, it s been really quite wet and dull this summer. it is at least now dry, but it is still quite dull with all the cloud we ve had. high pressure is close to the uk, keeping things settled friday, the weekend and throughout much of next week. doesn t mean sunny, though, and overnight and into the morning, a lot of cloud will have pushed in from the east. and temperatures will be a li