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LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Wary stock buying ahead of US inflation report

Stocks were climbing into the week’s key risk event, the US consumer price index reading for December, due at 1330 GMT on Thursday.

London shares...

Thu, 12/01/2023 - 12:37

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Centrica and Whitbread give lift ahead of US data

A string of mostly positive trading updates from UK companies was giving London shares a boost early Thursday, ahead of a key inflation reading in...

Thu, 12/01/2023 - 09:15

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Stocks up with eyes on US December inflation data

Stock prices in London ended higher on Wednesday as investors trained their sights on the release of important US inflation data on Thursday.

The FTSE...

Wed, 11/01/2023 - 17:02

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Shares indices rise despite insurance claims hit

London share prices improved as the morning went along on Wednesday, though the FTSE 100 still trailed European counterparts at midday, as investors looked ahead...

Wed, 11/01/2023 - 12:40

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Direct Line drops 28% amid claims from cold snap

Stock market focus on Wednesday shifted for a day from inscrutable central bankers to mixed company trading updates, leaving London’s large-cap index higher and other...

Wed, 11/01/2023 - 09:28

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: FTSE 100 down after hawkish central bank comments

Stock prices in London ended lower on Tuesday, after the Bank of England’s chief economist, Huw Pill, painted a gloomy picture for inflation in the...

Tue, 10/01/2023 - 17:00

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Tense ahead of Powell; Virgin Orbit shares drop

London share prices were in the red at midday on Tuesday, though off morning lows, ahead of a speech in Europe by US Federal Reserve...

Tue, 10/01/2023 - 12:33

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Retail joy can’t offset interest rate gloom

Positive Christmas trading updates from UK retailers, combined with figures showing UK retail sales rose in 2022, were not enough to give the London market...

Tue, 10/01/2023 - 09:01

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: FTSE 100 boosted by miners as China re-opens

Stock prices in London finished mostly higher on Monday, with investors upbeat on the re-opening of the world’s second largest economy and hopes that the...

Mon, 09/01/2023 - 17:09

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: FTSE 100 marginally lower after positive start

London’s key stock index backed off from a four-year high on Monday morning was slightly below water at midday.

Stocks elsewhere were on the up,...

Mon, 09/01/2023 - 12:35

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