UK stocks are slightly higher Thursday morning with investors digesting the latest batch of economic data, and earnings news, besides awaiting the monetary policy announcement from the European Central Bank. The benchmark FTSE 100 was up 23.14 points or 0.27% at 8,580.95 a little while ago.Airtel Africa is rising 9% after reporting strong growth in nine-month pre-tax profit. The company posted a p...
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May 08, 2026 15:50 ET Manufacturing and services sector survey results and labor market data from main economies were the highlight on the economics news front this week. Factory orders and jobs report dominated the news flow in the U.S. Similarly, industrial production data from German garnered attention in Europe. In Asia, purchasing managers’ survey results from China and the central bank decision from Australia were in focus.