Market Report - Midday
London midday: Stocks up but off highs as pound pops on GDP revision
London stocks had pared gains a little by midday as the pound shot higher following an upward revision to first-quarter UK growth figures.
London midday: Stocks pare losses as pound drops on Brexit woes
London stocks pared earlier losses to trade flat by midday on Thursday, with a weaker pound providing a boost even as investors remained confused about US President Trump's trade plans.
London midday: Stocks maintain small gains as energy shares rally; profit warnings weigh
London stocks were just a touch higher by midday on Wednesday as a strong performance from energy shares and an upbeat survey on the retail sector were offset by profit warnings.
London midday: Stocks hold on to modest gains; Inmarsat crashes back to earth
London stocks were still in the green by midday on Tuesday following heavy losses in the previous session, but gains were fairly modest as trade war worries continued to weigh on investors' minds.
London midday: Stocks fall further as Trump threats spark jitters
London stocks extended losses by midday on Monday, with miners under the cosh as investors grew increasingly jittery following more trade threats from US President Trump.
London midday: Stocks push higher as cyclicals rally; Opec eyed
London stocks had extended gains by midday on Friday, recovering from the previous session's losses as investors continued to digest a more hawkish than expected policy announcement from the Bank of England and kept an eye on developments from the Opec meeting in Vienna.
London midday: Stocks drop as pound pops on BoE's extra rate dissenter
London stocks fell into the red just after midday on Thursday as the pound gained ground following a more hawkish than expected policy announcement from the Bank of England.
London midday: Stocks extend gains as investors put trade war fears to one side
London stocks had extended gains by midday on Wednesday, rebounding from recent losses as investors put their concerns about the US-China trade spat to one side, at least for now.
London midday: Stocks pare losses as Brexit woes hit pound; profit warnings weigh
London stocks had pared losses by midday on Tuesday as Brexit worries weighed on the pound, but escalating tensions between the US and China and a series of profit warnings kept investors on edge.
London midday: Stocks turn lower as trade war fears weigh
London stocks fell into the red on Monday as the threat of a US-China trade war and political developments in Germany kept investors on edge.
London midday: Stocks turn lower as trade war fears resurface
London stocks had fallen into the red by midday on Friday, with jitters setting in as relations between the US and China escalated again.
London midday: Stocks maintain losses as miners, stronger pound weigh
London stocks remained in the red by midday on Thursday, weighed down by weakness in the mining sector and a stronger pound, as investors digested better-than-expected UK retail sales data and a hawkish Fed update, ahead of the latest policy announcement from the European Central Bank.
London midday: Stocks turn up as pound slips further on inflation data
London stocks had pushed into the green by midday on Wednesday, helped along by a weaker pound as investors mulled stagnant inflation data and looked ahead to the latest policy announcement from the Federal Reserve.
London midday: Housebuilders weigh as stocks drop into the red
London stocks had fallen into the red by midday on Tuesday as traders seemed unimpressed by a historic US-North Korea summit in Singapore, with housebuilders under the cosh after cost warnings from Crest Nicholson and the pound a touch firmer following fairly solid UK jobs data.
London midday: Stocks extend gains as pound slumps on disappointing data
London stocks had extended gains by midday on Monday, helped along by a weaker pound as investors shrugged off an acrimonious G7 meeting and geared up for a busy week that includes a historic summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Trump and key central bank meetings.
London midday: Stocks maintain losses amid G7 jitters
London stocks were still firmly in the red by midday on Friday as investors adopted a risk-off strategy ahead of what could be a heated G7 summit in Canada.
London midday: Stocks turn lower as pound rallies
London stocks reversed earlier gains to trade a little lower by midday on Thursday, weighed down by a stronger pound, having kicked off the day’s trading an hour late following a technical glitch at the London Stock Exchange.
London midday: Energy stocks lift FTSE after ECB comments, trade progress
London stocks regained some ground on Wednesday as commodity stocks were boosted by a weaker dollar, encouraging sounds from China-US trade talks and the euro spiking on hawkish comments out of the European Central Bank.
London midday: Stocks in the red as pound perks up on services data
The FTSE 100 was running lower by Tuesday lunchtime, standing out among pastures of green in wider European markets, as the pound rose on the back of stronger services data and oil prices weighed on the commodities-heavy index.
London midday: Stocks jump despite simmering trade tensions
Stocks are continuing to push higher come midday, as global trade concerns are shrugged off and in sync with resurgent European markets as political worries around Italy and Spain appear to ebb.