Market Report - Opening
London open: Stocks edge higher despite profit-taking in Barclays
Shares prices are continuing to grind higher at the end of the month against a backdrop of buoyant investor sentiment globally following the fresh record highs set on Wall Street the night before.
London open: FTSE tops 7,000 led by StanChart and Unilever
London shares are moving higher again after the US central bank signaled overnight that it was simply not yet time to be talking about tapering bond purchases and much less about interest rate hikes.
London open: Stocks slightly higher ahead of Fed decision
Stocks are modestly higher in early trading even as investors wait on the US central bank's policy announcement later in the day.
London open: Stocks dip as investors wait on Fed, more US tech earnings
Stocks were trading slightly lower in early trading despite better-than-expected results out of BP and HSBC.
London open: Stocks dip despite tentative moves to reopen international travel
Stocks are coming under a little bit of selling pressure at the start of trading on Monday as investors monitor the headlines out of Asia concerning the epidemic and its possible impact on economies.
London open: Stocks dip after reports of US tax hike plans hit Wall Street
Stocks have started lower at the end of the week, tracking profit-taking on Wall Street overnight, after Bloomberg reported that Democrats in Congress wanted to double the capital gains tax to nearly 39. 6%.
London open: ECB bond purchase programme in focus
Stocks have started Thursday's session higher ahead of the European Central Bank's policy decision, the main risk event of the day, with investors especially focused on anything that it might have to say on the possible exit of its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme.
London open: Investors shake off overnight losses in Asia-Pacific
Stocks are bouncing back although rising numbers of Covid-19 infections outside of Europe, particularly in Japan and India, continue to dominate the headlines and weigh on stock markets in Asia Pacific.
London open: Tobacco stocks pace losses on threat of US regulations
Stocks were being weighed down by heavy losses in tobacco makers' shares following a Wall Street Journal report that the US administration was mulling capping the level of nicotine in cigarettes.
London open: Stocks edge higher, geopolitics coming 'back to the fore'
Stocks were slightly higher on Monday as investors bid their time ahead of the release of a raft of key economic surveys at the end of the week and their potential impact on bond markets.
London open: FTSE 100 breaches 7,000 for first time since pandemic
London stocks rose in early trade on Friday, with the top-flight index breaching the 7,000 level for the first time since February 2020 as investors mulled encouraging Chinese growth figures.
London open: Stocks edge higher as miners rally
London stocks edged higher in early trade on Thursday, underpinned by a solid showing in the mining sector and well-received updates from the likes of Entain and AO World.
London open: Stocks steady but Tesco slumps after results
London stocks were steady in early trade on Wednesday, held back by a stronger pound and disappointing results from Tesco, as investors awaited further news on the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine that has been paused amid blood clot concerns.
London open: Stocks nudge lower after UK GDP, ahead of US inflation
London stocks nudged lower in early trade on Tuesday as investors mulled the latest UK GDP reading and looked ahead to the release of US inflation data.
London open: Stocks fall despite England reopening
London stocks fell in early trade on Monday even as England’s economy began to open up, with non-essential shops, pubs, hairdressers and gyms all open after months in lockdown.
London open: Stocks nudge lower but weekly performance solid
London stocks nudged lower in early trade on Friday as the recent rally ran out of steam.
London open: Stocks rise after Fed minutes; JMAT rallies on update
London stocks rose in early trade on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve signalled it will keep monetary policy loose.
London open: Stocks rise on recovery hopes; services data eyed
London stocks rose in early trade on Wednesday amid recovery hopes, as investors eyed the latest reading on the UK services sector.
London open: Stocks rally on strong US cues
London stocks rose in early trade on Tuesday, taking their cue from a record session on Wall Street.
London open: Stocks in the black as Next rallies after profit upgrade
London stocks rose in early trade on Thursday, with a profit upgrade from Next and US President Joe Biden’s $2trn infrastructure plan helping to underpin sentiment, amid rising Covid cases and tighter restrictions in Europe.