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Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY): news on Wednesday 21 October 2026

−5.2 negative

Coverage was dominated by a Google Cloud outage that disrupted Lloyds Bank and Halifax apps and websites alongside other firms. Reports of bank tax fears, deposit pressure, an analyst downgrade and falling shares added to the negative lean.

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