London Stock Exchange

Absence of new details about China’s stimulus measures triggers decline in companies that draw a large part of their revenue from the world’s second-largest economy

Apollo Global’s $11bn joint venture with Intel in Leixlip tops London Stock Exchange’s deal table

FTSE 100 lags its peers as energy giants track a decline in crude oil prices

After slew of economic data, investor focus will now turn to speech by Federal Reserve chairman next week

Strong day for banking stocks lifts Irish market, while Airbnb and Puma fall after weak outlook statements

Company says its primary operations, along with the majority of its employees and investor base, are based in the UK

Kerry Group climbs in Dublin after raising its full-year guidance

With the number of listed companies falling, investing in private market assets is increasingly a ‘need to’ not a ‘want to’ for investors

The lack of exit options for investments has forced some executives to reconsider more swashbuckling strategies

Irish support services group receives strong ‘buy’ recommendation from Deutsche Numis

Company says corporate talent is increasingly mobile in a globalised world and investors must pay up if they want to retain top executives

The LSE has already lost companies such as CRH, Flutter and Ferguson to the US market in recent times

Planet Business: FTSE 100 crosses 8,000 again, Alex Kroes is suspended at Ajax and Taylor Swift becomes a billionaire

Phoenix Tower’s proposed purchase of Cellnex’s Irish telecoms masts tops first quarter deal table

London’s main problem is the same as Dublin’s – the greater liquidity and higher valuations on offer in the US

Dublin market up slightly with shares of Kerry Group advancing 2 per cent

Ryanair arrests its slide with airline gaining 0.4% on Dublin listing

Retailer appears set to capitalise on its older, wealthier clientele

UK market has seen slew of big name firms drop their listing in recent months

Tour operator has been approached by investors over moving to a single listing in Frankfurt

Benchmark STOXX 600 index dropped almost 3% this month amid lack of visibility on interest rates

Surging demand highlights wealthier investors’ unfair tax advantage

Irish executive Albert Manifold paid £10.38 million last year for his role as chief executive of CRH, a position which he has held since 2014

Wall Street stocks rise after US retailer Target beats quarterly profit expectations

Bank shares rebound after Italian government clarifies that new windfall tax will not exceed 0.1% of total assets

Downturn in euro zone business activity also dampened the mood

US President Joe Biden looked set to continue talks with congressional leaders on raising the country’s debt limit later this week

Insulation giant is the latest company to announce plans to delist from the London Stock Exchange

Iseq creeps up with Smurfit jumping 4.7%

Deutsche Bank leads sell off across Europe

Iseq rises, supported by Smurfit Kappa and AIB

Irish building materials giant also announced plans to spend $3bn buying back its own stock

Payouts likely to fall as company margins come under pressure

Markets also unsettled by coronavirus-infection numbers in China

US tech giant to provide data analytics and cloud products in 10-year strategic partnership

In Dublin, CRH finished down 1% after reporting it is sticking to its €5.4bn full-year earnings forecast despite energy prices

A weak sales forecast at US retailer Target and higher-than-expected UK inflation reignites alarm about consumer spending

Irish Infrastructure Fund looking at separate sale process for fibre networks business Enet to maximise returns

Mining and luxury goods stocks are boosted by hopes China will relax its Covid-19 curbs

Markets slip ahead of Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision