China private equity player GSR eyes stake in $9 billion Chilean lithium miner SQM: Sources

Chinese private equity firm GSR Capital is looking to buy a substantial holding in Chile’s Sociedad Quimica Y Minera (SQM), one of the world’s biggest lithium producers, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. GSR could buy a stake of around...

Markets brace for UK service sector and car sales data – business live

3.33am EDT03:33 A Persimmon construction site in Dartford. Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters In the City, shares in housebuilder Persimmon have jumped by 3.5% to the top of the FTSE 100 leaderboard after posting strong financial results this morning. Persimmon completed...