Wednesday's market movers and shakers
Today’s big news was the hotter than expected UK inflation numbers. Consumer prices rose 10.1% over the last year – higher food prices were a big contributor to that rise. Later in the day the dollar started to rise as US government bond yields rose to 19-year highs.
The FTSE 100 initially fell on the inflation news, but investors became more relaxed as the day wore on and the FTSE 100 closed down a minuscule 11 points at 6924.99. The FTSE 250 fell by much more, down 1.6% at 17,247.55.
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Ed Bowsher
19 October 2022
Investing and pensions
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