Market Report - Pre-Open
London pre-open: Stocks seen lower as volumes thin out before Easter weekend
London stocks were set for a weaker open on Thursday, with volumes likely to be thinner than usual as we head into the long Easter weekend.
London pre-open: Stocks seen lower after tech-led US selloff
London stocks were set to drop at the open on Wednesday, taking their cue from a late selloff on Wall Street led by the technology sector.
London pre-open: FTSE set to rebound after huge Wall Street gains
London stocks are expected to jump higher on Tuesday morning after Wall Street posted its biggest one-day gain in two and a half years as trade tensions eased.
London pre-open: FTSE looking to rebound, Smurfit and GKN continue to resist
London stocks are predicted to open slightly higher on Monday morning as dealmaking dominated the corporate news again.
London pre-open: Stocks to tumble as US and China exchange trade salvos
London stocks are expected to open lower on Friday in line with global markets as a trade war breaks out between the world’s two biggest economies, with China promising retaliation to the opening salvo from the US.
London pre-open: Stocks seen lower as investors eye BoE
London stocks were set for a slightly weaker open on Thursday as investors shifted their attention to the Bank of England, after the US Federal Reserve hiked rates as expected a day earlier.
London pre-open: Stocks to edge up ahead of jobs data, Fed announcement
London stocks were set to edge higher at the open on Wednesday as investors eyed key UK jobs data and the latest policy announcement from the Federal Reserve.
London pre-open: Stocks seen higher as investors eye inflation data
London stocks were set for a firmer open on Tuesday following losses in the previous session, as investors eyed key readings on inflation.
London pre-open: Stocks seen lower as investors eye Fed rate announcement this week
London stocks were set to edge lower at the open on Monday as investors look ahead to the latest policy announcement from the Federal Reserve this week.
London pre-open: FTSE still struggling for direction, Shell exits New Zealand
London stocks were expected to resume their decline on Friday after a ending a three-day losing streak in the previous session and a mixed day overnight on Wall Street.
London pre-open: Stocks seen muted as trade war concerns weigh
London stocks were set for a muted open on Thursday as worries about a possible trade war between the US and China play on investors' minds.
London pre-open: Stocks seen lower as White House tensions run high
London stocks were set for a downbeat open on Wednesday following negative sessions on Wall Street and in Asia as investors continue to digest President Trump's decision to sack US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
London pre-open: Stocks seen down ahead of Spring Statement, US inflation
London stocks were set for a lower open on Tuesday following an uninspiring session in the US, as investors eyed Chancellor Philip Hammond's Spring Statement and the latest inflation reading from across the pond.
London pre-open: Stocks seen higher on positive Wall St cues
London stocks were set to edge higher at the open on Monday after the Nasdaq hit a fresh record high at the end of last week.
London pre-open: Stocks seen muted ahead of payrolls
London stocks were set for a steady open on Friday as traders digest news that US President Trump has accepted an offer to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and ahead of the release of the key non-farm payrolls report.
London pre-open: Stocks seen steady as investors eye ECB announcement
London stocks were set for a steady open on Thursday as investors shifted their attention to the latest policy announcement from the European Central Bank, with worries about a US trade war never from investors' minds.
London pre-open: Stocks to drop after Trump's top economic advisor resigns
London stocks were set for heavy losses at the open on Wednesday following the resignation of US President Trump's chief economic advisor, Gary Cohn.
London pre-open: Stocks seen higher on positive US cues
London stocks were set for a firmer open on Tuesday, taking their cue from an upbeat session on Wall Street.
London pre-open: Stocks to rise despite ongoing trade war fears; services PMI eyed
London stocks were set for a firmer open on Monday following heavy losses at the end of last week, although worries about a US trade war and rising inflation continued to play on investors' minds.
London pre-open: Stocks seen lower as Trump prompts trade war fears; May's Brexit speech eyed
London stocks were set to fall at the open on Friday after US President Trump sparked worries about a trade war, and as investors eye a key Brexit speech by UK Prime Minister Theresa May.