Hot/Cold Sectors
Sector movers: Electricity and Mining shares slump as London traders play catch-up
Electricity stocks and miners' shares dragged on the FTSE 350 as the benchmark played catch up with the selling seen in global markets during the bank holiday the day before.
Sector movers: Construction and Materials, Miners pace gains
Construction & Materials pace gains on Thursday as building materials manufacturer CRH guided towards a roughly 10% rise in full-year earnings to $5. 5bn, even if against "a continually challenging cost environment".
Sector movers: Defensives sought out amid less certain outlook for inflation and rates
It was all about defensives at the start of the week as Russian state-owned gas giant Gazprom triggered a spike in natural gas prices that hit already wobbly investor sentiment.
Sector movers: Defensives knocking at technical resistance's door
Interest rate sensitive segments of the FTSE 3500 dragged the index lower at the end of the week, as investors digested a flurry of Fed speakers overnight whose overarching message appeared to be that interest rates would remain higher for longer, although there were slight variations as to just how high.
Sector movers: Oil and Gas, Precious Metals pace gains
Commodity plays fared best on Thursday even as the US dollar continued edging higher on the back of a fresh batch of mostly better-than-expected data.
Sector movers: Higher-than -expected CPI sparks profit-taking
Cyclical areas of the market such as Autos&Parts and interest-rate sensitive segments such as homebuilders and REITs paced losses on the FTSE 350 following the release of a worse-than-expected reading for UK consumer prices in July.
Sector movers: Defensives sought out after weak data hits Big Oil and Miners
Defensives paced gains at the start of the week following the release of a spate of weak economic data out of China and the US which hit commodity markets and related sectors.
Sector movers: Stocks slip as US price data provides little relief on this side of the Pond
London listed stocks underperformed most of their peers around the globe on Thursday despite the release of US producer price data showing the first negative monthly reading since April 2020 as energy prices fell back.
Sector movers: Autos and Parts, Insurance pace gains after US CPI downside surprise
It was a classic risk-on session on both sides of the Pond on Wednesday as lower-than-expected readings on both headline and core consumer prices in the US for July stoked hopes that a peak in price gains might now be in the rear-view mirror.
Sector movers: Precious metals miners and Life insurance pace gains
Precious Metals and Mining paced gains at the start of the week amid a dip in the US dollar index while on the geopolitical side of things the tense situation in the Taiwan Strait continued, not to mention the war in Ukraine.
Sector movers: Home construction stocks pace losses
Home construction stocks paced losses on the FSTE 350 on Tuesday after a closely-followed survey revealed a smaller-than-expected gain in house prices for July.
Sector movers: Commodity names slip after weak Asian PMIs
Oil and Gas, as well as Industrial Metals names were under pressure at the start of the month following the release of weaker-than-expected readings on Chinese manufacturing during the month of July.