Market Report - Opening
London open: Stocks rise on positive US cues; Vodafone rallies
London stocks rose in early trade on Monday, taking their cue from Wall Street, where equity markets closed out the week in the black.
London open: Stocks fall after US tech selloff
London stocks fell in early trade on Friday following a selloff in US tech stocks.
London open: Stocks edge lower after hawkish Fed; corporate news rolls in
London stocks edged down in early trade on Thursday following heavy losses in Asia, after the US Federal Reserve struck a hawkish note overnight.
London open: FTSE rallies as investors eye Fed announcement
London stocks rallied in early trade on Wednesday as investors eyed the latest policy announcement from the US Federal Reserve.
London open: Stocks recover after positive Wall St close
London stocks rose in early trade on Tuesday, recovering from heavy losses in the previous session and taking their cue from a positive close on Wall Street.
London open: Stocks edge lower amid Russia-Ukraine tensions; Unilever rallies
London stocks edged lower in early trade on Monday as tensions grew between Russia and Ukraine, with all eyes on this week’s US Federal Reserve meeting.
London open: Profit-taking deepens as losses on Wall Street mount, retail sales crater
London stocks were getting walloped at the open as investors' jitters around the prospects for policy tightening by the US central bank continued and after the Office of National Statistics reported that UK retail sales cratered at the end of 2021.
London open: Stocks edge down; AB Foods slumps on update
London stocks fell in early trade on Thursday, having opened in the black, as investors digested news that China had cut lending rates.
London open: FTSE falls as inflation surges to highest since 1992
London stocks fell in early trade on Wednesday as data showed that UK inflation jumped to its highest level in nearly three decades in December, making a February rate hike increasingly likely.
London open: Stocks in the red as investors mull jobs data
London stocks fell in early trade on Tuesday following strong gains in the previous session, as investor digested the latest UK jobs data.
London open: FTSE heads higher; Glaxo paces advance on deal news
London stocks rose in early trade on Monday, with pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline pacing the advance after confirming it had rejected an offer from Unilever for its consumer healthcare arm.
London open: Stocks little changed as investors digest GDP
London stocks were little changed in early trade on Friday as investors digested better-than-expected UK GDP data.
London open: Shares dip as M&S and Tesco fail to impress
London stocks dipped in early trade on Thursday as investors waded through a deluge of corporate news, with retailers in focus after updates from Marks & Spencer and Tesco failed to impress.
London open: Stocks rise as Powell comments soothe nerves
London stocks rose in early trade on Wednesday as investors welcomed less hawkish comments from US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.
London open: FTSE nudges down as housebuilders slide
London stocks nudged lower in early trade on Monday, with housebuilders under the cosh.
London open: FTSE little changed as investors eye payrolls
London stocks were little changed in early trade on Friday following heavy losses in the previous session, as investors paused for breath ahead of the latest US non-farm payrolls report.
London open: Stocks drop after hawkish Fed minutes
London stocks slid in early trade on Thursday following hawkish Federal Reserve minutes.
London open: Stocks steady ahead of Fed minutes
London stocks were flat in early trade on Wednesday following solid gains in the previous session, as investors eyed the latest Federal Reserve minutes.
London open: FTSE kicks off new year in style as travel stocks surge
London stocks kicked off the new year in style on Tuesday, with travel shares pacing the gains as investors welcomed signs that Omicron is less severe than previous Covid variants.