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Market Report - Close
31 Jul
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London close: Talk trade negotiations might re-start stokes risk appetite

Stocks finished July on a positive note, helped by big gains in shares of oil majors BP and Shell as well as miners, after Bloomberg reported that top officials from Washington and Beijing were holding contacts in a bid to restart trade talks and avoid a full-blown trade war.

31 Jul
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London close: Stocks recover from losses despite renewed selling in US tech space

Stocks were little changed on the next to last trading session of the month, with traders opting to sit on their hands ahead of key policy announcements from two of the main foreign central banks, the Bank of Japan and the US Federal Reserve, scheduled for later in the week and before a keenly awaited decision on interest rates from the Bank of England on Thursday.

27 Jul
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London close: Stocks pedal higher after gruelling week

The FTSE 100 peloton crested the summit of 7,700 to finish a demanding results season week, underpinned by well-received earnings reports from a small breakaway group of blue chip giants, as traders mulled confirmation that the US economy remained good shape but not quite top gear.

26 Jul
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London close: BAT bounce offsets Shell slide as stocks edge up

London stocks sweated out a small gain on Thursday as investors mulled the apparent progress made at the trade meeting between US President Trump and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker a day earlier and fought through a barrage of earnings reports, with oil giant Shell under the cosh after its second-quarter numbers.

25 Jul
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London close: Stocks slide on trade jitters ahead of Trump-Juncker meeting

London stocks erased all their gains from the day before as jitters set in ahead of US President Trump's meeting with EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday evening, with a flood of earnings news to keep investors busy.

24 Jul
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London close: Stocks rally as miners gain on China stimulus

London stocks ended firmly in the green on Tuesday as miners were boosted by news of China's latest stimulus plans, while the CBI delivered a better-than-expected survey on the UK's manufacturing sector.

23 Jul
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London close: Stocks drop as Ryanair weighs on airlines, Trump tweet dents sentiment

London stocks fell on Monday as US President Trump's latest Twitter outburst knocked sentiment, while a disappointing update from Ryanair weighed on airlines.

20 Jul
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London close: Stocks end off lows even as Trump ups the ante on China

London stocks ended just a touch weaker on Friday, off earlier lows as investors took US President Trump's latest trade war rhetoric in their stride.

19 Jul
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London close: UK shares outshine European peers as pound suffers

London's FTSE 100 was the only major European index not to slide into the red on Thursday as the pound took another beating, but little headway was made due to losses in the mining sector and renewed trade concerns.

18 Jul
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London close: Stocks gain as pound hit by stalling inflation, politics

London stocks rose on Wednesday as the pound was knocked lower by stalling inflation and politics, while updates from airline EasyJet and miner BHP Billiton lent a hand.

17 Jul
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London close: Stocks pick up as Powell perks up dollar

London stocks perked up late on Tuesday as the pound fell on new Brexit fears ahead of a key parliamentary vote and expectations of rising US interest rates, with the latest UK jobs data seemingly doing little to nudge markets either way.

16 Jul
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London close: FTSE slips on oil drop and global growth worries

London stocks tripped up on Monday as weaker oil prices weighed on the energy sector, the pound made a stuttering recovery from losses last week and warnings about global growth from China and the IMF.

13 Jul
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London close: Stocks finish higher as US president rows back on US-UK trade deal remarks

London stocks finished higher on Friday, but was off their best levels of the session, as the pound recovered from an early bout of selling, after US President Donald Trump backtracked on remarks he made overnight that the Prime Minister's soft Brexit plan would "probably kill" any trade deal with the US.

12 Jul
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London close: Stocks shrug off England's World Cup hangover

London stocks coped admirably well with England's post-World Cup hangover on Thursday, recouping much of the heavy losses taken the previous session, with gains capped as the pound rose on the publication of the government's Brexit white paper.

11 Jul
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London close: Stocks hit by trade worries

London stocks finished firmly in the red on Wednesday as trade tensions between the US and China ramped up a notch after Donald Trump followed through on his threat to slap tariffs on an extra $200bn of Chinese goods.

10 Jul
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London close: Stocks and sterling struggle for direction amid mixed data

London stocks and the pound were range-bound on Tuesday as investors where overwhelmed by a confusing political backdrop and a slew of UK economic data.

09 Jul
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London close: Stocks higher despite political uncertainty

London stocks climbed at the start of the week, as news that the Brexit secretary and foreign minister had resigned sapped the pound's strength, boosting shares on the Footsie, with the second-tier index also higher on bets that some kind of softer Brexit was now likely on the cards despite David Davis's and Boris Johnson's decision to leave.

06 Jul
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London close: Stocks track gains on Wall Street after jobs report, despite tariff news

London stocks recovered from early selling after reciprocal trade sanctions between the US and China kicked-in overnight, helped by a better-than-expected reading on the state of the US jobs market in June.

04 Jul
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London close: Shares little changed despite upbeat services data

London stocks were mired in the red on Wednesday as the pound ticked higher on the back of better-than-expected services data and with global trade concerns still weighing on investor sentiment.

03 Jul
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London close: FTSE gains held back as Glencore and banks weigh

London stocks had a productive Tuesday as investors set aside their worries about a trade war, although heavy losses for Glencore and a banking wobble kept a cap on gains.