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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 […]

London open: FTSE touches yearly highs as ITV and St James lead rebound London’s FTSE 100 bumped around 12-month highs in early trading on Wednesday as the rebound since the Brexit vote continued thanks to some encouraging corporate results releases. Following mixed sessions in the US and Asia overnight, the UK’s blue chip index was […]

London open: FTSE 100 up as reporting season kicks off London’s blue chip stocks opened higher on Tuesday as reporting season kicked into gear to override a lower US close overnight and a mixed Asian session. After half an hour’s trading, the FTSE 100 was 0.29% higher at 6,729.66, driven up by news-led risers including […]

London open: FTSE flat ahead of busy reporting week London stocks began the week in rather indecisive fashion as investors mull meetings this week from the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan and eye a busy week of corporate earnings reports. The FTSE 100 was essentially flat after slightly more than half an hour […]