Market Report - Midday
London midday: Stocks extend gains as trade fears recede
London stocks had extended gains by midday on Friday amid optimism that trade relations between the US and China are improving.
London midday: Stocks push higher as Sino-US trade worries ease
London stocks had pushed firmly into the green by midday on Thursday amid signs that trade tensions between the US and China were easing.
London midday: Stocks turn higher as sterling slumps on parliamentary suspension
London stocks had turned higher by midday on Wednesday, outperforming European peers as sterling slumped on news that Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to suspend parliament.
London midday: Stocks maintain losses as pound gains ground
London stocks were still in the red by midday on Tuesday as sterling gained ground.
London midday: Stocks maintain gains ahead of Powell speech; Entertainment One rockets
London stocks were still firmly in the green by midday on Friday, with deal news injecting a little life into otherwise dull proceedings, as investors eyed a speech by Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell at the Jackson Hole symposium.
London midday: Stocks fall further as ex-divs weigh; NMC rallies on deal speculation
London stocks had fallen a little further into the red by midday on Thursday as investors digested mixed minutes from the Federal Reserve and a downbeat assessment of the UK retail sector, but NMC Health bucked the trend on deal news.
London midday: Stocks rally as sterling drops on Brexit woes
London stocks had extended gains by midday on Wednesday, lifted by a weaker pound as investors eyed minutes from the US Federal Reserve's latest meeting.
London midday: Stocks extend gains as sterling drops on Brexit woes
London stocks had extended gains by midday on Tuesday as sterling lost ground on Brexit concerns.
London midday: Stocks maintain gains amid stimulus hopes; pound drops
London stocks were still in the green by midday on Monday, underpinned by hopes of further stimulus from central banks.
London midday: Stocks maintain gains as sterling ticks higher
London stocks were still in the green by midday on Friday, bouncing back from heavy losses in the previous session, but underperforming their European peers somewhat as sterling ticked higher.
London midday: Stocks slump as Sino-US relations sour; retail sales beat expectations
London stocks had extended losses by midday on Thursday after Sino-US trade relations took another turn for the worse and as sterling was boosted by better-than-expected retail sales data.
London midday: Stocks drop as pound rises on inflation data; recession fears weigh
London stocks had turned lower by midday on Wednesday as the latest inflation data boosted the pound, while an inversion in yield curves for two- and 10-year US treasury bonds prompted fears of a recession.
London midday: Stocks extend losses as investors digest UK jobs data
London stocks had extended losses by midday on Tuesday as investors digested the latest batch of UK jobs data amid ongoing concerns about Sino-US trade relations and protests in Hong Kong.
London midday: Stocks turn negative as Hong Kong protests escalate
London stocks had turned negative by midday on Monday as sentiment was dented by reports that Hong Kong airport has cancelled all flights after thousands of anti-government demonstrators descended on the building.
London midday: Stocks stay down as sterling drops on weak UK GDP
London stocks were still a little weaker by midday on Friday, with the pound under pressure as it emerged that the UK economy contracted in the second quarter for the first time since 2012.
London midday: Stocks maintain small gains after China data; Hargreaves Lansdown shines
London equity markets were still in the green by midday, with sentiment buoyed by a surprise jump in Chinese exports, but the FTSE 100 underperformed its European peers as a host of stocks went ex-dividend.
London midday: Stocks turn higher as pound slips; Fresnillo shines
London stocks reversed course to trade higher by midday as sterling slipped and investors sifted through earnings while keeping an eye on any Sino-US trade developments.
London midday: Stocks turn higher as China moves to stabilise currency
London stocks had erased earlier losses to trade a touch higher by midday on Tuesday as investors breathed a sigh of relief after China moved to stabilise its currency.
London midday: Stocks extend losses amid Sino-US woes; services PMI in focus
London stocks were sharply lower by midday on Monday amid escalating Sino-US trade tensions.
London midday: Stocks hold near session lows despite positive US jobs data
Stocks in London remained near their worst levels of the session after the US President announced that on 1 September, as the next round of US-China trade talks got underway, the US would start to impose a 10. 0% tariff on the remaining $300. 0bn-worth of Chinese exports that were not yet subject to trade levies.