Jan 21 2025 @ 03:47
London open: FTSE nudges up as investors mull jobs data London stocks nudged higher in early trade on Tuesday as investors mulled the latest UK jobs data. At 0830 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.1% at 8,531.80. Figures released earlier by the Office for National Statistics showed that the unemployment rate and wages grew in the […]
Jan 20 2025 @ 03:39
London open: FTSE nudges up as investors eye Trump inauguration London stocks nudged higher in early trade on Monday, having a hit record high at the end of last week, as investors mulled the latest house price data from Rightmove and awaited Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th US president. At 0840 GMT, the FTSE 100 was […]
Jan 17 2025 @ 03:36
London open: Stocks gain as retail sales disappoint London stocks gained in early trade on Friday as weaker-than-expected retail sales data underpinned rate cut expectations. At 0830 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.9% at 8,466.87. Figures released earlier by the Office for National Statistics showed that retail sales fell 0.3% on the month in December following […]
Jan 16 2025 @ 03:39
London open: Stocks gain as UK GDP misses expectations London stocks rose in early trade on Thursday as weaker-than-expected UK growth figures added to expectations of a rate cut next month. At 0820 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.6% at 8,350.92. Data released earlier by the Office for National Statistics showed the economy grew 0.1% in […]
Jan 15 2025 @ 03:37
London open: Stocks jump as inflation unexpectedly falls in December London stocks jumped in early trade on Wednesday as data showed that UK inflation unexpectedly eased in December after two months of increases, underpinning expectations of a rate cut in February. At 0835 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.7% at 8,257.79. Figures released earlier […]
Jan 14 2025 @ 08:13
London open: Stocks nudge lower as investors keep an eye on bond yields London stocks nudged lower in early trade on Tuesday as investors kept an eye on UK bond yields and ahead of the release of the latest US inflation reading. At 0840 GMT, the FTSE 100 was down 0.1% at 8,215.79. Matt Britzman, […]
Jan 13 2025 @ 03:36
London open: Stocks drop, pound at 14-month low London stocks fell in early trade on Monday as bond yields rose again, but oil majors gained in tandem with oil prices. At 0830 GMT, the FTSE 100 was down 0.3% at 8,226.21,while sterling dropped to a 14-month low against the dollar, trading down 0.4% at 1.2156. […]
Jan 10 2025 @ 03:36
London open: FTSE flat ahead of non-farm payrolls London stocks were steady in early trade on Friday as investors eyed the release of the latest US non-farm payrolls report. At 0840 GMT, the FTSE 100 was flat at 8,316.10. There are no major UK data releases due, but in the US the non-farm payrolls report […]
Jan 09 2025 @ 03:50
London open: Stocks gain as sterling drops amid bond market selloff London stocks rose in early trade on Thursday as the selloff in the bond market continued and sterling slumped. At 0900 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.5% at 8,287.87, while the pound was at its lowest level against the dollar since 2023, down […]
Jan 08 2025 @ 03:46
London open: Stocks edge up but Shell, Flutter in the red London stocks rose in early trade on Wednesday but gains were muted after disappointing updates from Shell and Flutter Entertainment, and amid worries about inflation. At 0845 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.2% at 8,258.90. Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: “Inflation […]