21 MAY 1954, page 30

Company Notes

By CUSTOS THE sharp set-back in the gilt-edged market which followed so soon after the Bank rate cut was evidence of some weak bull positions. The rapid appearance of a new......

Finance And Investment

By NICHOLAS DAVENPORT THE cut in Bank rate has been so thoroughly discounted in the stock markets that after the first rapturous rise prices fell back—in places quite sharply.......