Advertisement
UK markets open in 3 hours 21 minutes

  • NIKKEI 225

    38,913.48
    +296.38 (+0.77%)
     

  • HANG SENG

    18,946.64
    -248.96 (-1.30%)
     

  • CRUDE OIL

    77.04
    -0.53 (-0.68%)
     

  • GOLD FUTURES

    2,371.70
    -21.20 (-0.89%)
     

  • DOW

    39,671.04
    -201.95 (-0.51%)
     

  • Bitcoin GBP

    54,470.50
    -461.63 (-0.84%)
     

  • CMC Crypto 200

    1,510.66
    -15.75 (-1.03%)
     

  • NASDAQ Composite

    16,801.54
    -31.08 (-0.18%)
     

  • UK FTSE All Share

    4,560.55
    -23.85 (-0.52%)
     
Money:

How to protect your finances during divorce

However you do it divorce will leave you poorer, and you will need to watch your finances carefully

Lafarge-Holcim help European shares inch up after agreement

Reuters - UK Focus

LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) - European shares inched higher in early deals on Friday, helped by gains in the construction sector after Holcim (Other OTC: HCMLF - news) and Lafarge (Paris: FR0000120537 - news) agreed to new merger terms.

Holcim rose 1.6 percent and Lafarge added 3.6 percent after the companies agreed to new terms, including a new share-swap ratio for the deal, over their planned multi-billion-euro merger, which would create the world's biggest cement firm.

The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index was up 0.1 percent at 1,600.15 points, hitting a new 7-1/2 year high at 0809 GMT.

Britain's Tullow Oil (LSE: TLW.L - news) was the top gainer on the index, up 5 percent, after the Africa-focused oil producer said it had raised an additional $450 million of capital from existing lenders, boosting its financial strength amid weak oil prices. (Reporting By Francesco Canepa; Editing by Atul Prakash)