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Week ahead: Ukraine war, Fed, BoE in the spotlight
All eyes over the coming week will continue to be firmly on the war in Ukraine.
BATS announces exit from Russia, calls on governments to help find peace in Ukraine
British American Tobacco called on all leaders and governments to find a peaceful and sustainable resolution of the conflict, even as it announced its exit from Russia.
Sector movers: Sellers caught on the hop by Putin's remarks
Short sellers were caught on the hop heading into the weekend by positive remarks from the Russian President regarding the talks held with Ukrainian negotiators the day before, in Turkey.
Europe close: Stocks end higher after Putin says he sees 'certain positive shifts'
European shares finished higher going into the weekend, helped by remarks from the Russian President to the effect that his diplomats had seen "certain positive shifts" in their talks with Ukrainian negotiators in Turkey.
London close: Stocks rise as Putin comments lift sentiment
London stocks managed a positive finish on Friday, as investors mulled better-than-expected UK GDP data, with deal news also lending a hand as Pearson shot higher.
Weekly review
The FTSE 100 ended the week 168. 5 points higher, closing at 7,155. 64 on Friday.
Just Eat Takeaway surges on takeover speculation
Shares of Just Eat Takeaway. com surged on Friday afternoon amid takeover speculation.
Director dealings: Gupta family makes OPG sale-and-purchase, Kerry director sells awards
OPG Power Ventures was at the top of the list of buyers on Friday, after it disclosed a £0. 6m sale-and-purchase made by the Gupta family, of which its chairman Arvind Gupta is a member.
Brickability forms clay roof tile joint venture
Construction materials distributor Brickability Group announced the formation of a joint venture with La Perla Participaties and Harold Kock on Friday, for the manufacture of clay roof tiles through a joint venture, Schermbecker Building Products.
Getech's H2 Green signs decarbonisation deal with Highland Council
Getech announced on Friday that its H2 Green business has signed a memorandum of understanding with Scotland’s Highland Council, to work towards creating a “regional network” of green hydrogen hubs across the Scottish Highlands.
US consumer confidence falls on rising inflation, Ukraine invasion
Consumer confidence in the US fell unexpectedly in early March amid concerns around inflation and the war in Ukraine, the results of a closely-followed survey revealed.
Parsley Box raises £5.9m, announces open offer to raise more
Ready meal delivery company Parsley Box announced the successful raising of £5. 9m on Friday, in a bid to fund its customer acquisition and growth strategy.
Omega's professional-use Covid test rejected by UK regulator
Omega Diagnostics announced another disappointment for its Covid-19 tests on Friday, announcing that the UK Health Security Agency said its application for approval of the professional-use ‘VISITECT’ antigen test under the Coronavirus Test Device Approvals regulations (CTDA) was unsuccessful.
Pires joins EUR 10m funding round for investee Getvisibility
Technology investor Pires announced the completion of a €10m (£8. 38m) funding round by one of its investments, Getvisibility, on Friday, which it described as an artificial intelligence-based data discovery, classification and protection platform company.
One Media buys licensor's royalty share to Orbital Digital catalogue
Digital music rights investor One Media iP Group has acquired the licensor's share of the royalties to the Orbital Digital catalogue of rights, it announced on Friday, which contains “several thousand” recordings.
FTSE 250 movers: Wizz flies higher; gold miners fall
London’s FTSE 250 was up 1. 4% at 20,234. 84 in afternoon trade on Friday.
Broker tips: Tyman, Deliveroo
Analysts at Berenberg lowered their target price on construction firm Tyman from 500. 0p to 420. 0p on Friday but said the group had remained "resilient under pressure".
Serabi Gold upbeat on latest development at Coringa
Brazil-focussed development and mining company Serabi Gold updated the market on its wholly-owned Coringa project in the Tapajos region of Para State on Friday, reporting that underground development had progressed further into the Serra Zone, with all three veins now intersected on at least one level.
Potential Chelsea FC buyers asked to approach government
Potential buyers of Chelsea Football Club have been told they can approach the government with proposals, after its operations were essentially put on ice by the sanctioning of oligarch owner Roman Abramovich.
FTSE 100 movers: Pearson surges on deal news; Fresnillo loses its shine
London’s FTSE 100 was up 1. 1% at 7,176. 78 in afternoon trade on Friday.
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