* FTSE 100 down 0.3%, FTSE 250 up 0.7% * AJ Bell drops after founder sells 7.5 million shares * Redcentric explores sale of co, shares jump (Updated at 1608 GMT) By Pranav Kashyap and Purvi Agarwal May 24 (Reuters) - London's FTSE 100 slipped on Friday, falling for the fourth straight session, as receding expectations of interest rate cuts...

(Updates to 14:44 EDT) By Stephen Culp NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - Wall Street rebounded and Treasury yields paused after upbeat economic data on Friday as investors positioned themselves ahead of the long U.S. Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start to summer. The U.S. stock market's bounce-back caps a week in which minutes from the most recent Federal...

* Canadian dollar gains 0.6% against the greenback * For the week, the loonie weakens 0.3% * Flash estimate shows retail sales up 0.7% in April * Canadian bond yields trade mixed across the curve By Fergal Smith TORONTO, May 24 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar strengthened against its U.S. counterpart on Friday, clawing back much of its weekly decline,...

12:21 PM EDT, 05/24/2024 (MT Newswires) -- The European stock markets were mostly down at market close Friday as the Stoxx Europe 600 declined 0.17%, the Swiss Market Index fell 0.29%, France's CAC was off 0.09%, the FTSE in London was down 0.22 %, and Germany's DAX gained 0.2%. In Germany, the gross domestic product rose 0.2% in Q1 compared...