Market Report - Opening
London open: Stocks rise after better-than-expected Chinese data
London stocks rose in early trade on Tuesday as encouraging Chinese manufacturing figures helped to boost sentiment.
London open: Stocks in the red as oil prices slide
London stocks fell in early trade on Monday as oil prices slid and as the UK coronavirus death toll continued to rise.
London open: Stocks drop after three days of gains; housebuilders slump
London stocks fell in early trade on Friday following three consecutive days of gains, with concerns about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic continuing to mount after the US overtook China for the most confirmed coronavirus cases.
London open: Stocks fall ahead of BoE announcement, US jobless claims
London stocks fell in early trade on Thursday as nervousness set in ahead of the release of the latest US initial jobless claims and a Bank of England rate decision.
London open: Stocks rise on US stimulus package
London stocks rose in early trade on Wednesday as investors cheered news that White House and Senate leaders have agreed a $2 trillion package to help prop up the US economy during the coronavirus pandemic.
London open: Stocks rise on Asian cues; PMIs in focus
London stocks rose in early trade on Tuesday, taking their cue from a positive session in Asia, which was boosted by the Federal Reserve’s latest stimulus announcement.
London open: Stocks plunge again as US stimulus deal stalls
It was a bloodbath again in London's equity markets amid growing concerns about the impact of the coronavirus, with US Senate deadlock over stimulus souring the mood further as investors waded through another deluge of Covid-19 updates.
London open: Stocks rally after central bank intervention
London stocks rallied in early trade on Friday as investors welcomed central bank intervention, but the Covid-19 profit warnings and dividend cancellations kept rolling in.
London open: Stocks rise after ECB 'bazooka'; retailers in focus
London stocks rose in early trade on Thursday - albeit less than their European counterparts - after the European Central Bank announced an emergency bond buyback to mitigate the impact of the pandemic, as investors sifted through updates from the likes of Burberry and Next.
London open: Stocks slump but supermarkets buck trend
London stocks slumped in early trade on Wednesday, with a string of coronavirus-fuelled dividend suspensions giving investors little to smile about.
London open: Stocks rise amid stimulus hopes as UK goes into lockdown
London stocks rose in early trade on Tuesday following heavy losses a day earlier, as investors got their heads around the UK being in lockdown, with hopes of fiscal stimulus underpinning sentiment.
London open: FTSE tumbles again amid Covid-19 fears
London stocks slid in early trade on Monday, taking their cue from heavy losses in Asia as the Federal Reserve’s move to cut interest rates to near zero failed to assuage investors’ fears over the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
London open: Stocks regain some composure after Thursday's bloodbath
London stocks rose on Friday, clawing back some gains after plunging nearly 11% in the previous session as worries about the coronavirus pandemic gripped markets.
London open: Stocks take a beating as investors panic over Covid-19
It was a sea of red in London’s equity markets on Thursday, with the top-flight index plunging more than 5% amid growing concerns about the coronavirus outbreak after the World Health Organization declared it a pandemic and as US President Donald Trump suspended some travel from Europe.
London open: Stocks rise as BoE makes emergency rate cut ahead of Budget
London stocks rose in early trade on Wednesday after the Bank of England announced an emergency rate cut just hours before the Budget.
London open: FTSE recovers after heavy falls as miners, energy shares gain
London stocks rose in early trade on Tuesday after suffering their worst session since the 2008 financial crisis a day earlier amid collapsing oil prices, as investors pinned their hopes on central bank stimulus.
London open: Stocks in freefall as oil prices crash
London stocks were in freefall on Monday as oil prices crashed amid a dispute between Russia and Saudi Arabia.
London open: Travel stocks pace decline amid Covid-19 worries
London stocks fell in early trade on Friday following heavy losses in the US and Asia, with travel shares pacing the decline amid growing concerns about the coronavirus outbreak, as investors eyed the release of the latest US non-farm payrolls report.
London open: Stocks in the red as ex-dividends, ITV weigh
London stocks fell in early trade, with ex-dividends and disappointing results from ITV weighing on the top-flight index as investors continued to mull the potential impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
London open: Stocks edge higher; L&G in the red
London stocks rose in early trade on Wednesday, shaking off opening losses as investors continued to mull a surprise 50 basis points rate cut by the Federal Reserve.