The FTSE 100 will open at 8am. Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Unilever, Diageo, AstraZeneca, Close Brothers, Crest Nicholson and DFS Furniture. Read the Tuesday 19 March February Business Live blog below.
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Robinhood share trading app now available in UK – and won’t charge fees
City pioneer and Money Mail founder Sir Patrick Sergeant celebrates his 100th birthday
AstraZeneca to buy Fusion for $2bn
Diageo hires former UK Civil Service boss Sir John Manzoni as chair
Chemring handed £90m to ramp up production of ammunition for Ukraine
Unilever spins-off ice cream unit