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China’s manufacturing companies have grown for the fourth consecutive month according to government figures released over the weekend. Factories are…

European futures are edging higher this morning, with the Stoxx Europe 50 benchmark looking to avoid its worst week since June. The German DAX slipped 0.3…

London shares continued to fall this morning, suffering their worst sell-off in more than three months after new lockdown restrictions were put in place j…

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, a loyal aide to outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, won a landslide victory in a ruling party leadership…

Japan’s economy sank deeper into contraction complicating further the job of the new prime minister that will succeed PM Abe. Household spending and…

Britain warned the European Union that it could effectively override the withdrawal agreement it signed unless the bloc agrees to a free trade deal by Oct…

The French government unveiled a 100 billion-euro stimulus plan, focusing on greening the economy, creating jobs for young people and cutting taxes on ind…

Australia fell into its first recession in nearly 30 years as the nation battles a resurgence of Covid-19. Gross domestic product shrunk 7% in the second…

Chinese factory activity expanded at the fastest clip in nearly a decade in August as manufacturers scaled up production to meet an increasing demand, acc…

London’s FTSE 100 rose as bargain hunters stepped into the market following losses earlier in the week. The blue-chip FTSE 100 was up 0.2% and on co…

Germany has scrapped plans to discuss Brexit at a meeting next week because there has not been “any tangible progress” in talks this summer. T…

EU chief negotiator Barnier said this weekend that a trade deal between the EU and the UK “seems unlikely”. UK Brexit minister Frost also said…

The FTSE 100 jumped on Monday, tracking Asian markets as US regulators authorised a COVID-19 treatment over the weekend, while drugmaker AstraZeneca rose…

The US dollar recovered some of its recent losses after minutes from last month’s US Federal Reserve meeting gave no clear clues about whether an ev…

Japan was hit by its biggest economic slump on record in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic emptied shopping malls and crushed demand for cars…

The FTSE 100 fell for the first time in five sessions as a clutch of blue-chip firms traded ex-dividend. A 0.8% decline for the FTSE 100 pulled it back fr…