fact it was done overnight, practically, well, withdrawing from ba l practically, well, withdrawing from bag ram practically, well, withdrawing from bag ram airport overnight, it simply pulled bag ram airport overnight, it simply pulled the bag ram airport overnight, it simply pulled the rug from underneath the fairly weak and unstable afghan national fairly weak and unstable afghan national forces, fairly weak and unstable afghan nationalforces, so fairly weak and unstable afghan national forces, so they civilly surrendered all over the place. but the airlift surrendered all over the place. but the airlift has been an incredible success the airlift has been an incredible success. to have organised such a mass success. to have organised such a mass evacuation of people at short notice mass evacuation of people at short notice and mass evacuation of people at short notice and in terrible conditions and working with the compliance of a force that and working with the co
27 April 2021 | 08:33am
StockMarketWire.com - UK stocks eked out modest gains in early trading Tuesday as investors digested some mixed earnings releases, including positive updates from BP and Focusrite and disappointing ones from Whitbread and Aveva.
At 0822, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was up 6.77 points, or 0.1%, at 6,969.89.
BP rose 2.6% to 304.2p on announcing that it would start a $500 million share buyback in the second quarter after its first-quarter profit was boosted by higher oil prices and refining margins.
BP s underlying replacement cost profit for the three months through March jumped to $2.6 billion, up from $791 million year-on-year. It kept its dividend steady at 5.25c per share.
27 April 2021 | 16:37pm
StockMarketWire.com - The FTSE 100 saw its losses deepen through the course of the afternoon as trading on Wall Street got off to a lacklustre start.
By the close the index was down 0.5% at 6,931.09 while the US S&P 500 was down 3.3 points to 4,184.31 by 4.30pm UK time.
BP reversed earlier gains to trade 0.6% lower at 294.7p on announcing that it would start a $500 million share buyback in the second quarter after its first-quarter profit was boosted by higher oil prices and refining margins.
BP s underlying replacement cost profit for the three months through March jumped to $2.6 billion, up from $791 million year-on-year. It kept its dividend steady at 5.25c per share.
23 February 2021 | 08:45am
StockMarketWire.com - UK stocks opened higher on Tuesday, even as the unemployment rate rose, as some large local companies released mixed earnings results.
At 0827, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was up 21.22 points, or 0.3%, at 6,633.46.
The rise marked a continuing of upward momentum from Monday afternoon after Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled a blueprint for lifting Britain s Covid-19 lockdowns
The UK unemployment rate rose to 5.1% in the three months through December, as expected, up from 5.0% previously.
Banking giant HSBC fell 1.9% to 423.6p as it reported a 34% drop in annual profit owing to higher credit losses and lower interest rates.
23 February 2021 | 16:34pm
StockMarketWire.com - The FTSE 100 traded flat a little above the 6,600 mark despite US tech stocks tanking for a second day on valuation concerns and as investors grew concerned mounting inflation might prompt interest rate increases.
By 4.30pm UK time the S&P 500 was down 0.6% to 3,852.59 and the more tech-biased NASDAQ index was off by 1.4% having earlier lost as much as 3% of its value.
The UK unemployment rate rose to 5.1% in the three months through December, as expected, up from 5.0% previously.
Banking giant HSBC fell 1% to 427.3p as it reported a 34% drop in annual profit owing to higher credit losses and lower interest rates.