Sector Review
Sector movers: Banks and Airlines pace gains
Banks lent their heft to the upside move on the FTSE 350 at the start of the week following a report at the weekend that No. 10 and the Treasury were less likely than some believed to slap a windfall tax on the sector.
Sector movers: Defensives pace gains on Friday, but after very strong week for stocks
Defensives and interest rate sensitive areas of the market paced gains at the end of the week as softer-than-expected readings for US inflation dragged further on traders' expectations for the pace of monetary policy tightening across the Pond in the US.
Sector movers: Miners pace gains as US dollar shifts down again
Miners were at the forefront of the advance on the FTSE 350 again on Wednesday as investors continued to mull the prospect of slower interest rate hikes globally as evidenced in a weakening US dollar.
Sector movers: Real Estate shares extend rally as government bond yields slip further
Real Estate stocks jumped on the back of further downward pressure on Gilt yields.
Sector movers: Home construction and Utilities pace gains as Sunak chosen PM
Homebuilders' and Utility companies' shares jumped at the start of the week after it was announced that former Chancellor Rishi Sunak had come out on top in the Tory party's leadership contest and would take on the mantle of the country's next Prime Minister.
Sector movers: Oil and Gas buoyed by speculation about changes in China Covid rules
Oil and Gas shares lent their heft to Thursday's gains, possibly on the back of a report that Beijing was mulling whether to ease Covid-19 rules.
Sector movers: Real Estate under pressure amid slower house price growth, CPI rise
Real Estate stocks were at the bottom of the pile on the FSTE 350 on Wednesday following the release of official data revealing a slowdown in house price growth.
Sector movers: Cyclicals pace gains while Construction and Oil and Gas shares fall back
Cyclicals paced gains on the FTSE 350 on Tuesday, led by shares in the Construction and Materials space.
Sector movers: Real Estate and Utilities pace gains, despite cool reaction to PM's U-turn
Stocks rose at the end of the week but finished off their best levels as financial markets react coolly to the Prime Minister's partial U-turn on her tax and spending plans.
Sector movers: Life insurers, Banks jump on report government may dial back stimulus plans
Life insurers and banks jumped on Thursday after Bloomberg reported that the government might walk back some of the tax cuts proposed by the Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, during his mini-budget three weeks earlier.
Sector movers: Life insurers pace losses, BoE says 'you've got three days'
Life insurers were at the bottom of the pile on Tuesday amid continued selling pressure in longer-term Gilts that forced the Bank of England to intervene for the second time in three days.
Sector movers: Oil and Gas, Miners trade lower on growth concerns
Oil and Gas gave back some of the previous session's gains, tracking a dip in oil futures as traders took a breather following a rally over the past fortnight and OPEC's surprise 2. 0m barrel day output cut announcement.
Sector movers: Oil and Gas paces gains after OPEC+ announces 2.0m b/d output cut
Oil&Gas paced gains in the stockmarket on Wednesday after the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its Russian-led allies surprised financial markets with a production cut that was twice what was expected.
Sector movers: Telecoms, homebuilders pace gains
Interest rate sensitive sectors were topped the leaderboard after the government walked back on a proposed tax cut for top earners.
Sector movers: Rally in sterling calms jitters, but analysts still mixed in their opinions
Interest rate sensitive segments of the stock market rebounded at the end of the third quarter with market participants somewhat comforted by strength in Sterling, although that took some of the shine off the top-flight index which barely managed to edge into the green.