China left benchmark lending rates unchanged on Wednesday with no repeat of the surprisingly large cuts brought in last month to boost the faltering economy.

Severn Trent has reported a double-digit increase in first-half profits and said it expects capital investment to hit the top end of guidance this year, putting it in a strong position for the next ...

HICL Infrastructure reported a solid financial turnaround in its first half on Wednesday, with income rising sharply to ...

UK inflation jumped past the Bank of England’s target in October after energy bills rose, according to data released on ...

House builder Crest Nicholson said it expected full-year earnings to be at the lower end of the guidance due to a higher ...

London stocks were set to rise at the open on Wednesday as investors mulled the latest UK inflation reading and looked ahead ...

Drinks maker Britvic - which is in the process of being taken over by Carlsberg - hailed "another outstanding performance" on ...

London open The FTSE 100 is expected to open three points lower on Wednesday, having closed down 0.13% on Tuesday at 8,099.02.

Sage Group has reported solid full-year growth on Wednesday, driven by the execution of its subscription-based recurring ...

Homewares retailer Dunelm on Wednesday said it had bought Irish soft furnishing chain Homefocus for an undisclosed sum.

One of the UK’s biggest pension funds has lost more than £350m on a series of “calamitous” investments in incinerator power ...

US stocks finished mixed again on Tuesday with the Dow falling for the fourth straight day but the Nasdaq rising more than 1% ...