Diageo, the world's largest spirits group, has agreed to sell its 65% stake in East African Breweries to Japan's Asahi Holdings for $2.3 billion, divesting its last direct African beer…
Oil prices rallied by nearly 2% today after US President Donald Trump ordered a complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, raising global political tensions at…
Building materials group Kingspan has announced a multi-year partnership with Seven Clean Seas, an ocean impact organisation. The collaboration looks to tackle ocean bound plastic pollution and enable the recycling…
A long-running fraud trial arising from the sale of the Northern Ireland loan book concluded for the Christmas break today. The nine men and three woman of the jury were…
Updated / Wednesday, 17 Dec 2025 11:59 45.7% of all goods exported in the first ten months of the year were exported to the US, new CSO figures show today…
Updated / Wednesday, 17 Dec 2025 11:57 The CSO said that property prices in Dublin rose by 5.4% and prices outside Dublin were up by 8.9% compared with October last…
Live cattle futures saw losses of 85 cents to $1.15 on Wednesday. There were another 20 deliveries tendered on Wednesday. Cash trade has been slow this week, with a few early…
Cotton futures closed the Wednesday session with contracts up 20 to 33 points on the day. Crude oil futures were $1.63 per barrel higher at $56.90. The US dollar index…
Lean hog futures posted losses of $1.45 to $1.80 on the Wednesday session. USDA’s national base hog price was up 15 cents in the Wednesday afternoon report at $69.71. The CME…
The dollar index (DXY00) today is up by +0.17%. The dollar is moving higher today due to weakness in GBP/USD after UK November consumer prices rose less than expected. Also,…
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is down by -0.61%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) is down by -0.12%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down by -1.12%. December…
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is down by -0.05%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) is up by +0.43%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down by -0.33%. December…