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Updated Wednesday 12th March 2025

Live blog covering today's important financial market events and news

Oil prices hover near six-month lows

US consumer price data in focus

Wariness remains on markets as steel and aluminium import tariffs come in

Brent holds its floor around $69 a barrel

US market turmoil led by tech stock selloff

UK retail sales benefit from Valentine’s bump

UK markets steady at the open

Wall Street set to open lower

FTSE 100 opens on the back foot amid latest trade concerns

Investing insights

5 share ideas for a Stocks and Shares ISA 2025

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3 investment trusts for a Stocks and Shares ISA

3 ETFs for a Stocks and Shares ISA

Personal finance

Rachel Reeves – will income tax change in the Spring Statement?

Rachel Reeves delivers first major speech as new Chancellor of The Exchequer (Photo by Jonathan Brady - Pool/Getty Images)

How are HL staff using different products?

£276bn of savings earning no interest – how to get more interest with your savings

New podcast episode

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Spring clean your finances

In this week’s episode, our hosts discuss US tariffs, the Spring Statement and saving tax. Plus Emma Wall and Matt Britzman talk through our latest fund and share ideas for an ISA.

Read or listen now

Want to invest in gold?

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Should you invest in gold in 2025? – Plus 2 investment ideas

Gold is often considered a ‘safe haven’ in uncertain times, but how much gold should you hold?

5 shares to watch in 2025

5 funds for 2025

5 ETFs for 2025

Our investment outlook for 2025

Stock markets today

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Next week on the stock market

10th - 14th March 2025

Berkeley Group looking to keep full-year profit target on track
Persimmon shows signs of recovery with positive momentum into 2025
Can Halma keep the positive momentum going?

Insights for the week ahead

Fund research

Legal & General: results in line, buybacks ramping up

Persimmon: solid 2024 as profit beats expectations

Liontrust Sustainable Future Corporate Bond fund: February 2025 update

Royal London UK Smaller Companies: March 2025 fund update

Boohoo: full-year sales miss forecasts, group rebrands as Debenhams

Entain: results and guidance in-line as growth firms up

Fund research

BlackRock MyMap 4: February 2025 fund update

Troy Trojan Global Income – February 2025

Liontrust Sustainable Future Corporate Bond fund: February 2025 update

Royal London UK Smaller Companies: March 2025 fund update

BlackRock MyMap 4: February 2025 fund update

Troy Trojan Global Income – February 2025

Investment trust research

Vanguard Global Aggregate Bond ETF: February 2025 update

iShares Core Sterling Corporate Bond ETF: September 2024 update

Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust: March 2025 update

Schroder Asia Pacific: March 2025 investment trust update

Investment trust research

Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust: March 2025 update

Schroder Asia Pacific: March 2025 investment trust update

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Our savings and resilience report

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We’ve partnered with experts at Oxford Economics to explore ways to strengthen household finances, compared which regions are more financially resilient than others, and the potential risks to the nation for 2025.

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