Hot/Cold Sectors
Sector movers: Big Oil drags on stocks
Oil and Gas dragged on the main stock market benchmarks, as did Construction and Materials names.
Sector movers: Corporate results drag on Big Pharma as well as Construction and Materials
Pharmaceuticals paced losses on a down day for the stock market, alongside losses in Construction and Materials as well as Personal Goods.
Sector movers: Miners and lenders pace declines
Miners were again at or near the bottom of the pile on Tuesday amid talk of souring sentiment towards China's economic reopening, not least as a result of the ever present geopolitical tensions over Taiwan.
Sector movers: Miners drag on stock market
Miners capped gains on the stock market at the start of the week.
Sector movers: Miners pace losses at the end of the week
Miners paced losses at the end of the week as increased talk of a further interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve on 3 May weighed on metals' prices.
Sector movers: Miners pace gains, Travel names and insurers also advance
Miners paced gains on Tuesday after it was reported overnight that Chinese gross domestic product growth accelerated by more than expected during the first quarter.
Sector movers: Industrial Transportation, Travel and Leisure pace gains
Industrial Transportation shares paced gains on the stock market at the start of the week, alongside Travel and Leisure issues.
Sector movers: Banks pace gains
Bank shares paced gains at the end of the week amid a raft of well-received sector earnings on the other side of the Atlantic and due to the possibility of further rate hikes in both the US and UK.
Sector movers: Property stocks offset losses among precious metals miners, travel names
Property stocks paced gains on the stock market on Wednesday after Great Portland Estates said that it had delivered "a record leasing year".
Sector movers: Precious metals miners pace gains as gold hits fresh high
Precious metals miners' shares caught a bid on Tuesday as gold futures hit an all-time high.