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London open: Stocks nudge lower ahead of retail sales data London stocks nudged a little lower in early trade as investors eyed the release of UK retail sales data, amid ongoing worries about Donald Trump’s economic plans. At 0830 GMT, the FTSE 100 was down 0.2% to 7,310.65, while the FTSE 250 was marginally up […]

London open: Stocks in the red following weak US, Asian sessions London stocks fell in early trade, taking their cue from downbeat sessions in the US and Asia. At 0825 GMT, the FTSE 100 was down 0.6% to 7,335.47. In the US on Tuesday, the Dow and the Nasdaq suffered their worst day since September […]

London open: Stocks flat as investors eye inflation figures London stocks were flat in early trade as investors eyed the release of key UK inflation data. At 0825 GMT, the FTSE 100 was flat at 7,432.43. On the data front, the UK producer price index, retail price index and consumer price index are all at […]

London open: Stocks edge lower following Friday’s record close London stocks edged lower in early trade on Monday after closing at a record high again at the end of last week, as investors sifted through some corporate news and digested developments at the G20 meeting. At 0830 GMT, the FTSE 100 was down 03% to […]

London open: Stocks flat as investors pause for breath London stocks were little changed in early trade as investors paused for breath after the FTSE 100 closed at a record high of 7,415.95 in the previous session. At 0830 GMT, the index was up 0.1% to 7,421.74. Spreadex‘s Connor Campbell said: “Following Thursday’s cluttered calendar, […]

London open: Stocks push higher as Fed hikes rates; BoE in focus London stocks rose in early trade as investors digested news that the Federal Reserve had hiked rates by 25 basis points as expected, and looked ahead to the latest policy announcement from the Bank of England. At 0830 GMT, the FTSE 100 was […]

London open: Stocks nudge higher as pound falls to eight-week low Stocks in London nudged a touch higher in early trade, while the pound hit an eight-week low against the dollar after parliament gave Prime Minister Theresa May the green light to trigger Article 50 and start the process of leaving the European Union. At […]

London open: Stocks nudge higher amid flurry of M&A activity Stocks in London eked out gains in early trade amid a flurry of M&A activity, as investors looked ahead to a parliamentary vote on Brexit later in the day. At 0825 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.2% to 7,360.00, with heavily-weighted mining stocks providing […]

London open: Stocks start higher ahead of February US jobs data Stocks began the morning with a small upwards push, tracking similar sized gains overnight on Wall Street, with traders looking towards official US non-farm payrolls data later on Friday. At 0802 GMT the FTSE 100 was up 0.24% or 30.81 points at 7,345.77 and […]

London open: China data and oil price spill unnerve traders Shares have started lower in London on Thursday morning with traders trying to anticipate whether the gears of monetary policy at the European Central Bank had begun to shift, mimicking the recent apparent change of pace over at America’s Federal Reserve. The answer to that […]