The Consumer Price Index rose 2.9 percent from a year earlier, but a measure of underlying inflation was more encouraging.

The FTSE 100 index fell 0.3% last night and is forecast to open today’s session flat at 8201. The pound is just below $1.22 ...

I think we’ve hit a pocket of weak demand with buyers pushing back at the higher price levels,” StoneX analyst Nate Donnay ...