Browsing: FTSE

UK markets are set for a cautious, rate driven open as investors focus on the Bank of England. The prospect of tighter policy is the clear anchor today, outweighing the generally firmer global equity tone.

Just 3% of FTSE 100 companies disclose a specific financial return or outcome from artificial intelligence (AI), despite more than a third reporting substantive deployment of the technology, according to new research from technology intelligence company Flexera.

UK equities are set for a slightly firmer open, with FTSE 100 futures edging up despite a weaker global equity tone. The single driver today is the Bank of England meeting on Thursday and what it signals on interest rates.

I don’t rely on large language models like ChatGPT for financial advice about FTSE 100 stocks and the like. The technology makes too many mistakes and has too many hallucinations for me to count on it. But that doesn’t mean my eager-to-please buddy can’t be used for a bit of fun or to get the…