Sector Review
Sector movers: Cyclicals, Travel and Leisure names pace gains
Cyclicals paced gains ahead of the US central bank's policy announcement, possibly on hopes that policymakers might rein in their outlook for further interest rates.
Sector movers: Tobacco and Big Pharma pace declines
Defensive areas of the market such as Tobacco and Pharmaceuticals came under a bit of selling pressure in the middle of the week following their recent run higher.
Sector movers: Industrial metals and Mining, Big Oil pace gains
Industrial Metals&Mining, Big Oil and Life insurance lent their weight to the FTSE 350's advance at the start of the week.
Sector movers: Cyclicals top gains on FSTE 350, but alongside defensives
General Industrials and Retailers led gains on the FTSE 350 in the middle of the week, but similar gains for some of the more defensive segments of the stock market, such Electricity and Tobacco, betrayed latent caution.
Sector movers: Autos and Parts, Miners pace losses in nearly flat day on the FTSE 350
Autos&Parts and Travel Leisure paced losses in a down day for the FTSE 350 as the war in Ukraine dragged into its 138th day amid reports in recent days that Moscow had begun to mobilise reservists.
Sector movers: Cyclicals pace gains after stronger-than-expected US jobs data
Autos&Parts, Industrial Transportation and Construction stocks paced gains in the last session of what turned out to be a slightly positive week for the FTSE 350.
Sector movers: Stocks bounce despite drag from Precious Metals, Oil and Gas
A motley assortment of sectors led the FTSE 350's bounce on Wednesday despite the release of weaker-than-expected economic data and the political ructions in Downing Street.
Sector movers: Oil and Gas, Industrial Metals pace losses
Oil&Gas and Industrial Metals plummeted on Tuesday amid a downdraft on the wider FTSE 350, despite a large move lower in sterling.
Sector movers: Big Oil sought out as JP Morgan warns of worst-case Russian oil output cut
Big Oil helped drive a bounce on the FTSE 350 at the start of the week after analysts at JP Morgan sounded a wary note on plans now under consideration in the West to impose a price cap on exports of Russian oil.