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London close: Trade concerns cap poor weak for Footsie
London stocks finished the week sharply lower as US President Trump's threat to ditch the World Trade Organisation and slap more tariffs on China sparked renewed worries about global trade, with gains in Whitbread on deal news failing to act as an offset.
London close: Pound strength, weak data take their toll
London stocks retreated on Thursday as the pound held firm above $1. 30 and after data revealed that UK consumer lending growth slowed to its weakest since November 2015 last month.
London close: Stocks slump despite possible 'Brexit' breakthrough
London stocks slumped on Wednesday as the pound shot higher on hopes of a 'breakthrough' in its negotiations on Brexit with Brussels, although strategists were cautious.
London close: Stocks play 'catch-up' with global bourses
London stocks played catch-up with the rest of global markets on Tuesday, with sentiment underpinned by news of a new trade deal between the US and Mexico, although not all analysts were buying into the news.
London close: Stocks gains on dovish comments by US Fed chair
London stocks eked out only small gains, boosted by a positive tone to trading on Wall Street's, where several of th main market gauges were notching up fresh record highs after US central bank chief Jerome Powell struck a relatively dovish note in his keynote speech at the Federal Reserve's annual Economic Symposium at Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
London close: Stocks slip despite US dollar strength
London stocks finished on a mixed note on Thursday, with equity investors reluctant to make any big bets either way as they mulled the possibility of no-deal Brexit and given the uncertainty around the US-China trade talks that were then under way.
London close: Stocks steady despite drama on Capitol Hill, "microscopic" UK tech
London stocks reversed early losses to trade up on Wednesday as investors eyed the latest round of US-China trade talks, which were set to conclude the next day, even as US President Donald Trump dominated the headlines after his long-time lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations.
London close: Pound strength sees Footsie miss out on gains
Stocks finished in the red on Tuesday, with President Donald Trump's latest swipe at the value of the US dollar seeing investors in London left out from the gains evident in almost all other major stockmarkets, or at least those invested in the top-flight index.
London close: Stocks start week on front foot, US-China talks in spotlight
London stocks started the week on the front foot, buoyed by a strong showing for the mining sector, as investors grew more optimistic ahead of trade talks between the US and China later this week.
London close: Stocks finish flat amid geopolitical squabbles
London stocks managed to crawl back into the black on Friday as investors weighed up the latest developments in Sino-US relations and Washington's threat of more economic sanctions on Turkey.
London close: Hopes of breakthrough in China-US talks boost stocks
London stocks snapped back on Thursday, boosted by news of high level trade talks between the US and China, better-than-expected UK retail sales data and a recovery in the mining sector.
London close: FTSE falls to 3m low after threefold commodities blow
London stocks closed at their lowest in over three months on Wednesday as industrial and precious metals were hit by China angst and the strong dollars, oil slumped and investors struggled to decide what to make about the latest UK inflation data.
London close: Stocks finish off lows, but analysts cautious
A spate of weaker-than-expected Chinese data and continuing concerns around the situation in Turkey weighed on stocks on Tuesday, although the tone in financial markets was calmer as the Turkish lira staged a bounce.
London close: Stocks finish off their lows as bargain-hunters step in
London stocks finished off their lows of the session on Monday, with travel shares under pressure amid worries about the crisis in Turkey, but Esure rocketing higher on the back of an offer from Bain Capital, which in turn buoyed the entire non-life insurance space.
London close: Stocks hit by rout in Turkish assets
London stocks finished in the red on Friday, tracking losses in Europe amid concerns about the possible impact of the Turkish crisis on the Continent's banks, even as the latest UK GDP reading showed that growth picked up as expected in the second quarter.
London close: Stocks finish on mixed note
Stocks were under water at the end of trading on a wet Thursday in London as sharp losses for travel group Tui and a slew of ex-dividends weighed.
London close: Shares gains as Brexit worries send pound lower
London stocks pushed higher on Wednesday as Brexit worries sent the pound tumbling to its lowest level versus the dollar in nearly a year, while a late plunge in oil prices came too late to have an effect.
London close: Stocks track gains on Wall Street, miners in focus
London stocks extended gains on Tuesday, with strength in the commodity sector helping to offset some disappointing corporate updates, as investors brushed off trade war worries, focusing instead on the positive backdrop of Wall Street's push back towards its year-to-date highs.
London close: Stocks little changed despite trade worries
London stocks finished higher on Monday, but only because of renewed weakness in sterling, which fell to an 11-month low against the US dollar due to Brexit concerns.
London close: Stocks bounce despite weak data, heightened trade tensions
London stocks bounced back from the losses seen earlier in the week despite the release of weaker-than-expected readings on services sector activity on both sides of the Atlantic - even as trade tensions continued to ramp-up in the background - and a mixed reading on the US jobs market in July.