European stocks closed lower Wednesday, with autos tumbling as a fresh U.S. tariff announcement loomed.The pan-European Stoxx 600 index provisionally closed 0.72% lower, with autos down 2.54%, extending losses after a White House official told CNBC that U.S. President Donald Trump could make an announcement on duties as soon as Wednesday.However, U.K. stocks bucked the regional trend, with the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 gaining 0.3% and 0.28% respectively.U.K. borrowing costs meanwhile fell on Wednesday as markets broadly welcomed a flurry of economic news and fiscal announcements.The yields on 2-year and 10-year U.K. government bonds were both around 3 basis…
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Making a strong case for increasing private investment, the finance ministry on Wednesday in a report said it can help the country overcome risks to the growth emanating from external factors. The report emphasised that the private sector should draw comfort from resilience of the Indian economy and its steady growth outlook. “It is essential that the industry recognises the mutual endogeneity of its investment spending and consumption demand,” the February edition of Monthly Economic Review released by Department of Economic Affairs said. Pointing out that consumption is expected to get a leg-up with relief in income tax and reduction…
What’s driving investment in battery stocks? Well, the global battery industry has surged since over a decade driven mainly by lithium-powered technology. EVs are no longer a futuristic idea—they are now mainstream. Electric vehicles play a crucial role in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In 2021, plug-in EVs, including all-electric and plug-in hybrid models, prevented approximately 5.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions in the United States. This reduction is equivalent to removing over 1.1 million gasoline-powered cars from the road for a year. What’s Fuelling Battery Stock Investment in 2025? With countries pushing for stricter emissions regulations and phasing…
What’s driving investment in battery stocks? Well, the global battery industry has surged since over a decade driven mainly by lithium-powered technology. EVs are no longer a futuristic idea—they are now mainstream. Electric vehicles play a crucial role in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In 2021, plug-in EVs, including all-electric and plug-in hybrid models, prevented approximately 5.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions in the United States. This reduction is equivalent to removing over 1.1 million gasoline-powered cars from the road for a year. What’s Fuelling Battery Stock Investment in 2025? With countries pushing for stricter emissions regulations and phasing…
A German-backed carbon credit marketplace has launched a project in Ethiopia that aims to earn carbon and biodiversity credits… Source link
Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 250 is a popular hunting ground for investors seeking growth shares. Its composition of mid-cap shares provides (in theory) more scope for significant earnings growth than the FTSE 100‘s blue chips, and therefore the potential for superior capital gains. What unfairly gets less attention is the index’s ability to provide a decent passive income. To illustrate the point, the FTSE 250’s forward dividend yield of 3.5% matches that on offer from the Footsie. Today I’m looking for the best ‘all rounders’ for UK share investors to consider buying today. Here are two from the…
Puro.earth, the leading carbon-crediting platform for carbon dioxide removal (CDR), has issued over 1 million CO2 Removal Certificates (CORCs) since 2019. This represents 1 million tonnes of verified carbon removal. The company has played a key role in expanding the carbon removal market and advancing engineered solutions for climate action. Reaching the first 500,000 CORCs took nearly five years, but the number doubled in just one year, reaching 1 million in Q1 2025. At this pace, Puro.earth expects to match this milestone again before the end of H1 2026. How Does Carbon Dioxide Removal Work? In carbon dioxide removal the…
Puro.earth, the leading carbon-crediting platform for carbon dioxide removal (CDR), has issued over 1 million CO2 Removal Certificates (CORCs) since 2019. This represents 1 million tonnes of verified carbon removal. The company has played a key role in expanding the carbon removal market and advancing engineered solutions for climate action. Reaching the first 500,000 CORCs took nearly five years, but the number doubled in just one year, reaching 1 million in Q1 2025. At this pace, Puro.earth expects to match this milestone again before the end of H1 2026. How Does Carbon Dioxide Removal Work? In carbon dioxide removal the…
Image source: Getty Images Investing in the stock market can be a great way of earning a second income. But investors need to think carefully about the best available opportunities. Dividend stocks can be a terrific choice. But they aren’t the only way to generate income from an investment portfolio and they might not even be the best. There’s more than one way to get cash out of a portfolio. And doing it by selling part of a stake in a company can be advantageous from a tax perspective. Taxes A Stocks and Shares and ISA is a great asset…
When Trump was elected as US President back in November, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock initially soared. Investors believed that Musk, as a key supporter of Trump’s bid for a second term in the White House, and his electric car company were set fair. However, since peaking in December, the shares have crashed 43%, wiping out $700bn in market cap. All hands call Among claims that Musk is distracted far too much by his role in the US administration, last Friday (21 March) he broadcast an all hands meeting. Therein he advised employees to “hang on to your stock”. There is…