Hot/Cold Sectors
Sector movers: Utilities climb as Italy hits yields, banks and insurers in the red
Utilities were bubbling up again on Friday, while insurers and banks were taking losses.
Sector movers: Bond proxies rise, financials and airlines wobble
Telecoms and utilities sectors were uniformly higher on Thursday, while financial stocks were among the losers, as markets adjusted to comments from the US central bank.
Sector movers: Oil stocks slide despite strong prices, dollar hits miners
Oil producers and miners led an afternoon retreat on Wednesday, while drinks and cigarette companies were looking more perky.
Sector movers: Resources and retailers on the up
Resources stocks and retailers made an unusual alliance to lead the upside on Tuesday, while tech and telecoms were slightly lower.
Sector movers: Utilities and travel in the red, oilers gush
Oil companies led on the upside, but were outweighed by utilities and travel companies.
Sector movers: Miners and tobacco spark higher
Miners racked up strong gains on Friday, with cigarette companies sparking higher too.
Sector movers: Life insurers bounce, retail flat despite strong data
Life insurers were in the pink again on Thursday, while the retailers were flat despite strong industry data.
Sector movers: Miners lifted as Chinese demand supports base metals
A rise in copper prices drove gains for miners on Wednesday, while utilities companies led on the downside.
Sector movers: Tobacco and tech fizzle, miners and insurers rise
Tobacco and tech stocks led on the downside on Tuesday, while the mining and non-life insurance sectors were the big risers.
Sector movers: Utilities rebound, tech stocks hit by China
Utilities were the most noticeable climbers on Monday, led by the electricity sector and with water companies joining in.
Sector movers: Industrials stocks diverging
Industrial stocks were big movers up and down, with transport stocks among the fallers, while industrial metals and engineers were on the rise.
Sector movers: Miners boosted as metals firm, electricity remains off
London's equity benchmarks were little moved on Thursday afternoon, with mining and industrial gains cancelled out .
Sector movers: Tobacco sparks up, electricity fizzles
Investors could not shake their addiction to tobacco stocks, with British American Tobacco and Imperial Brands spiking higher on Wednesday.
Sector movers: Tobacco companies feel the heat
Tobacco companies were both down around 3%, extending recent falls amid concerns around emerging markets.
Sector movers: Miners hit by trade concerns, aluminium in focus
Miners and industrial metals players were heading lower at the start of the week as base metals prices were beaten down further, amid trade tensions and emerging market concerns.
Sector movers: Brexit concerns weigh on homebuilders
Home Construction and Auto & Parts stocks are among the weakest areas of the market on Tuesday, with the former getting slammed after a weak reading on activity in the sector, against a backdrop of ongoing negative news-flow around the state of the Brexit negotiations, and the former weighed down by global trade uncertainty.
Sector movers: Commodity stocks bounce despite weak China data
Commodity stocks were broadly higher at the start of the week despite a slightly weaker-than-expected reading on a key survey for the Chinese manufacturing sector, possibly as investors bid their time ahead of the return of US investors from their summer break, on Tuesday, and following selling at the end of the prior week.