Business news live: FTSE opens higher but retail sales fell sharply in May



Friday’s business news and stock markets – live

Good morning and welcome to the final day of the working week – following on from yesterdayโ€™s interest rates call, today weโ€™ll see how the markets react as the US stock market reopens and how the several ongoing geopolitical issues affect business confidence.

We start with UK retail data – which wasnโ€™t great last month.

Karl Matchett20 June 2025 08:15

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