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London open: Stocks in the black as miners gain on China data London stocks edged higher in early trade on Monday, with miners in the black following the release of encouraging Chinese data. At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.4% to 7,407.45, while the pound was up 0.1% against the euro at 1.1430 […]

London open: Stocks nudge up as investors digest dovish Yellen London stocks nudged higher in early trade on Thursday as investors digested a dovish congressional testimony by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen a day earlier. At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.1% to 7,423.26, while the pound was up 0.5% against the dollar […]

London open: FTSE rises with Burberry and Barratt to the fore London stocks gained ground on Wednesday morning after two days of losses, as the pound fell. Just after 0900 BST the FTSE 100 was up 0.8% to 7,386.58, after sterling pushed to new eight-month lows against the euro and dropped to 1.2813 against the […]

London open: Stocks edge higher ahead of Haldane, Broadbent speeches London stocks edged up in early trade as investors eyed speeches from Bank of England policymakers Andy Haldane and Ben Broadbent. At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.2% to 7,382.15, while the pound was 0.1% firmer against the euro and the pound at […]

London open: Stocks climb on Asian cues; Carillion crashes on profit warning London stocks edged higher in early trade on Monday, taking their cue from a positive session in Asia following last week’s better-than-expected non-farm payrolls report. At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.4% to 7,379.36, while the pound was flat against the […]

London open: AB Foods gains balanced by Reckitt ransomware hit London’s stock indices hovered tentatively in early trading on Thursday amid a quiet day for macroeconomic events following the release of surprisingly mixed minutes from the US Federal Reserve overnight. At 0930 BST the FTSE was pretty much flat at 7,366 after adding ten points […]

London open: Stocks flat ahead of services data London stocks were steady in early trade on Wednesday as investors eyed the release of some key services data. At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 was flat at 7,355.78, while the pound was down 0.3% against the euro at 1.1357 and 0.1% lower versus the dollar at […]

London open: Stocks in the red after North Korea missile test London stocks fell in early trade, taking their cue from a downbeat session Asia after North Korea fired a missile into Japanese waters. At 0825 BST, the 100 was down 0.4% to 7,345.41, while the pound was flat against the dollar and the euro […]

London open: Stocks rise after China data, UK manufacturing PMI eyed Stocks in London rose in early trade as investors digested some upbeat data out of China and looked ahead to the latest reading on UK manufacturing. At 0830 BST on Monday, the FTSE 100 was up 0.5% to 7,347.55, while the pound was down […]

London open: Stocks in the red as consumer confidence hits lowest since Brexit vote London stocks edged lower in early trade as investors mulled over an uninspiring survey on UK consumer confidence and looked ahead to the final release of first-quarter GDP figures. At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 was down 0.4% to 7,318.53, while […]