Market Report - Opening
London open: Earnings focus sees stocks start stronger
London stocks were in positive territory on Friday morning, following a solid session on Wall Street overnight, as investors waded through another flood of earnings reports.
London open: Stocks firmer amid a buffet of earnings
London stocks were in the green on Thursday morning amid a smorgasbord of earnings reports, after a mixed session on Wall Street overnight and as concerns over gas supplies in eastern Europe lingered.
London open: Stocks start weaker amid slew of earnings
Stocks started weaker in London on Wednesday, following another rough and tumble session overnight on Wall Street, as investors sifted through a slew of earnings updates.
London open: Stocks rise on tech rally, Musk takeover of Twitter
London stocks were in the green on Tuesday morning, after Wall Street indices turned around a global sell-off overnight to close in positive territory.
London open: Stocks down on China lockdowns, central bank concerns
London stocks were in the red on Monday morning, tracking losses on Wall Street at the end of the previous week, as ongoing Covid-19 lockdowns in China continued to dent sentiment.
London open: Stocks fall after weak data, Powell comments
London stocks were in the red on Friday morning, after the release of data showing that expectations for the UK economy were at their lowest ebb since 2008, and following hawkish comments from Fed chair Jerome Powell overnight.
London open: Stocks little changed ahead of key speeches
London stocks were little changed in early trade on Thursday as investors eyed key speeches from central bank officials.
London open: Stocks edge up as investors sift through earnings
London stocks edged higher in early trade on Wednesday as investors sifted through a raft of earnings news.
London open: Shares slip as Ukraine war, Fed's Bullard hit sentiment
UK shares slipped at the opening on Tuesday as Russia’s latest assault on Ukraine and hawkish Federal Reserve comments worried investors.
London open: FTSE edges lower ahead of ECB announcement
London stocks edged lower in early trade on Thursday as investors eyed the latest policy announcement from the European Central Bank.
London open: Stocks steady as inflation hits fresh 30-year high
London stocks were steady in early trade on Wednesday as data showed that UK inflation hit a fresh 30-year high in March.
London open: Stocks fall as investors eye US inflation data
London stocks fell in early trade on Tuesday following a downbeat session across the pond, as investors mulled the latest UK wage data and eyed a reading on US inflation.
London open: Stocks fall as UK GDP data disappoints
London stocks fell in early trade on Monday, taking their cue from a downbeat Asian session, as investors mulled disappointing UK GDP data.
London open: Stocks rally on positive US cues
London stocks rose in early trade on Friday, taking their cue from a positive close on Wall Street.
London open: Stocks edge down after Fed minutes; Shell in the red
London stocks edged lower in early trade on Thursday as investors mulled hawkish minutes from the US Federal Reserve and a disappointing update from Shell.
London open: FTSE falls after hawkish Fed comments
London stocks fell in early trade on Wednesday as investors mulled hawkish Fed comments and eyed the latest reading on the UK construction sector.
London open: Stocks flat ahead of services data
London stocks were little changed in early trade on Tuesday as investors eyed the latest reading on the UK services sector and any developments in the Ukraine conflict.
London open: Stocks edge up despite gloomy consumer confidence survey
London stocks edged higher in early trade on Monday despite the release of a gloomy consumer confidence survey, as investors continued to eye developments in the Ukraine conflict.
London open: FTSE little changed ahead of payrolls
London stocks were little changed in early trade on Friday as investors eyed the latest US non-farm payrolls report.