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London open: Stocks drift lower; G4S surges on results Stocks in London drifted lower in early trade as the August lull set in. At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 index was down 0.3% to 6,831.66. Augustin Eden, research analyst at Accendo Markets, said the index was taking “a break at the last significant resistance before […]

London open: Stocks edge higher ahead of data releases London stocks edged cautiously higher in early trade as investors awaited a slew of key data releases. At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.2% to 6,822.42. Meanwhile, oil prices were in the red, with West Texas Intermediate down 1% at $42.58 a barrel and […]

London open: Stocks start higher as China data overlooked London stocks made an initial move higher on Monday morning, as traders ignored lacklustre Chinese trade numbers and they digested last week’s news and a smattering of encouraging UK data post-Brexit data. The FTSE 100 was up 26 points to 6,819.47 after half an hour of […]

London open: Shares move higher ahead of US jobs report London´s top flight index began the session on the front foot, tracking gains overnight in Asia, with traders very much focused on the monthly US employment report due out later in the day. As of 0825 BST, the FTSE 100 was trading up by 39.77 […]

London open: Stocks flat ahead of Bank of England announcement London stocks opened in muted fashion on Thursday as investors kept their powder dry ahead of the Bank of England’s monthly policy decision and quarterly Inflation Report. The FTSE 100 was up less than three points at 6,636.69 after half an hour’s trading, while the […]

London open: Choppy start for FTSE 100 ahead of services data London stocks spiked higher initially on Wednesday despite downbeat US and Asian sessions, as investor attention will move from the raft of global services data to the week’s big Bank of England rate announcement. After half an hour of trading the FTSE 100 was […]

London open: FTSE fall continues as weight of data unlikely to lift London’s blue chip stocks continued to drop on Tuesday, following further oil price weakening and a mixed Asia session in the wake of an Australian rate cut. After Monday’s session was knocked lower by poor manufacturing sector data, the FTSE 100 was down […]

London open: FTSE floats higher ahead of manufacturing data print London stocks opened higher on Monday as investors look ahead to some key manufacturing data later in the day and the Bank of England rate announcement on Thursday. The FTSE 100 was up 0.5% to 6,757.89 after more than half an hour of trading, while […]

London open: Stocks touch lower as BoJ disappoints; Barclays gains after results London stocks opened a touch lower on Friday, with investors disappointed by the Bank of Japan’s latest policy measures. At 0815 BST, the FTSE 100 was down 0.3% to 6,700.88. Meanwhile, oil prices retreated, with West Texas Intermediate down 0.7% at $40.84 a […]

London open: FTSE falls on hawkish Federal Reserve statement London stocks dropped on Thursday as the Federal Reserve signalled that interest rates could rise in coming months. The Federal Open Market Committee decided to keep rates unchanged at its policy meeting on Wednesday evening. However, the central bank noted that hiring conditions had improved and […]