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London close: Stocks finish higher amid more earnings, data
London stocks were in the green at the close on Friday after another tsunami of corporate news, as well as a raft of inflation indicators in the US and a very large and positive surprise on second quarter euro area gross domestic product.
London close: Stocks finish mixed as US economy contracts
London’s top-flight index had pared most losses but still closed weaker on Thursday, after a veritable king tide of corporate news, while fresh data showed the American economy contracting in the second quarter.
London close: Stocks make gains ahead of crunch Fed decision
London stocks closed in positive territory on Wednesday, helped along by well-received updates from the likes of Smurfit and Reckitt, as investors pored over fresh data from across the pond ahead of the latest policy announcement from the Federal Reserve later.
London close: Stocks follow Wall Street weaker in late trading
London’s main indices followed their Wall Street counterparts into the red by the close on Tuesday, having risen earlier after well-received updates from the likes of Compass and Unilever.
London close: Stocks mixed ahead of this week's Fed decision
London stocks closed in a mixed state on Monday as investors started to close their pocketbooks ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s policy announcement later in the week, amid a raft of corporate updates.
London close: Stocks strengthen after avalanche of data
London stocks managed to close above the waterline on Friday, as investors mulled the latest retail sales, consumer confidence and business activity data.
London close: Stocks finish higher after ECB rate hike
London stocks managed a positive finish on Thursday, as investors digested the European Central Bank’s first rate hike in 11 years, waded through an avalanche of corporate updates, and mulled the latest UK borrowing figures.
London close: Stocks mixed after another UK inflation record
London stocks closed in a mixed state on Wednesday, as investors reacted to yet another record for consumer inflation in the UK.
London close: Stocks finish firmer as capital swelters
London stocks managed to close above the waterline on Tuesday, as London suffered in its hottest temperatures ever recorded, while investors digested the latest UK jobs data.
London close: Rising oil prices help lift energy shares
London's equity markets had pared some earlier gains but still managed a positive finish by the close on Monday, with energy shares pacing the advance.
London close: Stocks finish Friday in the green
London stocks managed a positive finish on Friday, after investors shrugged off weak Chinese data overnight.
London close: Stocks fall on renewed slowdown concerns
London stocks closed well below the waterline on Thursday, with sentiment dented by worries about inflation and a global slowdown as investors digested a rise in jobless claims across the pond.
London close: Stocks fall as US inflation rockets past forecasts
London stocks closed below the line on Wednesday, as investors digested surging inflation figures out of the US, after the latest UK economic data earlier surprised to the upside.
London close: Stocks reverse losses to finish above the line
London stocks managed a positive finish on Tuesday, reversing earlier losses even as worries about a global slowdown continued to weigh on investors’ minds.
London close: Miners lose on mixed Monday for stocks
London stocks were in a mixed state at the close on Monday, with miners under the cosh after China reimposed Covid curbs.
London close: Stocks nudge up as payrolls ease recession fears
London stocks ended just in the black on Friday as the latest US non-farm payrolls eased concerns about a US recession, and as investors continued to mull the impact of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s exit.
London close: FTSE, sterling gain as Johnson calls it a day
London stocks ended firmly in the black on Thursday, while sterling gained after Prime Minister Boris Johnson finally threw in the towel.
London close: FTSE gains despite political chaos
London stocks ended firmly in the black on Wednesday following a heavy selloff in the previous session, as investors largely shrugged off political turmoil.
London close: Stocks tumble as inflation, recession fears resurface
London stocks tumbled on Tuesday as worries about inflation and a global slowdown returned to rattle investors.
London close: FTSE gains as energy shares rally
London stocks closed firmly in the black on Monday, helped along by strength in the heavily-weighted energy sector.