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Market Reports Uk
28 Feb
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London close: Stocks slip after China data disappoints

London stocks closed lower on Wednesday, weighed down by weakness in the mining sector and disappointing earnings from ITV and Taylor Wimpey, as the City was covered in a blanket of snow.

28 Feb
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London midday: Miners, ITV and Taylor Wimpey weigh on FTSE

London stocks were still in the red by midday on Wednesday, weighed down by weakness in the mining sector and disappointing earnings from ITV and Taylor Wimpey, as the City was covered in a blanket of snow.

28 Feb
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London open: Stocks drop on glum US cues as ITV, Taylor Wimpey disappoint

As the snow settled on the Square Mile early on Wednesday, equity markets in London lost ground, taking their cue from a late selloff on Wall Street as disappointing earnings from ITV and Taylor Wimpey weighed.

28 Feb
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London pre-open: Stocks seen lower after Wall St selloff

London stocks were set for a weaker open on Wednesday following a late selloff on Wall Street as investors continued to digest new Fed chairman Jerome Powell’s first congressional testimony.

27 Feb
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London close: Stocks hit as Fed's Powell sends bond yields higher

An early advance for London stocks faltered in the final hour of trading , despite strong earnings from the likes of Persimmon and a counter bid for Sky from Comcast, as the first congressional testimony from new Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell sent government bond yields higher on both sides of the Atlantic.

27 Feb
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London midday: Stocks turn lower as caution sets in ahead of Powell; Sky surges

London stocks had reversed earlier gains by midday on Tuesday despite strong earnings from the likes of Persimmon and a counter bid for Sky from Comcast, as traders erred on the side of caution ahead of the first congressional testimony from new Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

27 Feb
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London open: Stocks in the black as Sky rockets on Comcast bid

London stocks rose in early trade, boosted by deal news and well-received earnings from the likes of Standard Chartered and Persimmon, as traders eye the first congressional testimony from new Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

27 Feb
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London pre-open: Stocks to follow Wall St higher; earnings in focus

London stocks were set for a firmer open on Tuesday, taking their cue from a positive session on Wall Street, as investors eye the first congressional testimony from new Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

26 Feb
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London close: Stocks track gains on Wall Street, Fed firmly in focus

London stocks finished near their session highs on Monday as investors began to entertain the apparently real possibility that rate-setters in the States might not be quite as hawkish as some market participants had been expecting.

26 Feb
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London midday: Stocks maintain gains even as pound rallies

London stocks were holding on to their gains by midday on Monday even as the pound rallied on the back of hawkish comments from a Bank of England official and a softening in Labour's stance on Brexit, amid a flurry of well-received corporate releases.

26 Feb
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London open: Stocks rise on positive US cues; AB Foods and Bunzl rally

London stocks rose in early trade on Monday, taking their cue from a positive close on Wall Street at the end of last week and thanks to a flurry of well-received corporate releases to warm investors' cockles amid the falling snow.

26 Feb
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London pre-open: Stocks seen higher on Wall St cues

London stocks were set for a firmer open on Monday following a positive close on Wall Street at the end of last week.

23 Feb
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London close: Stocks gain, all eyes on US Federal Reserve

Stocks recovered from early selling during the final hour of the session as traders reacted to the release of the text of the US central bank chief's semi-annual monetary policy report to Congress, which according to market observers at first glance did not appear to point to an overly hawkish Federal Reserve.

23 Feb
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London midday: RBS and IAG weigh but BT rallies after Ofcom let-off

Equity markets in London were a little weak around midday on Friday as results from RBS, British Airways parent IAG and bookmaker William Hill left investors disappointed.

23 Feb
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London open: Stocks edge down as RBS, IAG disappoint; Pearson bucks trend

Equity markets in London edged lower early trade on Friday, weighed down by disappointing results from RBS and IAG, although Pearson was a bright spot.

23 Feb
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London pre-open: Stocks seen lower as Wall St ends off highs

London stocks were set to edge down at the open on Friday after US markets ended off their highs, with results from the likes of RBS and Pearson in focus.

22 Feb
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London close: FTSE flops as PLC and GDP growth disappoints

London stocks erased most of their earlier losses but still finished in the red on Thursday as bond yields retreated and the pound struggled for direction after disappointing UK economic growth figures.

22 Feb
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London midday: Stocks and pound both drop as GDP disappoints; Barclays rallies

London stocks were still in the red by midday on Thursday even as the pound lost ground after disappointing economic growth figures, as investors digested hawkish Federal Reserve minutes and waded through a deluge of corporate releases.

22 Feb
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London open: Stocks drop after Fed minutes; Barclays and Centrica buck trend

London stocks fell in early trade on Thursday, tracking weakness on Wall Street and in Asia after the latest Federal Reserve minutes revealed that the US central bank wants to keep lifting short-term interest rates gradually this year, as investors waded through a deluge of corporate releases.

22 Feb
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London pre-open: Stocks to drop as investors mull Fed minutes

London stocks were set to drop at the open on Thursday, tracking weakness on Wall Street after the latest Federal Reserve minutes revealed that the US central bank wants to keep lifting short-term interest rates gradually this year.