The FTSE 100 closed down slightly today. Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are HSBC, Whitbread, Metro Bank, St. James’s Place and Hargreaves Lansdown. Read the Tuesday 30 April Business Live blog below.
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FTSE 100 breaks winning streak
The Footsie closes soon
China buys up gold to protect economy in event of Western sanctions
Elon Musk goes ‘absolutely hardcore’ with lay offs
Haleon to close UK production site with more than 400 job losses
Europe set for June interest rate cut as inflation stabilises
Lidl plans hundreds of new supermarket openings across Britain
Coca-Cola reveals scale of price hikes as it reveals bumper profits
Metro Bank deposits lifted by high-interest savings accounts
Sensodyne maker Haleon to shut UK factory with loss of 435 jobs
Rental asking prices reach record of £1,291 a month outside of London
HSBC chief Noel Quinn retires after ‘intense’ five years
Prudential shares top FTSE 350 fallers
Hargreaves Lansdown shares top FTSE 350 risers
Investment platforms cash-in on ISA season as assets skyrocket
Brits face higher grocery bills over post-Brexit border checks
Abu Dhabi’s RedBird IMI to sell Daily Telegraph
Premier Inn owner Whitbread to axe 1,500 jobs
FCA at war with City over ‘name and shame’ plan
Market open: FTSE 100 up 0.4%; FTSE 250 adds 0.2%
Whitbread: ‘Premier Inn continues to steal the show with record cash flows and profits’
BHP urged to improve its offer for rival Anglo American
‘Spanner in the works’ of HSBC strategy as Quinn plots exit
Metro Bank deposits grow
Tesla surges on hopes of Chinese self-driving deal
Whitbread hikes divi as profits soar
First profit for Vinted as young shoppers turn their backs on fast fashion
HSBC boss Quin to retire
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