Rolls-Royce: FTSE 100 giant worth £60bn after shares rebound April 22, 2025 Rolls-Royce is worth £60bn again after shares in the FTSE 100 giant continued their recovery after President Donald Trump’s tariffs shocked global markets. Shares in the Derby-headquartered group have now risen to more than 700p, giving it a market capitalisation of more than £60.5bn. Rolls-Royce’s shares had been trading at more than 800p before Trump’s [...]
‘Appeasement cannot bring peace’: China warns nations not to bow to Trump trade demands April 21, 2025 China has warned nations not to bow to President Donald Trump in trade negotiations and promised to fire back if deals come at its expense as the country hits back at tariffs imposed by the US. The fresh comments follow reports from the Wall Street Journal that the US would use discussions with key trading [...]
EU pauses counter-tariffs after Trump backs down April 10, 2025 President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has said the European Union will pause their reciprocal tariffs against the US, but warned it will hit back if trade negotiations fail. In a post on X, von der Leyen said: “We want to give negotiations a chance… “If negotiations are not satisfactory, our countermeasures [...]
FTSE 100 live: Market turmoil intensifies as China retaliates April 9, 2025 The UK's blue-chip FTSE 100 slumped more than four per cent today as the global stock market rout that began at the end of last week continued.
FTSE 100: Rolls-Royce shares rebound after losing over £10bn in value April 8, 2025 Shares in Rolls-Royce have started to rebound after losing more than £10bn in value since President Donald Trump’s tariffs were announced. The Derby-headquartered group’s shares had been trading at an all-time high of 812p in the middle of March before plummeting to 635p on Monday. They have now started to rebound and are trading at [...]
Barclays, HSBC, Bank of America bosses hold crisis tariff talks April 7, 2025 Chief executives at the world’s biggest banks have held talks on the fallout of Trump’s tariff onslaught. Bosses from Bank of America, HSBC, Barclays and Citi discussed the global chaos triggered by Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ in a call on Sunday, according to Sky News’ Mark Kleinman. The call was organised by the Bank Policy Institute [...]
Musk advocates for ‘effective free-trade zone’ between the US and Europe April 6, 2025 Elon Musk has voiced his support for an “effective free-trade zone” between Europe and the US, days after US President Donald Trump imposed a sweeping set of tariffs on the world. Trump placed a 20 per cent tariff on most EU goods going into America on April 2, as well as a range of tariffs [...]