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Market buzz: Pound pops on EU transition deal, Facebook falls
1700:Close The top tier index started the week on a weak note amid a near perfect storm of pound strength, soft base metals' prices, a twitter-storm on Capitol Hill at the weekend and ongoing trade and geopolitical frictions. Somewhat ironically, the chief trigger behind the downdraft in London-listed stocks was a relative 'positive' for the economy, in the form an understanding between Brussels and Westminster on the broad contours of the post-Brexit transition deal.
Tuesday preview: Eyes on CPI ahead of BoE, Wood and Ocado report
UK inflation is expected to ease off on Tuesday ahead of the Bank of England monetary policy meeting later in the week, while updates are expected from the likes of Ocado and Wood Group.
UK agrees Brexit transition deal with EU, loose threads remain
Britain and the European Union have agreed a 21-month Brexit transition deal to smooth the break-up after March 2019, though the Irish border remains one of several issues not yet resolved and it was described by some as "not a decisive breakthrough".
Relief for bookies over gambling machines reports
Shares in bookmakers Ladbrokes Coral and William Hill galloped higher on Monday after reports that they will avoid the worst scenarios envisaged from the government's triennial review on fixed-odds betting terminals.
Conviviality calls time on boss Hunter
Conviviality chief executive Diana Hunter has thrown in the towel at the Bargain Booze owner after a succession of profit warnings, accounting and tax issues.
Micro Focus nosedives on HPE integration issues, CEO Hsu walks
Micro Focus International chief executive Chris Hsu has resigned as the company downgraded its profits guidance less than six months after completing the reverse takeover of HP Enterprise's software arm.