Hot/Cold Sectors
Sector movers: Defence sails higher, tobacco up in smoke
London stocks finished higher on Friday, with aerospace & defence a driving force and early tobacco gains going up in smoke.
Sector movers: construction given a lift, supermarkets subside
On the up were construction and housebuilding sectors as well as oil producers, while food retailers were on the slide.
Sector movers: Miners and metals weigh
Industrial metals and mining were the main drag on London stocks on Monday.
Sector movers: Oil up, autos down
Oil-related stocks led the charge late on Friday, while the auto sector was the big faller.
Sector movers: Housebuilding and defence sector lead fall
Leading London's main stock indices lower on Thursday were industrial metals, housebuilders and the defence sector.
Sector movers: Telecoms and tobacco boosted by brokers
Telecoms and tobacco led the way as London stocks advanced on Wednesday.
Sector movers: Miners knocked, while tobacco and travel fly higher
Miners and industrial metals stocks were the main drag on the London Stock Market on Tuesday, while dollar-dominated group's benefitted from the weak pound.
Sector movers: Oil stocks climb on Opec relief, defensives feel trade heat
Oil and gas companies were the main upward force among London stocks on Monday, while drags came from automotive, tobacco and beverages.
Sector movers: Tariffs trigger profit-taking in commodity-related shares
According to Oxford Economics, Washington's 25% tariffs on $50bn-worth of Chinese goods and an identical response from Beijing will only lower the two countries' rate of growth by between one and two tenths of a percentage point in 2018 and 2019.
Sector movers: Miners decline and defensives gain
There clearest sector pictures on Friday were declines of miners and gains for defensive stocks.
Sector movers: Cyclicals lead on Wednesday, but BoA-ML tactically cautious
Cyclicals paced gains on the market on Wednesday, with Miners doing best, boosted by US dollar weakness after the chief economist of the world's second most important central bank failed to show his characteristically dovish side.
Sector movers: Investors seek out growth opportunities in EVs
It was a simple case of 'chemistry' at the end of the week, with Chemicals and Tobacco poles apart as investors traded in defensives such as the latter for the promise of growth in the former.