Hot/Cold Sectors
London close: FTSE 100 ends lower as sterling advances and resources stocks weigh
UK blue chips inched their way to a lower close on Wednesday as sterling shrugged off its most-of-day weakness to nip higher, while falls among heavyweight resources stocks told.
Sector movers: Defensive issues lead losses
Defensive shares paced losses at the start of the week, with BT Group and Mediclinic weighing down their respective sectors.
London close: Lethargic FTSE ends lower as resources, banks ease
London equities meandered to a somewhat lethargic finish on Tuesday, after the bank holiday weekend, with resources stocks slipping with commodities prices and banks also hurting.
Sector movers: Engineers gain led by Spirax as financial services under pressure
Spirax Sarco pushed industrial engineers to the top of the leaderboard after the company inked a deal to make-off with US electrical products provider Chromalox.
London close: FTSE mired in range trade as oil majors drop after Opec pledge
Shares in London flickered around their starting levels for most of the day, mimicking the disappointing pattern of range-bound trade also seen among Europe's main indices.
Sector movers: Oil shares hit by OPEC decision, Petrofac
Oil stocks were under the cosh despite a decision from OPEC to extend a supply cut deal for another nine months, although in the oil equipment space it was Petrofac that was inflicting the greatest pain.
London close: FTSE 100 limps to mildly lower close after Manchester terror attack
London stocks limped to a mildly lower close as a sombre UK came to terms with the deadly suicide bomb attack in Manchester last night.
London close: FTSE 100 jabs higher as retail rebounds, sterling weakens
Equities in London went for a jog higher on Monday, helped mostly by rebounding retail stocks and sterling weakness, the latter on the back of UK political turmoil surrounding the election and Brexit coming to the fore.
Sector movers: Defensives and consumer staples lead gains
Defensives and consumer staples paced gains at the start of the week, continuing with the trend which had been in place in recent weeks and months.
London close: FTSE ties on positive resources-led Friday
Stocks in London tied on a positive Friday performance thanks to gains in resources behemoths and after better-than-expected UK manufacturing data, continuing its rebound after the mid-week Donald Trump-inspired sell-off.
Sector movers: Construction and A&D lead losses on US political news
Losses for Construction and Aerospace&Defence issues dragged the market lower amid an increasingly raucous dust-up on Capitol Hill.
Sector movers: Defensives lead gains, HL drops on Guardian report
Mobile telecoms and consumer staples paced gains in the market on Tuesday, with shares of Vodafone spearheading gains after promising shareholders it was set to generate considerably greater free cash flow next year.
London close: FTSE barges higher after CPI, with consumer goods, miners leading
Stocks in London barged higher in the aftermath of an unanticipated rise in UK inflation, with consumer-sector and mining equities prominent at the top end of the blue-chip ladder.
London close: FTSE 100 driven higher by gains in mining, oil stocks
Blue-chip stocks in London hit a new record high on Monday, the same as in Germany and on Wall St, as big mining and oil giants improved with the prices of resources.
Sector movers: Saudi pledge boosts oil majors, Rolls Royce set to stall
A pledge by Saudi Arabia and Russia to do "whatever it takes" to cut global oil stockpiles back down to size boosted oil firms' share prices.
London close: FTSE 100 sets fresh record high
London stocks lumbered through a dull Friday with blue chips again benefiting from a period of sterling weakness during the session.
Sector movers: Poor results, broker talk send telecoms and general retailers lower
Poor results sent shares in BT and Mondi straight to the bottom of the pile, weighing on fixed line telecoms and Forestry&Paper.
London close: FTSE gains on mining, oil stocks ahead of BoE on Thursday
Equities in London pushed higher with mining and oil heavyweights pacing gains, seemingly ignoring low-level sterling strength on the dollar and ahead of Thursday's much-anticipated Bank of England news.
London close: FTSE jogs higher on miners as political risk jitters fade
Equities in London went for a jog higher on Tuesday thanks to gains in mining stocks and a subdued sterling, as jitters about political risk fade for the time being.
Sector movers: Miners track bounce in base metals, Cobham drags on Aerospace
Miners are seeing some follow-through buying on Tuesday, following a bounce during the previous session, thanks to overnight gains in the price of copper and other base metals such as nickel and zinc.