Market Report
Bonds: Gilts, euro area debt jumps as US healthcare bill put on ice
These were the movements in some of the most widely-followed 10-year sovereign bond yields:.
US close: Wall Street ends on a down note after Trump setback in Congress
Wall Street went into the weekend nursing its worst loss since the week ahead of the US elections as the White House was forced to pull its proposed reform of Obamacare in the face of opposition from within the Republican party's own ranks.
Sunday share tips: Smart Metering Systems, Saga, Sirus Real Estate
Smart Metering Systems shares were a 'buy' in the Sunday Times' Inside the City column. As part of a £11bn plan, the UK government aims for 53m smart meters - which are electronically linked to your electricity and gas supplier to allow you to monitor and control in near-real time how much energy you use - be fitted in every home and small businesses by December 2020. AIM-listed SMS, which has contracts to instal 2. 5m of that total, is only listed company of the four that own and instal smart meters.
