Hot/Cold Sectors
Sector movers: Retailers in the red as consumer spending worries worsen
Retailers were the big drag on the FTSE 350 today as survey data showed households continued to show caution on spending.
Sector movers: Food producers put on weight, oil engineers fall despite crude rebound
Food producers were the top rising sector on Thursday thanks entirely to Associated British Foods, a major sugar producer, bread baker, food and ingredients producer under brands such as Twinings Ovaltine and Australia's George Weston Foods.
Sector movers: Food retailers bought, oil stocks see profit taking
Food retailers led UK stocks higher on Wednesday amid a report about improving shop prices and a strong update from wholesaler and convenience store owner Booker.
FX round-up: Listless sterling suffers amid Independence Day malaise
Sterling spent Tuesday essentially listless thanks to the US Independence Day holiday casting a pall of malaise over global financial markets.
Europe close: Late burst of selling sends shares lower
A late burst of selling just before the end of the session sufficed to send Europe's main equity indices lower given the thin trading volumes in stockmarkets on account of the 4 July holiday in the States.
Sector movers: Hunting and Worldpay lead their sectors higher
Hunting and Worldpay led their respective sectors higher on a light day in terms of market events.
London close: FTSE 100 punches away to positive close as sterling slides
UK blue chips punched away through Monday to achieve a firmly positive close, helped by sterling's retreat against a stabilising US dollar.
Commodities: Safe-haven gold dives as US dollar stabilises
Safe-haven gold dived as the US dollar stabilised on Monday, a marked swivel of the spotlight away from crude oil futures.
Sector movers: Miners, Banks pace gains
Miners and banks are doing best on the back of better than expected manufacturing data out of China and the euro area which appear to be stoking risk appetite at the start of the new quarter.