Investors' focus over the following week would be on US consumer prices and the country's central bank, the Federal Reserve.
The FTSE 100 ended the week down 71. 69 points, or 0. 87%, closing at 8,177. 15 on Friday.
Investors' focus over the coming week will be on the Autumn Budget, on Wednesday. In it, the Chancellor is expected to announce a panoply of measures aimed at raising tens of billions of pounds in new tax measures.
The FTSE 100 ended the week down 109. 41 points, or 1. 31%, closing at 8,248. 84 on Friday.
Investors' focus over the coming week will be on a veritable flood of central bank speakers from across several of the world's main economies on the occasion of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank's annual meetings in Washington D. C.
The FTSE 100 ended the week up 104. 6 points, or 1. 27%, closing at 8,358. 25 on Friday.
The FTSE 100 ended the week down 26. 98 points, or 0. 33%, closing at 8,253. 65 on Friday.
The FTSE 100 ended the week down 40. 13 points, or 0. 48%, closing at 8,280. 63 on Friday.
All eyes will be on the release of the US Federal Reserve’s latest minutes next week, along with the consumer price index for September.
Investors' focus over the coming week will continue to be trained on the US inflation picture.
The FTSE 100 ended the week down 43. 1 points, or 0. 52%, closing at 8,229. 99 on Friday.
All eyes over the coming week will be on the US central bank's policy decision on Wednesday.
The FTSE 100 ended the week up 91. 62 points, or 1. 12%, closing at 8,273. 09 on Friday.
The key risk event for financial markets over the coming week will be Tuesday's televised presidential election debate in the US between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
The FTSE 100 ended the week down 195. 16 points, or 2. 33%, closing at 8,181. 47 on Friday.
The FTSE 100 ended the week up 88. 63 points, or 1. 07%, closing at 8,376. 63 on Friday.
The outlook for inflation in the US would continue to be in focus during the last week of August.
The FTSE 100 ended the week up 16. 37 points, or 0. 2%, closing at 8,327. 78 on Friday.
The FTSE 100 ended the week up 143. 31 points, or 1. 75%, closing at 8,311. 41 on Friday.
Financial markets' focus over the coming week will be on the outlook for monetary policy in the US.