Hot/Cold Sectors
Sector movers: Santa Rally gets off to early start, analysts say
This year's Santa Rally appeared to get off to an early start according to some analysts in the City.
Sector movers: Precious metals miners dip ahead of Fed decision
Stocks fell in the middle of the week with investors opting to sit on their hands ahead of the US central bank's interest rate decision scheduled for later.
Sector movers: Autos, Big Oil drop as Brent futures and US Treasury yields slide
Stocks on the FTSE 350 slumped on Tuesday led by declines in cyclical areas of the market such as Autos and Banks.
Sector movers: Investors seek out high dividend names
Utilities paced gains on the FTSE 350 on Thursday as investors added to their positions in interest rate sensitive names in a bid to lock in current dividend yields.
Sector movers: China and US growth concerns weigh on commodity plays
Stocks in the UK ended the session clearly in the red amid growth concerns in China and the US, which resulted in broad-based losses in the commodities space.
Sector movers: Defence shares drag on market amid investor caution
The FTSE 350 started the month of September on a down note with Defence issues weakest as analysts acted on the sector's lofty valuation.
Sector movers: Cyclicals to the fore as Fed chief adopts forceful tone
Cyclicals paced gains at the end of the week after Federal Reserve chief, Jerome Powell, confirmed that investors could expect a first interest rate cut for this cycle when rate-setters in the US next met.
Sector movers: Big Oil proves biggest drag amid demand concerns
Big Oil was the biggest drag on the FTSE 350 amid concern about global oil demand.
Sector movers: Investors breathe sigh of relief after volatile week
Stocks finished a rough and tumble week on the up as markets at least stabilised following the volatility storm of the previous weekend.
Sector movers: Stocks trying to find their footing
Stocks ended a tad lower on Thursday, but well off their session lows after the release of better-than-expected weekly jobless claims figures in the US.
Sector movers: Rolls Royce jumps, miners down on another 'unusual' day of losses in gold
UK stocks stabilised on Tuesday even as analysts and investors tried to determine whether or not recent losses in global stock markets were a simple correction or if more losses lay immediately ahead.
Sector movers: UK stocks caught up in volatility storm
UK stocks ended the week on a down note as a volatility storm hit equities around the world after another softer-than-expected reading on America's labour market.
Sector movers: Banks pace declines as rate cycle shifts
Lenders paced losses on the FTSE 350 with NatWest Group and HSBC leading decliners.
Sector movers: FTSE 350 outperforms as miners and oil stocks gain
Gains for industrial miners and oil stocks saw the FTSE 350 outperform its counterparts on the Continent on Wednesday.
Sector movers: Defensives gain on mixed day, investors gird for BoE, Big Tech
FTSE 350 stocks trade mixed at the start of the week with Defensive issues on the rise whilst geopolitics and concerns around economic growth overseas weighed on Travel and Personal Goods.
Sector movers: Mixed day for FTSE 350, tech stocks sag
UK stocks put in a mixed showing in the middle of the week as a stronger-than-expected reading on inflation tempered expectations for a September cut in Bank Rate.
Sector movers: Real Estate, Homebuilders still being sought out
Real estate names and homebuilders paced gains at the end of the week amid ongoing optimism around Labour having come out on top in the elections.
Sector movers: Homebuilders, water utilities pace gains
Homebuilders and Utilities paced gains on Thursday following the release of a weaker-than-expected reading for US inflation in the month of June that weighed on longer-term government bond yields on either side of the Atlantic.
Sector movers: UK stocks underperform their US peers again
UK stocks underperformed their peers on the other side of the Pond again on Tuesday.
Sector movers: Foreign investors still circling UK corporates
UK corporates appeared to continue to be in the crosshairs of foreign groups at the start of the week.