London Stock Exchange

LSE and the owner of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange have confirmed they will merge into one company.

Alcuin Capital Partners has reportedly appointed Investec to advise on the initial public offering (IPO).

LSE will lift its total dividend by 20% after posting sharp increase in profits and revenue

Barclays dropped almost 9% after it recorded a 2% fall in pre-tax profits over 2015.

ICE appoints financial advisory firm, Morgan Stanley, to prepare a higher offer for the LSE merger.

The G20 countries left their meeting on Saturday without a proposal to boost the slowing global economy.

The LSE is in negotiation with Deutsche Boerse to create a global markets infrastructure group

Clydesdale Bank said it received pressing rating-agency questions regarding its deposit rating.

The Chinese manufacturing PMI came in at 49.4, its lowest since August 2012.

With WTI trading at $28 a barrel, commodity miners and traders weighed down stock markets.

UK stocks boosted by better-than-expected figures from a number of big retailers.

The year 2015 saw only 39 initial public offerings (IPOs) on UK's junior market.

The initial public offering is expected to raise somewhere between £2.16bn and £2.48bn.

LSE will receive $1bn in cash for the asset management business and the remaining will be paid in four instalments,

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

European markets rose on Tuesday morning, despite a further 7.6% decline in China, the seventh consecutive day of losses.

Market shaves £74bn from value after sharp decline in Chinese markets with mining and oil and gas leading.

London's FTSE and German DAX both fall with political uncertainty and global economic growth to blame.

Mining company lost value again after a year that saw one-fourth of its value evaporate.

Investors unsure where to turn in week that saw Chinese economy uncertainty and mining loses.

Mining stocks recovered slightly from losses as medical technologists Aortech double revenue.

Poor performance of mining firms continued as Inmarsat satellite communications made gains.

Slowdown in the UK's services sector pulled the market back from larger gains.

Analysts call the timing "very unfortunate" for Royal Mail.

Dragon Oil shareholders will receive £7.50 per share in cash, valuing the company at £3.7bn.

Government sells 15% stake in Royal Mail for £750m and will use proceeds to help cut the deficit

FCA lifted the legal requirement for publicly listed companies to publish their quarterly statement in 2014

The news boosts the US-listed shares of Diageo, which finished 8.04% higher in heavy trading on 5 June.

FTSE 100 rose 0.11% overall today

Boston-based PureTech Health proposes to list itself on the main market of the London Stock Exchange in June.