Hot/Cold Sectors
Sector movers: Miners, Oil & Gas shares pace losses as US dollar jumps
Mining and Oil & Gas shares were at the bottom of the pile on Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump poured cold water on hopes for a fast solution to trade frictions between China and the US.
Sector movers: Deutsche Bank takes down energy
Energy shares have run too far too fast, analysts at Deutsche Bank told clients on Tuesday as they downgraded the space to 'underweight'.
Sector movers: Stocks dance to US dollar's tune
Bond proxies such as Personal Goods (Unilever) or interest rate sensitive stocks (Construction, CRH) fared best at the end of the week, amid weakness in the pound and a sharp drop in longer-term Gilt yields.
Sector movers: Goldman boosts Cairn Energy, Tullow
News that Ocado had inked a partnership agreement with US chain Kroger light a fire under the market and the wider sector on Thursday, pushing Food & Drug Retailers to the top of the leaderboard.
Sector movers: Oil & Gas names outperform, all eyes on geopolitical tensions
Oil & Gas names performed best on Tuesday as traders continued pushing crude oil futures higher in the face of simmering geopolitical tensions.
Sector movers: Retailers and banks rise, telecoms dragged down
Miners, retailers and banks were on the up on Thursday, while telecoms was the main faller.
Sector movers: Oil producers and services lifted as crude rebounds
Oil-related sectors were lifted on Wednesday as crude oil prices climbed back up to three-and-a-half-year highs after Donald Trump confirmed that the US will be withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal and sanctions will be restored.
Sector movers: Steel, interest rate sensitive names pace gains
Shares in Evraz continued to ride higher on the coattails of rising prices for steel, establishing a fresh 52-week high in the process and helping to push the Industrial Metals&Mining sector sub-index to the top of the leaderboard.
Sector movers: Miners, oilfield services outperform
Commodity-related sectors performed best on Wednesday, boosted by slightly stronger than expected readings on Chinese and euro area manufacturing sector activity in April.