Business news live: Reaction to Rolls Royce profits and latest UK house price data

It’s been a big week of financials among the FTSE 100 firms and that theme continues today.

We’ll hear very shortly about the likes of Rolls Royce, Shell, Unilever and the London Stock Exchange Group among others.

Speaking before Unilever’s reveal – currently going on right now – Diana Radu, equity analyst at Morningstar, pointed out that the consumer products firm’s results will be a bellweather of sorts for the overall spending power of the people.

“The results are likely to give us a good insight into the health of the global consumer,” she said.

“We expect that, following a prolonged period of high inflation, with rising market share for private label goods and persistent macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty across regions, consumer spending will remain cautious, and Unilever’s volume growth will be subdued, falling short of the company’s midterm ambitions.”

First up today, let’s catch you up with the main headlines from yesterday’s business and money news:

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Coming up today we’ve got the Nationwide House Price Index, financial results for the likes of Rolls Royce and the London Stock Exchange Group, plus plenty more.