Sector Review
Sector movers: Mixed day for FTSE 350, tech stocks sag
UK stocks put in a mixed showing in the middle of the week as a stronger-than-expected reading on inflation tempered expectations for a September cut in Bank Rate.
Sector movers: Real Estate, Homebuilders still being sought out
Real estate names and homebuilders paced gains at the end of the week amid ongoing optimism around Labour having come out on top in the elections.
Sector movers: Homebuilders, water utilities pace gains
Homebuilders and Utilities paced gains on Thursday following the release of a weaker-than-expected reading for US inflation in the month of June that weighed on longer-term government bond yields on either side of the Atlantic.
Sector movers: UK stocks underperform their US peers again
UK stocks underperformed their peers on the other side of the Pond again on Tuesday.
Sector movers: Foreign investors still circling UK corporates
UK corporates appeared to continue to be in the crosshairs of foreign groups at the start of the week.
Sector movers: Homebuilders get a boost as markets take stock of Starmer
UK stocks were higher at the end of the week following a massive win for Labour under Sir Keir Starmer in the previous night's election.
Sector movers: Miners gain on investors' hopes for Fed rate cuts
Miners and Utilities paced gains on the stock market in the middle of the week after the release of a flurry of weaker-than-expected economic data Stateside fanned hopes for a decline in interest rates.
Sector movers: Construction, Big Oil pace gains
Construction stocks paced gains on the FTSE 350 on Tuesday, in anticipation of a Labour victory at the next elections and of policies friendly to the sector.
Sector movers: Stocks gain as investors stop chasing gains in tech
Shares in the FTSE 350 continued to rally back towards their all-time highs at the start of the week, as investors rotated back towards value shares while taking some profits in technology names following recent sharp gains in the space.
Sector movers: Electricity companies, precious metals miners pace gains
Stocks caught a bid on Tuesday despite the release of weaker-than-expected retail sales data in the States for the month of May.
Sector movers: Stocks mixed amid political uncertainty
It was a mixed day out on the FTSE 350 amid losses for both cyclicals and defensives amid the ongoing political uncertainty ahead of elections on either side of the Channel.
Sector movers: Hawkish Fed, French politics trigger bout of risk aversion
Risk aversion picked up on Thursday after policymakers at the US central bank signalled a slower pace of interest rate cuts overnight.
Sector movers: Industrial Support Services, Real estate names pace gains
A rebound in shares of Rentokil was the standout feature in the UK investing landscape in the middle of the week.
Sector movers: Lenders' and miners' shares pace losses
Stocks on the FTSE 350 were in the red on Tuesday as investors waited on the result of the US central bank's policy meeting the next day.
Sector movers: Oil majors catch a bid after nearly a month of share price declines
Oil & Gas shares caught a bid on Monday, tracking a rebound in oil prices after about two month's of losses, despite strength in the Greenback.
Sector movers: Miners, Big Oil weigh on FTSE 350
Commodity related stocks were the chief drag on the FTSE 350 amid a combination of growth concerns and risk aversion.
Sector movers: Defensives bounce back at month's end
UK stocks extended their recent bounce following the release of slightly weaker-than-expected readings on US consumer spending and inflation.
Sector movers: Utilities and Electricity shares fall as bond yields grind higher
Interest rate sensitive Utilities and Electricity shares were knocked lower on Wednesday by a renewed rise in longer-term government bond yields on either side of the Atlantic.
Sector movers: Travel stocks slip on geopolitics, crude prices
Travel and Leisure names paced losses on the FTSE 350 at the start of the holiday-shortened week.
Sector movers: Utilities pummeled, Aerospace and Defence seen impervious to politics
The Utilities sector was pummelled after the Chancellor announced general elections for 4 July, instead of in autumn as many analysts had anticipated.