The UK stock market's FTSE 100 is up firmly in positive territory Friday morning, led by gains in the mining sector. Investors are also reacting to a slew of earnings news and other corporate announcements. Data showing an unexpected drop in consumer confidence is limiting market's upside.The benchmark FTSE 100, which advanced to 10,914.18, a new record high, was up 43.34 points or 0.4% at 10,890.04 a few minutes ago.RightMove, up 4.2%, tops the list of gainers in the FTSE 100 index. The stock is up after ...

Group 1 - U.S. equity markets reached new all-time highs in Q4 2025, with the S&P 500 Index rising 2.66% and the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index increasing by 1.10% [1] - Within the Russell 1000 Growth Index, healthcare, communication services, and financials were the top-performing sectors, while utilities, real estate, and materials lagged [1] - The U.S. economy showed resilience, but consumer confidence deteriorated toward year-end, raising concerns about future spending and the labor market [1] Group 2 - The Aristotle Growth Equity Fund (Class I-2) returned 0.95%, underperforming the Russell 1000 Growth Index's 1.12% [1] - Poor security selection in the information technology and consumer discretionary sectors detracted from performance, while positive contributions from healthcare and industrials improved relative performance [1] - Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) stock closed at $210.86 per share on February 25, 2026, with a one-month return of -16.39% and a 52-week gain of 111.90% [2] - Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a market capitalization of $343.788 billion [2] - Sentiment towards AI semiconductor companies turned negative in December, contributing to multiple compression for AMD and weakness relative to other technology stocks [3]

The consumer-climate index edged lower in its forecast for March despite better recent news on the wider economy. ...

Consumer confidence ticked higher in February as American households' expectations for the labor market improved. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index rose 2.2 points to 91.2 in February from an upwardly revised 89 in January. The January data was initially reported as 84.5, the lowest level since May 2014.Economists polled by LSEG estimated the February reading for the index would come in at 87. FED'S FAVORED INFLATION GAUGE SHOWED CONSUMER PRICE GROWTH REMAINED ELEVATED IN DECEMBER"Confidence ...

The dollar index (DXY00) on Tuesday rose by +0.16%.  The dollar moved higher on Tuesday amid weakness in the yen, which fell to a 2-week low against the dollar.  Also, Tuesday's better-than-expected US economic news of Dec S&P composite-20 home prices and Feb consumer confidence was supportive of the dollar. Gains in the dollar were muted on Tuesday due to the strength of the yuan, which rallied to a 2.75-year high against the dollar.   Also, US trade uncertainty may spur foreign investors to dump dollar ...

Pre-market futures are busy climbing out of the deep hole Monday’s market dug for itself, particularly on the blue-chip Dow index. Tariff concerns and possible military conflict with Iran are issues that have not gone away, but neither have they poisoned the well. The Dow is up +138 points, the S&P 500 is +11, the Nasdaq +113 and the small-cap Russell 2000 is +4 points at this hour. Q4 Earnings Roundup This Morning: HD, PLNT & MoreHome Depot (HD)  beat earnings estimates in its Q4 report out this morning by ...

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Let's get to Kevin Green who joins me for the data download this morning. And I'm just wondering if that consumer confidence is showing any improvement off the back of that 12-year low we saw last time around KG. >> Yeah, you actually did see a pretty decent bounce for consumer confidence.Now, this is going to be the February print that came in at 91.2%. The street was looking for 87.4% and we did see a revision for last month's print up to 80 89 here. Now the optimism or the current situation index for the ...

Research group The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index rose to 91.2 from an upwardly revised 89 in January. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had expected a reading of 86.8. ...

Home Depot on Tuesday posted a roughly 4% quarterly sales decline, as a sluggish real estate market and selective spending by homeowners continued to weigh on home improvement demand.The company also stuck by the current fiscal year forecast that it shared in December at an investor day. It said it expects full-year total sales growth to range between about 2.5% and 4.5% and adjusted earnings per share to be between roughly flat and up 4% from $14.69 in the prior fiscal year. It expects full-year comparable ...