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London close: Stocks finish weaker, Arcadia rejects Frasers loan offer
London stocks finished in the red on Monday, as market watchers kept an eye on the looming collapse of Arcadia Group, and digested rocketing mortgage approvals in the UK.
London close: Stocks close higher after relatively quiet Friday
London stocks managed to break through the waterline to close marginally higher on Friday, as investors mulled the economic impact of coronavirus restrictions following news on England’s post-lockdown tiers.
London close: Stocks end lower in quiet trade as US markets shut
London stocks drifted lower on Thursday, lacking direction as US markets were closed for Thanksgiving, as investors mulled the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
London close: Stocks finish weaker as Chancellor warns on economy
London stocks closed in the red on Wednesday, with banking shares under particular pressure, as investors digested Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spending review.
London close: Stocks finish firmer on vaccine hopes, Biden transition
London equity markets finished firmer on Tuesday, with sentiment boosted after Donald Trump authorised President-elect Joe Biden's official transition process to begin, and following reports that former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen is in line to be the next US Treasury Secretary.
London close: Stocks mixed on stronger pound, vaccine news
London stocks closed mixed on Monday, as investors weighed a positive update on AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, with news that UK business activity shrank in November as the second lockdown took its toll.
London close: Stocks mixed as investors mull Covid news, UK data
London stocks finished mixed on Friday, as investors digested the latest UK retail sales and borrowing data.
London close: Stocks finish weaker as Covid concerns weigh
London stocks finished in the red on Thursday, as optimism over a potential Covid-19 vaccine was replaced by worries about rising cases, tightening restrictions and their impact on the economy.
London close: Stocks manage gains on back of fresh Pfizer news
London stocks finished in positive territory on Wednesday, as investors mulled UK inflation data and the latest news on the Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.
London close: Stocks finish weaker as investors take their profits
London stocks finished weaker on Tuesday, following another vaccine-inspired rally in the previous session, underperforming their European peers as sterling gained ground.
London close: Stocks finish firmer on latest vaccine news
London stocks closed in positive territory on Monday, with sentiment underpinned by vaccine optimism and solid Chinese data.
London close: Stocks finish weaker as investors climb down from vaccine bonanza
London stocks closed in the red on Friday, as optimism over a Covid-19 vaccine was replaced with concerns about rising cases.
London close: Profit-taking sees stocks close weaker
London stocks closed in the red on Thursday, as investors took some profits following eight consecutive days of gains, amid a raft of corporate news and the latest UK GDP reading.
London close: Stocks finish firmer for eighth day straight
London stocks pushed even further into positive territory by the close on Wednesday, as optimism over a Covid-19 vaccine continued to underpin sentiment.
London close: Stocks extend vaccine-induced gains
London stocks closed in positive territory again on Tuesday, as investors continued to cheer upbeat news on Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine.
London close: Stocks surge on positive Pfizer vaccine news
London stocks closed well into positive territory on Monday following positive news on the Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, as investors cheered Democrat Joe Biden’s US presidential election win.
London close: Stocks end on mixed note but higher for the week
London stocks recovered from an early bout of selling to end the session little changed as investors waited for more clarity on the outcome of the US presidential election, helped by a better-than-expected reading on the US jobs market and fresh news on the trans-Atlantic mergers and acquisitions front.
London close: Stocks extend gains
London stocks finished higher again on Thursday as investors bet that Democrat Joe Biden will win the US election, and after the Bank of England announced a bigger-than-expected boost to its bond-buying programme.
London close: Stocks higher, investors take US election uncertainty in their stride
London stocks finished higher with investors seemingly brushing off the as yet inconclusive US election results, although a 'clean sweep' of the White House and Congress by Democrats was now off the table.
London close: Stocks firmly higher as Americans head to polls
London stocks closed firmly higher on Tuesday, with banks and housebuilders underpinning the gains as investors braced for the US presidential election.