MARKETS

The Nasdaq-listed companies promote hotel packages on each other's websites.

IMF says appreciation over past year has normalised exchange rate of yuan.

Boston-based PureTech Health proposes to list itself on the main market of the London Stock Exchange in June.

Chinese billionaire Pan Sutong's Goldin Properties Holdings rockets 44.09% in Hong Kong trade.

Markets in Tokyo and Shanghai strike fresh multi-year highs amid thin-Asian trade.

Ukraine, battling separatists and bondholders, has also been hit by the oil rout and international sanctions on Russia.

US government data revealed that supplies fell last week, owing to a temporary fall in Alaskan output.

Gold and the greenback to react to a raft of US data through the holiday-shortened week, including revised US GDP data.

The FTSE 100 closed the day up 18.25 points (+0.26%) at 7,031.72.

Voodoo economics? Experts offer their views on the possibility of another credit crunch.

Vodafone's stock has gained over 11% since 20 May, the biggest three-day intra-day gain in nearly two years.

Japan's Nikkei strikes a new 15-year peak while the Shanghai Composite hits a fresh seven-year high.

Figures published by the Office for National Statistics UK showed retail sales jumped 1.2% in April

Plunge in the value of broker Goldin Financial follows that of client Hanergy Thin Film Power Group.

Dairy company share price drops 5% as full-year profit slump disappoints

But the Shanghai Composite advanced on hopes of higher policy support from Beijing.

Jerusalem claims Tehran broke the agreement in 1979 in wake of Islamic revolution.

Asian bourses outside Hong Kong and Sydney gain on upbeat Japanese growth figures.

Recent rally in oil prices would force producers to drill, adding to existing glut, says Goldman Sachs analysts.

CBI president Sir Mike Rake says the cost of leaving will harm Britain's place in the world.

FTSE 100 finished day up 26.23 at 6,995.10 after breaching the 7,000 mark in early trading.

Deal makes Metro Bank the first British bank to use a p2p platform to lend funds to customers.

Bitcoin price remains stable, as Sweden's Nasdaq launches Bitcoin Tracker One.

World's first bitcoin-based security on a regulated exchange launches on Sweden's Nasdaq.

The number of US rigs actively drilling for oil have now fallen for the 23rd week in a row.

US dollar weakened this week, after dismal US data, and the dollar index has now dropped for five weeks in a row.

Nowadays the unglamorous world of retail banking has become the acceptable business model for UK banks.

Chinese markets regulator says its recent move to expedite approvals for IPOs will not have a big impact on the market.

Global gold demand dipped a meager 1% year-on-year to 1,079.3 tonnes in a "generally quiet first-quarter".