20-02-2018

1745: Tomorrow is a big, big day in the financial calendar - especially with respect to interest rate expectations on both sides of the Atlantic. In the morning we have crucial UK labour market data that could heat up or cool down anticipation of the Bank of England's rate-hike path for 2018. Later the FOMC minutes from the last policy meeting will be pounced upon by Wall Street for a close reading to spot any slight change in nuance over rates. In between we have initial Eurozone purchasing managers' surveys and as an entrée there will be a host of corporate results, inlcuding from Lloyds Banking Group, Glencore, Barratt Developments and Metro Bank.

20-02-2018

HSBC's annual profit fell short of expectations as Stuart Gulliver reported his final set of results as leader of the global bank.

20-02-2018

Shire plc: JP Morgan downgrades to neutral with a target price of 3,600p.

16-02-2018

Sky plc: RBC downgrades to sector perform with a target price of 1.150p.

05-02-2018

Berenberg upgraded Standard Chartered to 'buy' from 'hold' and lifted the price target to 920p from 700p, and upped its price target on hold-rated HSBC Holdings to 680p from 600p.

19-01-2018

HSBC has agreed a financial settlement with the US Department of Justice to resolve its investigation into the bank's foreign exchange division misusing confidential client information and giving false information to a corporate client between 2010 and 2011.