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London open: Stocks little changed; Paysafe surges on deal news London stocks were little changed in early trade on Friday as investors sifted through some corporate news and awaited the release of borrowing figures. At 0840 BST, the FTSE 100 was flat at 7,489.77, while the pound was up 0.1% against the dollar and the […]

London open: Stocks edge higher ahead of retail sales, ECB London stocks edged higher in early trade on Thursday, taking their cue from a positive session in Asia as investors eyed UK retail sales data and a rate announcement from the European Central Bank. At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.2% to 7,449.08, […]

London open: Stocks edge higher as investors sift through corporate news London stocks edged higher in early trade, underpinned by record closes for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq, as investors sifted through corporate news. At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.2% to 7,406.33, while the pound was 0.2% firmer against the euro […]

London open: Stocks dip as investors eye UK inflation figures London stocks edged lower in early trade on Tuesday as investors awaited some key UK inflation figures. At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 was down 0.4% to 7,378.58, while the pound was flat against the euro at 1.1372 but 0.3% firmer versus the dollar at […]

London open: Stocks in the black as miners gain on China data London stocks edged higher in early trade on Monday, with miners in the black following the release of encouraging Chinese data. At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.4% to 7,407.45, while the pound was up 0.1% against the euro at 1.1430 […]

London open: Stocks nudge up as investors digest dovish Yellen London stocks nudged higher in early trade on Thursday as investors digested a dovish congressional testimony by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen a day earlier. At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.1% to 7,423.26, while the pound was up 0.5% against the dollar […]

London open: FTSE rises with Burberry and Barratt to the fore London stocks gained ground on Wednesday morning after two days of losses, as the pound fell. Just after 0900 BST the FTSE 100 was up 0.8% to 7,386.58, after sterling pushed to new eight-month lows against the euro and dropped to 1.2813 against the […]

London open: Stocks edge higher ahead of Haldane, Broadbent speeches London stocks edged up in early trade as investors eyed speeches from Bank of England policymakers Andy Haldane and Ben Broadbent. At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.2% to 7,382.15, while the pound was 0.1% firmer against the euro and the pound at […]

London open: Stocks climb on Asian cues; Carillion crashes on profit warning London stocks edged higher in early trade on Monday, taking their cue from a positive session in Asia following last week’s better-than-expected non-farm payrolls report. At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.4% to 7,379.36, while the pound was flat against the […]

London open: AB Foods gains balanced by Reckitt ransomware hit London’s stock indices hovered tentatively in early trading on Thursday amid a quiet day for macroeconomic events following the release of surprisingly mixed minutes from the US Federal Reserve overnight. At 0930 BST the FTSE was pretty much flat at 7,366 after adding ten points […]