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The FTSE 100 lost momentum on Wednesday afternoon after a lacklustre start to trading on Wall Street.

By the close the index was down 0.2%...

The FTSE 100 made modest gains to take it just above the 7,100 mark by midday as mining and oil and gas shares traded higher....

UK stocks nudged higher in early trading on Wednesday after investors were reassured by comments on inflation from Fed chair Jerome Powell.

At 0821, the...

The FTSE 100 was pushing towards the 7,100 mark by the close as US stocks built on yesterday's gains with the S&P 500 up 0.4%...

The FTSE 100 was up 0.3% to 7,083.23 by midday as markets continued their recovery from last week's Fed-inspired wobble. US and Asian stocks chalked...

UK stocks pushed higher in early trading on Tuesday as optimism about a global economic recovery from the pandemic tempered fears of rising inflation.

At...

The FTSE 100 enjoyed a material recovery in the afternoon to close the day up 0.6% at 7,062.29.

This followed a strong start to trading...

The FTSE 100 was broadly flat at lunchtime a little above the 7,000 mark as the fall-out from last week's US Federal Reserve meeting and...

UK stocks opened lower on Monday after the Fed adopted a more hawkish tone on interest rates, though the local supermarket sector was boosted by...

The FTSE 100 was down sharply by the close, losing 1.7% to 7,029.92 as oil prices slumped hitting index heavyweights BP and Royal Dutch Shell....