Hot/Cold Sectors
Sector movers: Non-life insurers sent lower by Hastings
Metals and mining led the way again on Thursday, as Evraz bounced back from recent falls, while non-life insurers were sent lower.
Sector movers: Chemicals and oil lead the slide
The chemicals and oil-related sectors were a big cause of losses in London on Wednesday, while big tobacco was lighting up.
Sector movers: Oilers and miners lead the way
Resources sectors led the way higher in London on Tuesday, while the construction sector was among the main fallers.
Sector movers: Rotork and Weir lead gains, utilities hit by rising yields
The industrial engineering was on the up on Monday as bullish quarterly results from Rotork followed other positive numbers from the sector to lift sentiment.
Sector movers: Building materials lead gains
The building materials sector was the top riser on Friday, with auto parts and household goods the laggards.
Sector movers: Tobacco giants burnt as Philip Morris smoked
Industrial engineering was the leading sector on Thursday, while tobacco stocks were the big fallers.
Sector movers: Miners move up en masse as commodity index peaks
Miners led the charge on Wednesday, lifted by various factors, including rising commodities prices and bullish analyst opinions.
Sector movers: Industrials rise, tobacco burns lower
Industrial metals again led the way as Russian steelmaker Evraz continued to be buffeted by the White House policies, while auto parts were lifted by GKN.
Sector movers: Trump comments on Russia hit Evraz, defence firms lifted
Industrial metals & mining was the most depressed sector on Monday, as Russian steel producer Evraz again weighed.
Sector movers: Cyclicals lead amid varying degrees of caution among analysts
Cyclicals are clearly pacing gains in mid-afternoon trading, as stocks stabilise on the back of the more constructive news-flow on the international trade front. However, some strategists were a tad cautious.
Sector movers: Software lifted by Micro Focus reports
The software & computer services sector led the FTSE 350, while various sectors were in the red due to large stocks going ex-dividend.
Sector movers: Food retailers and oil stocks lead rise
Geopolitical tensions moved markets on Wednesday, with worries about military action in Syria lifting oil prices but hitting the tourism sector, while the highest rising sector was food and drug retailers after Tesco's results impressed.
Sector movers: Oil producers, oil services and resources lead way
Miners and the oil services sector were the top risers on Tuesday, while utilities were hit by profit taking.
Sector movers: Food producers lifted by AB Foods note
The food producers & processors sector sector was top of the leaderboard on Monday, though they were balanced by an 11% fall for industrial metals & mining due as Russian sanctions dragged on several sector names.
Sector movers: Utilities sought out amid global trade tensions, market volatility
Investors sought out the safety of electricity and water utilities amid the ongoing volatility in global capital markets as a result of the ongoing trade tensions.
Sector movers: Miners lead bounce as trade tensions ebb
Metal bashers and Miners led Thursday's bounce as global trade concerns came down a notch and investors dipped their toes back into equities, helped by gains in metals' prices, especially for copper.
Sector movers: M&A drives price action
Fresh activity on the Merger&Acquisitions front sent Software stocks to the top of the leaderboard at the start of the second quarter, just one day after the S&P 500 got off to its worst April start since 1929, losing 2. 2% in just one session.