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LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Stocks recover but remain under cloud; yen jumps

Gains for oil and mining shares moved the FTSE 100 back almost level by midday on Tuesday, but continued concern about the health of the...

Tue, 20/12/2022 - 12:30


LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks hit by economic worries; yen leaps on BoJ

A small move by the Bank of Japan made a big impact on the currency market on Tuesday, providing a focus for trading, as European...

Tue, 20/12/2022 - 09:28


LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Oil majors and miners push FTSE 100 higher

Stock prices in London closed higher on Monday, despite some gloomy data out of the UK, as a strong performance from oil stocks and miners...

Mon, 19/12/2022 - 17:09


LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Equity markets attempt pre-Christmas rally

Stock markets were trying to start the last week before Christmas on a positive note, with investors grasping at any encouraging signals from a thin...

Mon, 19/12/2022 - 12:40


LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stock start higher, led by oil and mining stocks

London share prices were rising early Monday, attempting to rally into Christmas after being beaten down last week by interest rate hikes and poor economic...

Mon, 19/12/2022 - 09:39


LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Stocks end lower on series of rate hikes

Stock prices in London closed the week firmly in red, despite some positive local data, following a series of interest rate hikes throughout the week....

Fri, 16/12/2022 - 17:29


LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Gold and yen gain as risk-appetite falters

Gold was the big winner on Friday at the end of a week of small-to-large interest rate hikes and mixed-to-dismal economic data.

Gold was quoted...

Fri, 16/12/2022 - 12:24


LONDON MARKET OPEN: Unexpectedly poor UK retail sales hit stock prices

Share prices in London and sterling both were trading lower early Friday, after another round of central bank interest rate hikes and figures showing a...

Fri, 16/12/2022 - 08:50


LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Stocks suffer after BoE, ECB rate hikes

Stocks in London ended in the red on Thursday following the Bank of England’s interest hike, but fared better than those in Paris and Frankfurt,...

Thu, 15/12/2022 - 17:15


LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Lower after rate hikes; BoE MPC vote shows split

Share prices were lower after the US and UK central banks raised interest rates by half a percentage point, as expected.

The Federal Reserve...

Thu, 15/12/2022 - 12:41


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