Simon Freeman

The index passed the threshold after its highest performing year since 2009, boosted by miners, defence stocks and banks — outperforming the FTSE 250

FTSE 100 at lowest point since January as energy worries mount and the Bank of England keeps interest rates on hold

SpaceX and other firms in his business empire bought more than 1,300 electric pick-up trucks, worth over $90m, in the fourth quarter of last year

The freight company ‘can’t shoulder’ extra costs from rising oil prices, the chief executive says, as the Strait of Hormuz blockade worsens an energy shock

The AI company behind the Claude chatbot was accused in a US class-action lawsuit of using books to train its models without purchasing the content

Ice cream spin-off from Unilever beats core earnings expectations and enjoys growth in sales and market share in every region

Gravelines power plant in northern France is partially offline for ten days and scientists warn such events could become more common due to global warming

Shares in the high-end shoemaker rise nearly 18 per cent after it stays insulated from reductions in discretionary spending affecting much of the sector

Filings reveal Alphabet is the biggest institutional shareholder in the satellite, rockets and AI business after its prescient 2015 investment of $900m

Property values increased by 1.6 per cent year-on-year, Nationwide Building Society said