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Market Report - Opening
28 Feb
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London open: FTSE in the red as Ocado slumps on results

London stocks fell in early trade on Tuesday following solid gains in the previous session, as investors sifted through a raft of corporate news, with Ocado under pressure after disappointing results.

27 Feb
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London open: Stocks rally; AB Foods, Bunzl in the black

London stocks rose in early trade on Monday following heavy losses last week, helped along by well-received results from Bunzl and a guidance upgrade from Associated British Foods.

24 Feb
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London open: FTSE rises but IAG flies lower after results

London stocks rose in early trade on Friday, taking their cue from a positive close on Wall Street as investors eyed a key US inflation reading and mulled a better-than-expected UK consumer confidence survey.

23 Feb
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London open: Stocks edge lower as Mondi, BAE results fail to impress

Equity markets in London edged lower in early trade on Thursday as investors mulled the latest FOMC minutes, with disappointing results from the likes of Mondi and BAE Systems and ex-dividend stocks proving a drag.

22 Feb
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London open: Stocks fall amid rate hike worries; Lloyds fails to impress

London stocks fell in early trade on Wednesday, with investors eyeing the latest minutes from the FOMC as rate hike concerns dented sentiment.

21 Feb
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London open: FTSE edges lower despite better-than-expected borrowing data

London stocks edged lower in early trade on Tuesday despite better-than-expected UK borrowing figures, with a cautious outlook from HSBC weighing on the mood.

20 Feb
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London open: FTSE nudges up but trade likely to be subdued

London stocks nudged higher early on Monday, with trade expected to be fairly quiet as US markets are closed for Presidents’ Day and with little in the way of corporate news to provide direction.

17 Feb
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London open: FTSE in the red after retail sales; NatWest tumbles

London stocks fell in early trade on Friday, with NatWest under the cosh after results, as investors mulled the latest UK retail sales data.

16 Feb
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London open: FTSE jumps past 8,000 as Centrica surges

London’s FTSE 100 jumped past 8,000 in early trade on Thursday, having breached that level for the first time a day earlier, with Centrica pacing the gains after bumper results.

15 Feb
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London open: FTSE edges lower as UK inflation eases

London stocks edged lower in early trade on Wednesday, with banks under pressure after disappointing results from Barclays, as investors mulled a bigger-than-expected dip in UK inflation and looked ahead to the release of US retail sales.

14 Feb
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London open: Stocks rise after UK jobs data, ahead of US inflation

London stocks rose in early trade on Tuesday as investors mulled the latest UK jobs numbers and looked ahead to the release of US inflation figures.

13 Feb
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London open: Stocks edge higher in quiet trade

London stocks edged higher in early trade on Monday amid a dearth of corporate news, as investors eyed the release of the latest US inflation data this week.

10 Feb
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London open: Stocks in the red; UK narrowly avoids technical recession

London stocks fell in early trade on Friday as data showed that the UK narrowly avoided a technical recession at the end of last year.

09 Feb
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London open: Stocks gain as StanChart surges on bid speculation

London stocks rose in early trade on Thursday as investors sifted through corporate news, with Standard Chartered surging ahead on bid speculation.

08 Feb
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London open: Stocks rise as investors mull Powell comments

London stocks hit a record high in early trade on Wednesday, having taken their opening cue from gains on Wall Street, as investors mulled the latest comments from US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.

07 Feb
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London open: Stocks rise as BP surges on results

London stocks rose in early trade on Tuesday, with BP leading the charge after results, as investors eyed a speech by US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.

06 Feb
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London open: Stocks fall after record high; US-China tensions in focus

London stocks fell in early trade on Monday after hitting a new all-time high at the end of last week, and as Sino-US tensions dented the mood.

03 Feb
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London open: FTSE little changed after US tech results, ahead of payrolls

London stocks were steady in early trade on Friday following disappointing US tech results and as investors erred on the side of caution ahead of the latest non-farm payrolls report.

02 Feb
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London open: FTSE rises ahead of BoE, ECB rate decisions

London stocks rose in early trade on Thursday as investors mulled the latest policy announcement from the Federal Reserve and looked ahead to rate decisions from the Bank of England and European Central Bank.

01 Feb
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London open: FTSE edges up ahead of rate decisions

London stocks edged higher in early trade on Wednesday, taking their cue from a positive finish on Wall Street, as investors eyed policy announcements from the Federal Reserve, Bank of England and European Central Bank.