Britain’s withdrawal agreement with the EU “appears to meet all the requests” of the UK’s motor industry, bringing a “sigh of relief” to the sector following months of uncertainty and contingency planning, the chief executive of Aston Martin said.

Defence technology group Qinetiq on Thursday said a number of “significant” orders secured in the first six months meant it was “well placed to meet” its expectations for the full year.

Bank Indonesia raised interest rates for the sixth time this year on Thursday despite expectations it would keep its powder dry, after a surprise jump in imports expanded the country’s trade deficit in October and once again brought its current account deficit into focus.

Turkey’s unemployment rate inched higher to 11.1 per cent in August, despite an economic slowdown sparked by a currency crisis that sharply curbed demand for exports, loans and consumer goods.

The state statistics agency said 266,000 more people were out of work in August, bringing the total number of unemployed to 3.7m people, out of a total population of 80m people. The jobless rate was 10.6 per cent in August 2017.

Turkey’s $800bn economy has lost momentum since a plunge in the lira currency in August, brought on by fears of overheating as inflation soared to 15-year highs.

The pound was stuck in a tight range early on Thursday as traders and investors waited to see the wider political reception for prime minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal that won the backing of her cabinet yesterday.

Investec posted a double-digit rise in half-year profits, boosted by strong performance in its asset management business, in its first results since the group announced plans to spin off that division and overhaul its board as part of a generational handover.

Royal Mail’s half-year profits have slumped by more than half, after the privatised postal saw revenues fall at its core UK business and failed to hit productivity and cost savings targets.

Theresa May, the UK prime minister, on Thursday morning suffered her first resignation in the wake of cabinet approval of the draft Brexit deal when Shailesh Vara quit as a junior minister in the Northern Ireland office.

Switzerland’s competition authority has opened an investigation into banks including UBS and Credit Suisse which it said were suspected of boycotting mobile payment solutions offered by companies such as Apple Pay and Samsung Pay.

EU leaders will hold special summit on November 25 aimed at signing off the proposed Brexit deal between the UK and the other 27 member states.

German fashion house Hugo Boss pledged on Thursday to quadruple online sales, make its retail stores more productive and expand in Asia over the next four years as part of a broad strategy update.

China’s cyber regulator will require detailed logs of user activity and personal information from all technology companies and online service providers with “public opinion or social mobilisation capacity” before the month’s end, the latest sign of how far Beijing is willing to go to tighten its control over the domestic internet.

The West End landlord Great Portland Estates is to buy back up to £200m of shares after taking advantage of strong demand for London real estate and selling off a series of properties.

Intermediate Capital Group has hit its annual fundraising target ahead of schedule, attracting €6.1bn in new assets this year as investors continue to pile into alternatives.

Profits at Aston Martin nearly doubled after strong sales rises in China and the UK, in the luxury carmaker’s first set of results as a listed company.

Bitcoin slipped to a 13-month low, falling below the $6,000-level and posting its largest drop since March with other cryptocurrencies also heading south.

Theresa May won cabinet support for a Brexit deal after more than five hours of ferocious talks in Downing Street, but her victory came at a cost and she now faces a big political battle to push the plan through parliament.

Volkswagen's chief executive for China said he expects car sales in the country to remain flat in 2019, after industry data showed sales in the world’s largest auto market had notched a four-month losing streak.

The independent proxy advisory firm ISS is recommending that Campbell Soup shareholders vote in favour of activist investor Dan Loeb's bid to appoint five directors to the soupmaker's board.

Equities benchmarks were broadly lower on Thursday following the sixth straight drop on Wall Street for the S&P 500, which closed out the Wednesday session 0.8 per cent lower.

The Australian dollar jumped on Thursday after data showed the number of full-time hires in October had more than doubled from the previous month.

The lawyer who represents Stormy Daniels in her case against Donald Trump has been arrested on suspicion of domestic violence, according to a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson.

Theresa May won cabinet support for a Brexit deal after more than five hours of ferocious talks in Downing Street, clearing the way for a political battle to push the plan through parliament.

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has taken a nearly $4bn stake in JPMorgan Chase and pumped billions of dollars more into other US banks, as his sprawling investment group expanded its reach across American finance.