Hints and tips:
...Gross profits from commodities trading activities — including by banks, hedge funds, independent traders and asset-backed businesses such as BP and Shell — rose from about $36bn in 2018 to a record $148bn...
...Demand for commodities also rose in 2022, as economic activity rebounded after pandemic restrictions were eased and the global economy grew, said Adam Perkins, partner at Oliver Wyman....
...Markets had clearly anticipated a move like this, as the shares rose 3 per cent on the morning that the company reported its results....
...Prices rose 0.7 per cent from January, taking the average property price to £260,420....
...Prices rose year on year in most regions, with Northern Ireland registering the fastest pace at 5.3 per cent....
...Big share price moves in Europe include Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, European luxury group LVMH and UK builders’ merchant Travis Perkins: Novo Nordisk: Shares in the Danish drugmaker rose 3.5 per cent...
...The 30-year yield hit 5 per cent, the 10-year rose more than 10bp to 4.8 per cent, and long-term Treasuries are yielding more than they have since 2007....
...Prices rose by 15 per cent group-wide, but volumes weakened by 6 per cent....
...Goldman Sachs and venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins both invested before SoftBank did....
...Markets now find themselves in “an endless loop where everyone is frustrated”, said Dario Perkins, head of global macro at research firm TS Lombard....
...London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.1 per cent, as did France’s CAC 40. China’s benchmark CSI 300 index fell 0.2 per cent, while Japan’s Topix was up 0.1 per cent as markets reopened after a holiday....
...Shares in Chinese producers of gallium and germanium rose on Tuesday following the announcement, with traders expecting the export controls to push up the price of the metals....
...Working capital also rose by £115mn as it had to pay more for stock. One concern is the performance of its Toolstation business....
...At first glance, it is easy to see why Mears’ share price rose 6 per cent on the morning of its results for the past calendar year....
...Rates on five-year fixed-rate deals rose from 4.75 per cent to 5.61 per cent....
...But, sometimes, as Travis Perkins discovered, it is day-to-day shortfalls in knowhow that sap companies’ efficiency....
...Asian shares rose on Friday, with China’s Politburo promising to increase macroeconomic support for its Covid-battered economy....
...Enzo, a beauty industry entrepreneur, and his British wife Hilary, the former managing director of British high street fashion brands including Dorothy Perkins and Topshop and former chief executive of the...
...The UK’s second-largest home improvement retailer was demerged from building supplies group Travis Perkins eight months ago....
...Chris is Chris Perkins, the president of crypto outfit Coinfund (and running Citi’s clearing unit in the pandemic turmoil)....
...They are now joined by another rebellious inmate, the eponymous heroine of Rose Tremain’s Lily....
...Home improvement retailers were permitted to remain open during lockdowns and Wickes said same-store sales of its DIY ranges rose more than 18 per cent last year, with online sales doubling....
...Travis Perkins has already done so for its bulk-bought products. Plants grown in peat-free compost are also making a welcome appearance on the market....
...The collapse into administration last year of department store chain Debenhams and Sir Philip Green’s retail empire Arcadia — the owner of Burton, Dorothy Perkins and a number of other fashion brands as...
...The company’s shares rose more than 3 per cent on Wednesday, and are down 18 per cent in the year to date....
International Edition