Market Overview
Market buzz: Pound pops as GDP revised up, TalkTalk slides
1630:Close London stocks finished an already strong quarter - powered by gains in the oil majors - on an up note, despite a bounce in the pound on the back of a stronger-than-expected reading on first quarter gross domestic product and for services sector activity during April.
Market buzz: FTSE erases most losses, Greene King unfairly treated?
1647: After an up and down day, the FTSE 100 finished largely sideway, down just six points at 7,615. 63, a fall of just 0. 08% in the end.
Market buzz: Rapid retail rebound continues; EIA sparks further oil surge
1641: BoE's Jon Cunliffe has provided three broadcast interviews which will be aired later on Wednesday and on Thursday morning.
Market buzz: BoE set for August hike?, Goldman tips England football team
1530: Rabobank sees euro/dollar at 1. 12 on a 12-month view.
Market buzz: FTSE falls amid trade tensions, Inmarsat rockets
1642: The FTSE 100 finishes down 2. 24% to 7509. 8, levels last seen at the end of April.
Market buzz: Opec agrees 1.0m b/d increase, Bull-Bear signal 'moving closer to buy'
1700:Close Stocks jumped at the end of the week, with the Footsie managing to pare some of its recent losses on the back of gains in the oil patch in the wake of OPEC's latest output decision.
Market buzz: BofA dissents from BoE, Amazon hit by Supreme Court
1639: BofA-ML on today's MPC decision: "The minutes from today's meeting contain a number of inconsistencies we find it hard to square (which we explore in this report). While we continue to believe the data will not justify the BoE hiking rates in August, today's meeting increases the risk that they hike regardless.
Market buzz: Govt wins on 'meaningful vote', Berkeley sparks caution
1608: The government has defeated the 'Grieve 2' amendment to a Parliamentary 'meaningful vote' on Brexit by 319 votes to 303 in the Commons, which is a majority of 16, after Dominic Grieve himself withdrew his support.
Market buzz: Has gold lost its allure as a safe-haven?
1630:Close Equities paid more attention on Tuesday to the ratcheting-up of tensions between Beijing and Washington as trading kicked-off with a sharp move lower on the Shanghai bourse.
Market buzz: Politics, trade tensions in focus
1700:Close A bounce in oil majors' shares after Friday's bout of selling helped pull the Footsie off its intra-day lows, with the top-flight index outperforming its peers across the Channel at the start of the week.
Market buzz: China and Trump trade verbal blows, Tesco rises to 2014 levels
1415: US industrial output dipped by 0. 1% month-on-month in May, according to the Federal Reserve, falling shy of economists' forecasts for an increase of 0. 3%.
Market buzz: EU tariffs, US yields lower, ECB surprise, OPEC, Brexit
1606: EU has reportedly reached an agreement on retaliatory trade tariffs against US made goods.
Market buzz: Inflation unmoved, Dixons and Just Eat stumble
1452: Responding to a Wall Street Journal article from Monday, medical devices maker Stryker says it's not in discussions with Boston Scientific about a potential acquisition.
Market buzz: Summit for nowt? Withdrawal Bill debate in focus
1700:Close Stocks dipped and the pound edged higher after the first day of the Commons debate on the proposed amendments to the Withdrawal Bill.
Market buzz: Trump-Kim talks moving faster than expected, pound slips on industrial data
1635: Italian 10-year bond yield just off its session lows, down by 30 basis points at 2. 83%.
Market buzz: May's Brexit backstop plan rejected, pound and FTSE oscillate
1544: The pound is off its worst, but down 0. 25% against the dollar at 1. 3389, is helping erase the FTSE's losses. The blue chip index was just in positive territory an hour and a half ago but is back in the red by 0. 37% at 7,676. 24.
Market buzz: Traders play it safe ahead of Quebec summit
1700: An interesting - even if more brief than usual - day in markets it has been, given that both the corporate and economic calendars were rather empty on Thursday.
Market buzz: US Q2 GDP at 5.0%?, India hikes, ECB's Praet pumps euro
1700:Close Miners paced gains on Wednesday, as the US dollar slipped after ECB chief economist Peter Praet left the door open to the announcement, for as soon as the following week, of the exact end-date for the ECB's asset purchases.
Market buzz: Debate over rate hike after services PMI, Carnival sinks
1255: The government sale of £2. 5bn of its stake in RBS at 271p per share, compares to an all-in share price of 643p, calculates Hargreaves Lansdown, meaning the taxpayer loss on last night’s share sale is about £3. 4bn.
Market buzz: US jobs reports beats forecasts, Spain dumps PM
1555: Housebuilder Barratt Developments was boosted by an upgrade form JP Morgan to 'overweight' from 'neutral', while reversing that call and downgrading rival Taylor Wimpey to 'neutral'. Persimmon was reiterated at 'overweight'.