The FTSE 100 is down 0.9 per cent in afternoon trading. Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are HSBC, BAE Systems, Rio Tinto, Heathrow, and Tate & Lyle. Read the Wednesday 21 February Business Live blog below.
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Housebuilder Vistry defends hiking boss’s pay amid shareholder opposition
Sir Jim Ratcliffe labels Man United’s organisation ‘not good’
Petrol has shot up by 3p a litre in just three weeks – here’s why
Aldi to create 5,500 new UK jobs this year
Close Brothers Group shares top FTSE 350 fallers
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Stocks to watch: Getting off the Magnificent Seven tech bandwagon
Rio Tinto and Glencore profits slump on lower commodity prices
Dominic Raab lands job at private equity mining investor
Pawnbroker H&T Group acquires pledge book from Maxcroft
Interpol partners with AI-focused Windward amid maritime crime clampdown
BAE Systems sales top £25.3bn amid global surge in defence spending
Currys backer Redwheel warns of UK market decline
Heathrow returns to profit for the first time since the pandemic
National Express crashes 25% after results delay
HSBC posts record $30.3bn profit despite ‘messy’ final quarter
Market open: FTSE 100 down 0.5%; FTSE 250 flat
Superdry soars 17% on reports US investor is in talks to buy the troubled fashion chain
Heathrow posts first profit in four years
January borrowing and tax figures ‘mixed news for Jeremy Hunt’
New report confirms UK debanking fears: Customers being dumped because of opinions or lifestyles
HSBC results ‘marred’ by ‘ugly quarter’
Rio Tinto lifts dividend despite profit slip
The £135m man: That’s how much Pascal Soriot has been paid in 12 years at AstraZeneca… with more to come
‘BAE Systems continues to move from strength to strength’
BAE Systems hikes dividend as earnings jump
HSBC profits hit $30.3bn
Monzo’s £4bn valuation woe: Digital bank not worth much more than it was three years ago
Tax under the microscope ahead of Spring Budget
UK records biggest budget surplus since 1993