Market Overview
Market buzz: Challenger banks rise, analysts quarrel over BoE rate hike
1527: With the poor outturn for the UK first-quarter GDP on the back of Mark Carney’s recent comments, Oxford Economics has joined along with those saying they no longer expect the BoE to hike interest rates next week.
Market buzz: Pound plunges on GDP slowdown, Koreas shake
1700:Close Stocks finished the session and the week sharply higher, boosted by equally large falls in the value of Sterling.
Market buzz: Barnier slaps down City's Brexit hopes, Draghi downs the euro
1830:Close A stinging rebuke for the City of London from the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier, trashing Mark Carney's claim that bloc needs the square mile's financial services industry and tells Brits to stop "pleading" for mutual recognition and make do with 'equivalence' like Wall Street instead.
Market buzz: Trump's UK trip pencilled in, Twitter dumped after calling a top
1646: The FTSE rallied a little towards the close but still finished down 46. 08 points or 0. 62% at 7,379. 32.
Market buzz: US stocks slide as UST yields hit 3.0%, FTSE holds on
1639: London's blue chips remains in the black at 7,425. 40 on Tuesday, avoiding a late lurch lower as US markets open in the red amid the rise in Treasury note yields.
Market buzz: Pound falls to five-week low, Deutsche Bank upgrades UK
1700:Close Company-specific news and broker talk was the main driver of individual moves in stocks at the start of the week against a backdrop of a sharp move higher in Gilt yields, at both the short and long-ends of the curve.
Market buzz: Top flight index boosted by pound weakness
1700:Close Britain's top-flight index pushed higher on Friday, boosted by weakness in the pound on the back of 'dovish' remarks overnight from BoE Governor Mark Carney himself.
Market buzz: BoE's job "done" says BoA, Philip Morris gets smoked
1700:Close Stocks finished the session higher, led by Shire amid news that US rival Allergan had joined the fray for the rare-disease specialist, tabling a counter-offer to that from Japan's Takeda.
Market buzz: Miners jump on sanctions concerns, nickel and aluminium fly
1700:Close A weaker-than-expected reading on UK consumer prices saw the pound fall back and the Footsie jump, but with buying very much concentrated on the Basic Resources space.
Market buzz: Global growth speeding or slowing?
1635: After a year of strong growth and relatively tame inflation, investors have been caught off guard recently as growth momentum appears to have slowed while inflation is picking up in parts of the world, but today the IMF forecasts an acceleration of global GDP growth into 2018.
Market buzz: Pound strength weighs on stocks, JP Morgan upbeat
1700:Close UK stocks slipped even as the American S&P 500 moved back into the black for the year, as pound strength acted as a drag ahead of the start of talks this week on the UK's post-Brexit trade relationship.
Market buzz: M&A news for FirstGroup and IAG; Trump at it again
1630: Sterling on a tear versus the euro, up 0. 85% at 1. 1560, and atop technical resistance around the 1. 15 area. Things are looking up for the pound now.
Market buzz: US inflation undershoots forecast, UK growth forecast cut
1515: The Russian rouble is shedding another 2. 27% to trade at 0. 0155 US dollars and the yield on the benchmark 10-year Russian government bond was climbing eight basis points to 7. 67%. Tensions around Syria are being cited by some as a reason behind the country's increased risk premium.
Market buzz: Xi opens door for Trump?, Fed's Kaplan says rate hikes may slow
1700:Close Stocks jumped on Tuesday, boosted by ebbing trade tensions between Beijing and Washington, with miners clearly at the head of the pack as copper (and oil) futures bounced back.
Market buzz: Russia-exposed Evraz, Polymetal tank after US sanctions
1633: Morgan Stanley sounding a positive note on SSE and National Grid.
Market buzz: Americans may need to endure a little pain, president says
1700:Close Stocks have ended the session just slightly lower, despite cautious commentary from analysts regarding the ongoing trade tensions globally.
Market buzz: Shares cheapest versus bonds since WWII, Bank Rate a 'talking point'
1700:Close Stocks bounced back sharply on the back of gains for the Metals and Mining sector, as global trade tensions ebbed and metals' prices moved higher again.
Market buzz: Markets 'in risk-off mode', tariffs hit US aeros and autos
1535: French government spokesperson Benjamin Grievaux has said there is "no question of a softening or weakening in face of a unilateral decision taken by the US on steel", adding that Paris wants to ensure trade law and the principle of reciprocity in its commerce with America are respected.
Market buzz: GKN grandstanding dismissed, manufacturing mixed
1655: Spotify reportedly set to start trading at between $160 to $165 per shares, versus an initial reference price of $132.