Sector Review
Sector movers: Industrial miners pace gains
Industrial miners led gains on the FTSE 350 in the middle of the week as risk aversion waned.
Sector movers: Defensive and oil company shares reverse some of their previous gains
Defensive issues and oil companies' shares paced losses at the start of the week as Tel Aviv opted against and immediate retaliation for the Iranian missile strike at the weekend.
Sector movers: Investors seek out safe havens across all asset classes
Commodity plays were again sought out at the end of the week after The Wall Street Journal said that an Iranian attack against Israel was thought to be imminent.
Sector movers: Stocks slip as U.S. Fed rate cut expectations fade
Banks and Life insurers paced losses as expectations for interest rate cuts in the U. S. continued to shift.
Sector movers: Miners hit by U.S. dollar strength after 'hot' CPI
A stronger-than-expected reading on the U. S. Consumer Price Index for March propelled the Greenback higher, as traders priced out the possibility of an interest rate cut at the Federal Reserve's June policy meeting.
Sector movers: Commodity plays pace gains
Commodity plays were on Tuesday again doing best, led by precious metals miners on the back of fresh gains in gold and silver futures.
Sector movers: Lenders and industrial miners pace gains amid search for yield
Lenders' and miners' shares helped London's top-flight index outperform amid a renewed focus on the part of some investors on so-called 'value' stocks.
Sector movers: Miners and oil producers pace gains
Miners and the oil patch were again the strongest areas of the stock market on Wednesday.
Sector movers: Builders and REITS slip, geopolitics boost Big Oil and gold miners
Personal Goods was at the bottom of the pile on the FTSE 350 at the start of the second quarter, as fashion retailer Burberry Group's shares fell back towards their five-year lows.
Sector movers: FTSE 100 making a run on record highs
The 'value' heavy FTSE 100 outperformed again at the end of the week, helped by a further dip in longer-term Gilt yields and a dip in Sterling's exchange rate versus the Greenback.
Sector movers: Miners pace gains as BoE and SNB surprise, gold jumps
Miners topped the leaderboard on Thursday as investors digested dovish central bank meetings in the U. K. and Switzerland.
Sector movers: Aerospace, Big Oil pace gains
Aerospace names helped to buoy the stock market on Tuesday with shares of BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce both notching up fresh record highs.
Sector movers: REITS and miners drag on FTSE 350 after US producer price data
Interest rate sensitive REITS and miners dragged on the FTSE 350 in the wake of the release of worse-than-expected wholesale inflation data in the States.
Sector movers: Miners pace gains on improved sentiment towards China
Industrial miners' shares paced gains on the FTSE 350 in the middle of the week amid improved sentiment towards the People's Republic of China.
Sector movers: Cyclicals pace gains
Cyclicals paced gains in the FTSE 350 on Thursday, against a backdrop of gains for stocks around the world.
Sector movers: Cyclicals boosted by expectations for rate cuts in US
Cyclical areas of the market such as Investment Banking and Brokerage Services or Autos and Parts led to the upside thanks to remarks from Fed chairman Jerome Powell that didn't 'rock the boat'.
Sector movers: Precious metals miners, defensives pace gains
Precious metals miners were again at top of the leaderboard for the FTSE 350 on Tuesday, as gold prices pushed up against their record highs around the $1,250/oz. mark.
Sector movers: Precious metals miners gain on 'debt debasement' trade
Precious metals miners paced gains on the FTSE 350 again at the start of the week, as the price of the yellow metal pushed to within a whisker of its 52-week and record highs.
Sector movers: Interest rate sensitive names lead at month's end
UK stocks ended a down month on a positive note on Thursday.
Sector movers: Company news-flow dominates ahead of key inflation readings
Stocks in the UK dipped on Wednesday as investors waited on the week's key economic reports, the inflation readings that were due out in the euro area and the US on the next day.