Market Pulse
London pre-open: Stocks seen lower ahead of quiet session
London stocks were set for a weaker open on Friday - the first anniversary of the Brexit vote - as the pound ticked higher, with little due in the way of market-moving news and a quiet corporate calendar.
Friday newspaper round-up: Hinkley Point, Halfords Boss, oil prices
Generations of British consumers have been locked into a “risky and expensive” project by the UK’s subsidy deal for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset, according to a damning report by the spending watchdog. The National Audit Office said the contract sealed by ministers last September with EDF to construct the country’s first new atomic reactors in two decades would provide “uncertain strategic and economic benefits”. – Guardian.
US close: Markets end Thursday slightly lower
Wall Street's main indices finished slightly lower on Thursday, against a backdrop of solid readings on the jobs and housing markets.