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A total of 40,101 new homes were registered between June and August, 11% up on last year, said NHBC.

Japan's Nikkei rebounded 0.8% to 17,708.94 points at mid-day after closing nearly 3% lower on 24 September.

Japanese shares down nearly 2% as trading resumes after a three-day public holiday.

Despite FTSE fears and Chinese slowdown there are plenty of reasons to buy UK shares today.

Chinese factory PMI unexpectedly falls to six-and-a-half-year low in September.

Meanwhile, ONS showed government borrowing increased to £12.1bn in 12 months to August.

Investors remain cautious in the wake of the US Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates steady.

Global growth fears resurface after US Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady.

Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen hints at policy tightening later.

ARK Investment Management has become the first ETF to invest in bitcoin

Traders remain cautious as the US Federal Reserve considers a first rate hike in nearly a decade.

US central bank widely expected to hold interest rates steady.

Mobile money expert Jean-Stéphane Gourévitch kicked off London Fintech Week with a talk about this miracle of financial inclusion.

Chinese factory output and fixed-asset investment data missed expectations.

Oil production outside Opec forecast to drop by 500,000 barrels per day in 2016.

Investors cautious ahead of Fed's policy-setting meeting on 16-17 September.

Official data showed Japanese machinery orders unexpectedly declined in July.

Nikkei index poised to make biggest one-day gain in four years.

Regulators propose halting trading for 30 minutes if market rises or falls 5% in a single session.

China's exports dropped 5.5% in August, while imports plunged 13.8%.

Chinese stocks slid into negative territory as trading resumed following a four-day break.

FTSE 100 closes more than 2% down after weaker than expected jobs figures across the Atlantic

Navinder Singh Sarao, working from his home in the unfashionable London suburb of Hounslow, lost companies billions of dollars, say prosecutors.

Analysts expect the US economy to have added 220,000 jobs in August.

Good day for EasyJet and mining giants as FTSE 100 gains almost 2% to close at 6,194.10.

Last week's crash in China's financial markets has had investors spooked

The Australian stock market was down on slower GDP growth and a contraction in retail sales.

Some 54% of UK-domiciled companies now owned by overseas investors.

The FTSE closed up 24.77 points (0.41%) at 6083.31 at the end of the day on Wednsday.