Primark owner Associated British Foods plc (LON:ABF) has released its pre-close trading update for the full year ending September 2020, with emphasis on Primark’s “strong” performance in the fourth quarter, despite the looming impact of the coronavirus pandemic on retail sales. All Primark stores across the UK were reopened in staggered phases between May, June […]

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Shares at Europe’s largest bank HSBC (LON:HSBA) have slid nearly 4% on the back of the company’s grim 2020 interim results, outlining an alarming 96% drop in net income in the second quarter, down to just $192 million. The company’s pre-tax profits also plummeted over 80% to $1.1 billion over the same period. Although based […]

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Bitcoin – the world’s largest cryptocurrency – rose above $10,000 on Monday for the first time in more than 6 weeks, alongside risk asset gold hitting an all-time high of $1,940. According to Bloomberg, Bitcoin opened at $10,169 at 6am in New York, wavered a little in the early trading hours before rallying to $10,335. […]

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