British FTSE 100 increased 0.2% to 8,422.52 after the country reported better-than-expectation retail sales in March. Tokyo’s ...

Asian markets were higher on Friday after Wall Street rallied for the third day, driven by hopes for the Federal Reserve to cut rates.   Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 surged 1.9 per cent to 35,705.74 and the ...

US stock markets opened lower on Thursday, with the major indices showing modest declines following a brief rebound earlier ...