Market Report - Opening
London open: Stocks fall as IMF downgrades UK growth forecast
London stocks edged lower in early trade on Tuesday following downbeat sessions in the US and Asia, and after the International Monetary Fund downgraded its UK growth forecast.
London open: FTSE edges lower ahead of busy week
London stocks edged lower in early trade on Monday as investors eyed a series of key central bank rate announcements this week.
London open: Stocks flat but Sainsbury's rallies as Bestway takes stake
London stocks were steady in early trade on Friday as investors continued to mull a better-than-expected US GDP reading a day earlier, with Sainsbury's surging on news that Bestway has bought a stake in the supermarket giant.
London open: FTSE edges up as investors eye US GDP
London stocks edged higher in early trade on Thursday following a late rally on Wall Street, as investors eyed the latest US GDP data.
London open: Stocks nudge higher; easyJet, Ascential surge
London stocks were just a touch higher in early trade on Wednesday, but easyJet and Ascential surged after upbeat updates.
London open: Stocks fall as investors mull borrowing figures
London stocks edged lower in early trade on Tuesday despite strong gains on Wall Street, as investors mulled a surge in public borrowing.
London open: Possibility of slower Fed rate hikes buoys stocks
Stocks were a tad higher at the start of the week with investors shaking off the freezing temperatures in London and downbeat forecasts for the UK economy out of consultancy EY, helped by increased speculation of a downshift in the speed of rate hikes in the US.
London open: Stocks rise despite disappointing retail sales, consumer confidence
London stocks rose in early trade on Friday following heavy losses in the previous session, despite disappointing retail sales and consumer confidence data.
London open: Stocks fall amid US slowdown concerns; Dr Martens tumbles
London stocks fell in early trade on Thursday following heavy losses on Wall Street, amid concerns about a US slowdown.
London open: Stocks flat as investors digest inflation data
London stocks were little changed in early trade on Wednesday as investors mulled the latest UK inflation data.
London open: FTSE nudges lower as Ocado tumbles
London stocks nudged lower in early trade on Tuesday as the latest UK jobs data showed that wages grew at their fastest pace in more than 20 years in the three months to November, adding pressure on the Bank of England to hike rates.
London open: Stocks edge up as FTSE nears record highs
London stocks nudged higher in early trade on Monday, heading towards a new record high, but the session could be fairly quiet as US markets are closed for Martin Luther King day.
London open: Stocks gain after better-than-expected GDP
London stocks rose in early trade on Friday after a better-than-expected UK GDP reading, as investors eyed the release of key US bank earnings.
London open: FTSE rises amid deluge of retail updates, ahead of US inflation
London stocks rose in early trade on Thursday as investors eyed the latest US inflation data and waded through a deluge of retail updates.
London open: FTSE edges up as JD Sports rallies, Sainsbury's falls
London stocks edged higher in early trade on Wednesday, taking their cue from a positive session on Wall Street after US Fed chair Jerome Powell refrained from saying anything about rate policy in a speech in Sweden.
London open: FTSE edges lower as investors eye Powell speech
London stocks edged lower in early trade on Tuesday as investors eyed a speech by Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.
London open: Stocks edge up as heavily-weighted miners rally
London stocks edged up in early trade on Monday, with sentiment boosted by China reopening hopes and last week’s US non-farm payrolls report.
London open: FTSE edges higher ahead of payrolls
London stocks edged higher in early trade on Friday as investors eyed the latest US non-farm payrolls report.
London open: FTSE nudges lower; Next surges after update
London stocks nudged lower in early trade on Thursday as investors mulled hawkish minutes from the US Federal Reserve, but retailers were on the rise after positive updates from the likes of Next and B&M European Value Retail.
London open: Shares edge ahead as investors eye PMIs
UK stocks opened higher on Wednesday as investors eyed PMI data in the eurozone and US and the latest minutes from the Federal Reserve for any hints on the path of interest rates.