Market Pulse
Ferrexpo pellet production drops due to maintenance programme
Ferrexpo reported a drop in pellet production for the third quarter on Thursday due to its ongoing pellet line maintenance programme.
BTG hails 'momentum' and 'progress', acquires catheter company
Medical products group BTG grew sales at double-digits at constant exchange rates in the first half of the year and confirmed it was on track for the full year, while also announcing it has acquired a US-based cardiovascular catheters business.
EasyJet traffic jumps 11% in September, load factor ticks up
Budget airline easyJet reported an 11% jump in passenger numbers for September as the load factor ticked higher.
Thursday newspaper round-up: Tesco, Airbnb, Merlin Entertainments, Royal Mail
A top official at the Bank of England has warned the government it has less than 12 weeks to agree a transition deal with the EU to prevent City firms starting to move jobs and business out of the UK. Sam Woods, a deputy governor at the Bank, said City firms would activate their Brexit contingency plans if there was no deal on a transition period by Christmas which would mitigate the impact of a hard Brexit in March 2019. Woods also repeated his warning of the strain being put on the Bank’s ability to police the financial sector as a result of the changes firms needed to make.
London pre-open: Stocks seen flat ahead of McCafferty, Haldane speeches
London stocks were set for a muted open on Thursday as investors eyed speeches by two Bank of England policymakers.
US close: Stocks continue record run amid slew of data
Stocks on Wall Street finished in the green on Wednesday, continuing the record run seen in previous sessions.