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London midday: Stocks slightly higher as investors eye Brexit, M&A news
Stocks in London were slightly firmer by midday on Monday thanks to strength in the mining sector and a flurry of M&A activity, as investors looked cautiously ahead for rate decisions from the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England and braced for Prime Minister Theresa May to trigger Article 50.
London open: Stocks nudge higher amid flurry of M&A activity
Stocks in London eked out gains in early trade amid a flurry of M&A activity, as investors looked ahead to a parliamentary vote on Brexit later in the day.
London pre-open: Stocks seen slightly higher; housebuilders in focus
Stocks in London were set for a slightly firmer open on Monday as investors digest some merger activity in the housebuilding sector and look ahead to a vote on Brexit in the House of Commons later in the day.
London open: Stocks start higher ahead of February US jobs data
Stocks began the morning with a small upwards push, tracking similar sized gains overnight on Wall Street, with traders looking towards official US non-farm payrolls data later on Friday.
London pre-open: Traders focused on US jobs report, risk of break-out in US Treasury yields
London´s top flight index was being called to start the session higher, with traders now focused on Friday's US jobs report for February and the ensuing reaction in the Treasury market, as Thursday´s ECB meeting faded in the rear-view mirror.
London close: Resources price slide hurts mining, oil majors as ECB stands pat
Stocks in London ended Thursday lower with the shares of mining and oil heavyweights taking a beating as commodity prices headed south, and as European Central Bank (ECB) stood pat on its key interest rate as expected.
London midday: Oil majors, miners knocked down as commodity prices drop
Ahead of Thursday's ECB action, London's shares were trading near their lowest levels of the session around noon as a drop in oil and metals futures piled on the pressure.
London open: China data and oil price spill unnerve traders
Shares have started lower in London on Thursday morning with traders trying to anticipate whether the gears of monetary policy at the European Central Bank had begun to shift, mimicking the recent apparent change of pace over at America´s Federal Reserve.
London pre-open: FTSE 100 called lower after China CPI, ahead of ECB
Chinese data published overnight delivered another surprise for investors, pushing stock futures lower ahead of a key policy meeting at the European Central Bank.
London close: Stocks end on mixed note after no-surprises Spring Budget
Stocks in London ended Wednesday on a mixed note following a no-real-surprises Spring Budget from UK Chancellor Philip Hammond, with traders now looking ahead to the US Federal Reserve next week and European Central Bank tomorrow.
London midday: Stocks edge lower ahead of Budget; sterling slips again
Investors are continuing to keep their cards close to their chests ahead of UK Chancellor Philip Hammond's Spring Budget, amid renewed losses for the pound around midday.
London open: Rare Chinese trade deficit leaves traders scratching heads
Investors continued to play it safe ahead of the UK Budget later in the day, not to mention a key policy meeting at the European Central Bank the next day and monthly US jobs data out on Friday.
London pre-open: Stocks to edge lower ahead of Budget
Stocks are expected to start the session slightly lower ahead of this afternoon's Budget statement and following the release of weaker than expected Chinese trade data for the month of February.
London close: FTSE loiters as traders look ahead to Budget, US rates
Equities in London loitered around their starting levels before ending Tuesday on a mixed note, with Paddy Power Betfair, Ashtead, Direct Line and Worldpay, among others, all under the cosh.
London midday: Stocks drift as investors digest retail sales, house prices
London stocks were still drifting by midday as investors digested the latest retail sales and house price data and looked ahead to Wednesday's Budget.
London open: Stocks little changed as investors sift corporate news
London stocks were little changed in early trade as investors chewed over a smorgasbord of corporate releases.
London pre-open: Stocks seen firmer as earnings keep coming
London stocks were set to open in the black on Tuesday on what is looking set to be a fairly quiet day on the macroeconomic front ahead of Wednesday’s budget and the US non-farm payrolls at the end of the week.
London close: Miners and banks lead FTSE down amid Monday malaise
Stocks in London ended Monday's session of malaise down, with miners following a fall in industrial metals prices and a downgrade of China's economic growth as big banks across Europe were hurt in the wake of Deutsche Bank's €8bn euro capital hike.
London midday: Stocks nudge lower as banks and miners offset M&A boost
London stocks were a little lower by midday with weakness in the banking and mining sectors weighing on the index, although Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management rallied on deal news.
London open: Stocks edge lower despite M&A news
London stocks edged lower in early trade as investors sifted through corporate releases and considered the prospect of a US rate hike, although deal news failed to provide any sort of inspiration.