Market Report - Pre-Open
London pre-open: Stock seen touch higher despite geopolitical tensions
London stocks were set for a marginally firmer open on Monday despite missile launches from North Korea and growing tensions between the US and Russia.
London pre-open: Stocks seen weaker on uninspiring cues
London stocks were set for a weaker open on Friday at the end of what has been a very busy week in terms of corporate news, following uninspiring US and Asian sessions.
London pre-open: Stocks seen steady as earnings roll in
London stocks were set for a steady open on Thursday as investors braced for a blizzard of earnings releases and digested the latest policy announcement from the Federal Reserve.
London pre-open: Stocks seen muted ahead of GDP, FOMC
London stocks were set for a muted open on Wednesday as investors eyed the release of UK gross domestic product data and a policy announcement from the Federal Reserve.
London pre-open: Stocks seen higher as investors eye Fed meeting
London stocks were set for a firmer open on Tuesday, recovering from the previous session's losses as investors eyed the start of the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting.
London pre-open: Stocks seen lower ahead of busy week
London stocks were set for a weaker open on Monday ahead of a busy week of earnings, as investors digested news that the International Monetary Fund has cut its forecasts for UK and US economic growth this year.
London pre-open: Stocks seen muted ahead of net borrowing figures
London stocks were set for a muted open on Friday on what is expected to be a fairly quiet day’s trading.
London pre-open: Stocks seen higher ahead of retail sales, ECB announcement
London stocks were set for a firmer open on Thursday, tracking a positive session in Asia as investors eye UK retail sales data and a rate announcement from the European Central Bank.
London pre-open: Stocks seen higher after Nasdaq, S&P close at records
London stocks were set for a positive open on Wednesday, underpinned by the fact that the S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record levels in the previous session.
London pre-open: Stocks seen lower ahead of inflation figures
London stocks were set for a downbeat start on Tuesday, taking their cue from a negative session in Asia as investors await key inflation data.
London pre-open: Stocks seen up on positive Asian cues
London stocks were set for a firmer open on Monday, taking their cue from a mostly positive session in Asia.
London pre-open: Stocks seen higher on more dovish Yellen comments
London stocks were set for a firm open on Friday as investors welcomed more dovish comments from US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen.
London pre-open: Stocks to edge higher as investors digest Yellen testimony
London stocks were set to edge a little higher at the open on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen struck a dovish note in her congressional testimony a day earlier.
London pre-open: FTSE 100 to start higher after remarks from MPC's Broadbent
Shares are expected to begin the session trading on the front foot on the back of dovish comments from the Monetary Policy Committee's Ben Broadbent and ahead of eagerly-awaited testimony from US central bank chief Janet Yellen later in the day.
London pre-open: Stocks seen muted ahead of speeches from BoE policymakers
London stocks were set for a muted open on Tuesday as investors eyed speeches from Bank of England policymakers Andy Haldane and Ben Broadbent.
London pre-open: Stocks seen higher on positive Asian cues
London stocks were set for a firmer open on Monday, taking their cue from a positive session in Asia following last week's better-than-expected non-farm payrolls report.
London pre-open: US non-farm payrolls data in focus
Stocks were being called to begin the session with slight losses ahead of the release of the all-important monthly US jobs report.
London pre-open: US Fed minutes, jobs data in focus
Stocks are set to start the session little changed as investors weigh up the minutes of the US central bank's last policy meeting which revealed unexpected splits on several key policy questions and ahead of monthly US jobs data due out later in the session and on Friday.
London pre-open: Stocks seen touch higher ahead of services data
London stocks were set for a marginally firmer open on Wednesday as investors eyed the release of some key services data.
London pre-open: Stocks seen weaker on downbeat Asian cues
London stocks were set for a weaker open on Tuesday following a downbeat session in Asia, after North Korea fired a missile into Japanese waters.