Market Report - Close
London close: Investors play it safe ahead of G-20
Investors exercised caution heading into the G20 meeting of world leaders in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the weekend.
London close: FTSE climbs to seven-day high on Powell remarks, oil
London shares climbed to their highest finish in a week on Thursday, helped along by an oil price rally and global stock market boost on the back of a dovish speech by Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell.
London close: Builders, airlines weigh on FTSE after grim Brexit reports
London stocks on Wednesday edged lower for the second day in a row, with housebuilders and airlines leading the decline as investors digested estimates that the UK will be much worse off under any Brexit scenario.
London close: Shares retreat as mining, travel sectors slide
London stocks retreated a little on Tuesday, with the travel sector under pressure after another profit warning from Thomas Cook and miners hit by concerns about global trade.
London close: Stocks finish session with solid gains
London stocks carved out solid gains on Monday, helped along by strength in the energy and banking sectors as investors continued to keep an eye on Brexit developments.
London close: Stocks little changed despite continuing slide in Brent
London stocks were little changed on Friday, paring earlier small losses as investors eyed this weekend's EU summit, in what turned out to be a quiet end to a busy week.
London close: Jump in Sterling saps strength in shares
London stocks fell on Thursday as the pound surged after the UK and European Union negotiators agreed a draft text for post-Brexit ties.
London close: Stocks track bounce on Wall Street
London stocks finished higher on Wednesday, helped along by well-received results from Johnson Matthey as Theresa May headed to Brussels for crunch talks on her Brexit deal.
London close: Banks, commodities drag FTSE to three-week low
London stocks closed down at their lowest level in three weeks on Tuesday as another global sell-off combined with worries about Brexit and continued volatility in oil prices.
London close: Stocks slip as Brexit deal hangs in the balance
London stocks dipped on Monday as investors digested a speech by Theresa May to business leaders, even as investors waited on the details of the long-term relationship being negotiated by Westminister and Brussels and kept track of Tory MPs calls for a leadership challenge.
London close: Investors cautious ahead of possible leadership challenge
London stocks finished the week lower, as did Sterling, as investors hedged their bets ahead of a weekend that might see Tory rebels push for a confidence vote against the Prime Minister.
London close: FTSE finishes flat as ministers resign over Brexit
London stocks gave up its earlier gains to finish flat on Thursday as the pound tumbled in the wake of Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab's resignation, with banks and housebuilders also hit by concerns about the EU divorce process.
London close: Stocks dip ahead of Cabinet decision
London stocks dipped on Wednesday, reversing an afternoon foray into positive territory, with traders goosing Sterling higher ahead of the Cabinet's expected decision regarding the Prime Minister´s Brexit proposals which was expected later in the day.
London close: FTSE clings on as pound surges, oil slumps
London's FTSE 100 just managed to hold onto a very slight gain on Tuesday as the pound was lifted by strong wage growth figures and Brexit hopes, while oil prices slumped.
London close: Stocks slip amid conflciting news around Brexit
London stocks fell into the red on Monday as a weak performance from the tobacco sector offset gains for miners and oil companies, with the pound under the cosh amid growing worries about Brexit even as the US Greenback continued to power higher.
London close: Stocks end lower on concerns around Fed
The FTSE 100 was down 0. 49% to 7,105. 34, while the pound was off 0. 63% against the dollar at 1. 29782 and 0. 32% lower versus the euro at 1. 1458 after the Democratic Unionist Party said Theresa May's plans to keep Northern Ireland inside the customs union even without a deal "raises alarm bells".
London close: Astrazenca gives FTSE shot in the arm
London stocks outshone their European peers on Thursday, helped along by a strong performance from the banking sector and well-received updates from the likes of AstraZeneca and Burberry, as investors awaited the latest policy call from the Federal Reserve.
London close: Markets breathe sigh of relief after US midterms
After US mid-term elections panned out pretty much as expected, London stocks extended gains as Wednesday's session wore on, as strength in the mining sector helped to offset disappointing updates from M&S, ITV and G4S, against the backdrop of another session of gains on Wall Street.
London close: Stocks slip as pound feeds on Brexit meeting scraps
London stocks lost ground on Tuesday as miners, oil producers and defensive stocks all slipped, with tentative optimism around Brexit offset by uncertainty over the political standoff between Italy and the EU and around US mid-term elections.
London close: Footsie buoyed by miners, but second-tier index slumps
London's top flight index edged higher on Monday, as a mix of resources and defensive stocks erasing earlier losses, although a disappointing reading on the UK services sector weighed on the second-tier FTSE 250.