Upbeat earnings from German industrial giant Siemens lift investor sentiment

Investors don’t seem unduly bothered by the ‘dumbest trade war in history’

FTSE 100 declines but ends well off its lows amid hopes of a de-escalation in Donald Trump’s trade war.

Half the valuation gap between US and non-US stocks among top 1,000 firms globally is explained simply by location of listing

Dutch chip company ASML leads tech stocks higher, but luxury companies tumble

Diageo gains 4.3% on report of potential spin-off or sale of Guinness

Dior, LVMH, Kering and Hermes among the luxury goods companies to advance after Cartier owner Richemont posted strong quarterly earnings

But the FTSE 100 ended the session in negative territory after energy advances were offset by declines for banks

Strategists who play things safe will probably be way off

UK’s FTSE 100 logged its sharpest drop in more than two weeks

Tesla among the fallers on Wall Street after it reports its first fall in annual deliveries

European stocks edge lower amid thin trading volumes in holiday-shortened week

Indices in Europe end last full trading week with losses as Washington again battles to stop government shutdown

Wall Street rebounds slightly from a selloff prompted by the Fed‘s hawkish 2025 outlook on interest rates

Planet Business: Ancient Rome auction update, the Murdoch ‘Succession memo’ and people/muppets who have rung the New York Stock Exchange’s opening bell

Dublin’s Iseq finished up 2.25% while FTSE rebounds

Wall Street tumbles after warnings from Microsoft and Meta Platforms about escalating AI costs

FTSE 250 edges higher as investors conclude Labour government’s first budget is less punitive on businesses than previously feared

Unilever leads household goods companies higher, while Kerry Group advances in Dublin

Irish banks out of sorts as builders trend lower