I just landed in the U.K. and it's amazing that everything seems to be where it was the last time I visited. I had expected to see a Brexit Canyon in the city or a series of Les Miz-style Brexit barricades manned by deluded millennials in the middle of ...

The FTSE 100 on Thursday ended 0.2% lower, turning down after the Bank of England surprised markets by not cutting the key benchmark rate to 0.25%.

U.K. stocks ended lower while the pound climbed Thursday after the Bank of England confounded market expectations by leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record low.

Despite spending much of Friday's trading session in negative territory, the FTSE 100 managed to crawl into positive territory by close of play, up 0.22pc on the day.

“Markets do need signals of reassurance, they need to know that we will do whatever is necessary to keep the economy on track,” Hammond said.

The FTSE 100 leisure giant plans a “phased withdrawal” from its three hotels in India, two in Indonesia and its site in Thailand, which together account for 785 rooms.

Top-flight shares were in negative territory as markets stayed muted in the wake of the tragedy in southern France. The FTSE 100 Index fell 10.47 points to 6,644.00 after a lorry ploughed through crowds gathered for Bastille Day celebrations in Nice ...

UK shares edged lower as investors digested various trading updates, while the pound fell back to below $1.32. By the close, the FTSE 100 was down 10.29 points at 6,670.40 while the FTSE 250 fell 56.05 points to 16,751.02. Shares in Burberry rose 6.3% ...

The FTSE 100 was sitting near the highs of the session prior to the announcement and sold off a bit following, but nothing too aggressively.

The FTSE 100, which has enjoyed an impressive rebound since its initial post-Brexit vote plunge, largely driven by the weakness of sterling, is down 0.1 per cent this morning.