Category - Europe-Middle East Stock Markets

• Footsie sets new high on hopes of summer rate cut
• Spring in the step but UK still stuck in second gear
• FTSE 100 falls back from record high after bank economist’s rate cut comments
• FTSE 100 hits record high as shares rise amid hopes of interest rate cuts
• The FTSE 100 was overdue for a new high, and it carried a heavy flavour of currency effects
• Weak metal prices drag FTSE miners into the red
• Rate cuts ‘some way off’, warns Bank of England’s chief economist
• Tech stocks feel the love from investors