The FTSE 100 is up 0.3 per cent in afternoon trading. Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are JD Sports, AO World, Music Magpie and Shepherd Neame. Read the Wednesday 2 October Business Live blog below.
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The Footsie closes soon
‘Global markets, and indeed the international community, are on tenterhooks’
Universal Credit warning from police as DWP launch probe into fake app
Tesla misses third-quarter delivery estimates
M&S to recruit over 11,000 staff over Christmas
Wizz Air shares top FTSE 350 fallers
Fidelity China Special Situations tops FTSE 350 risers
Shepherd Neame: Labour reforms will hike costs and reduce flexibility
Topps Tiles says DIY market ‘very challenging’ as yearly sales slow
Starling bank fined £29m for ‘shockingly lax’ financial crime controls
The $1 trillion AI spending spree: Is it hype or a real revolution?
FCA fines Starling Bank £29m for financial crime control failures
AO World agrees £10m takeover of MusicMagpie
Ashley knocked back by Singapore billionaires in battle for Mulberry
Saga in talks with Ageas about insurance business partnership
JD Sports sales balloon to over £5bn but retailer warns of ‘volatile’ UK market
Oil prices continue to climb
EU demand for electric cars ‘on a continual downward trajectory’
Jaguar Land Rover doubles down on Merseyside ‘factory of the future’
JD Sports shares fall despite profit beat
Defensive FTSE 100 opens higher
Saga in talks with Belgium’s Ageas for insurance partnership
Higher oil prices risk halting global interest rate cuts
JD Sports boosted by Nike and Adidas exclusives
Reeves’s gloom hits business as confidence slumps at fastest level since start of the pandemic
AO World eyes £10m Music Magpie takeover
JD Sports sales hit record £5bn
MARKET REPORT: Oil price soars as fighting intensifies in Middle East