Hot/Cold Sectors
Sector movers: Fixed line telecommunications, Health care stocks pace gains
Fixed line telecommunications was again in focus on Thursday, with renewed gains for BT Group helping to offset selling pressure on TalkTalk.
Sector movers: Retailers and banks gain on heels of Brexit bill reports
Retailers and banks drove gains at the middle of the week amid multiple reports that London and Brussels had reached a deal on the size of the UK's so-called Brexit bill, possibly paving the way for the next stage of negotiations - on trade - to begin.
Sector movers: Dividends in focus as Shell leaps higher
Big Oil paced gains after Royal Dutch Shell said it would re-start its cash payouts from the fourth quarter of 2017.
Sector movers: Miners under pressure as focus turns to Chinese property sector again
Miners came under selling pressure at the start of the week as data revealing a modest slowdown in Chinese industrial profits called attention to the outlook for the country's property sector, a key driver for demand for multiple commodities around the world, including for copper and iron ore.
Sector movers: Centrica, China sink utilities and banks
Defensive areas of the market performed best on Thursday, aside from utilities that is, as shares of Centrica crumbled.
Sector movers: Industrial metals, food retailers lead
The best performing areas of the market were a mix of cyclicals and defensives.
Sector movers: Telecoms benefit again as oil slips
Higher yielding stocks were again the main beneficiaries of selling in cyclicals such as automobiles (GKN) or shares of oil companies.
Sector movers: Chinese data sinks miners again
Cyclicals were again at the bottom of the pile come Tuesday, amid another batch of weak data out of China and as some top strategists sounded a cautious note on the outlook for the current bull market in stocks.
Sector movers: Aerospace and Defence paces losses among cyclicals
Ultra Electronics led a retreat in aerospace and defence and cyclicals more broadly at the start of the week.
Sector movers: Speculation drives gains in electricity, oil stocks
M&A speculation and commodity prices were the main drivers behind Tuesday's price action despite skepticism from analysts on both fronts.
Sector movers: Miners, Big Oil lead gains
Shares of miners outperformed at the start of the week on the back of multiple bullish factors, especially Beijing's drive to cut pollution ahead of the winter.