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London close: Stocks end 2018 with a whimper; FTSE down 12% for the year
London stocks ended 2018 with a whimper rather a bang on Monday, as investors weighed up signs of improving relations between the US and China against disappointing Chinese manufacturing data, amid a dearth of UK corporate and macroeconomic news flow.
London close: Stocks continue recovery to finish Friday higher
London stocks finished in the green on Friday, having taken their cue from a late stage recovery on Wall Street the day before.
London close: Stocks end lower as US rally proves short-lived
London stocks ended on the back foot on Thursday amid falling US equities, as worries about global economic growth, the Fed’s policy path and Brexit continued to play on investors’ minds.
London close: Santa's a no-show as stocks end at more than two-year low
As traders reached for the mince pies and eggnog, the Santa rally failed to materialise on Christmas Eve, with stocks in London suffering their worst close in more than two years as global growth concerns, Sino-US relations and Brexit woes continued to plague investors.
London close: Stocks end just higher but Santa's nowhere to be seen
London stocks ended just in the green on Friday, recovering from earlier losses but still languishing around their lowest level in more than two years amid worries about a global growth slowdown, souring relations between the US and China and the prospect of US government shutdown.
London close: Stocks down but off lows as BoE stands pat, Fed disappoints
London stocks ended in the red on Thursday as the Bank of England stood pat on rates amid growing Brexit uncertainty and as the Fed’s latest policy announcement turned out to be less dovish than expected.
London close: Stocks stage small rebound ahead of US Fed
London stocks rose on Wednesday, bouncing back from the previous session's losses with GlaxoSmithKline in the lead on news of a tie-up with Pfizer, as investors digested inflation data and looked ahead to the US Federal Reserve's policy announcement.
London close: Footsie underperforms as commodities drag
London's blue chip stocks trooped down to a two-week low on Tuesday, with Brexit, weaker commodity prices and the upcoming Fed announcement weighing on the mood.
London close: Retailers crash, PM dubs second referendum "betrayal'
London stocks fell into the red on Monday, with retailers pacing the decline as a shock profit warning from Asos suggested that online players were not immune to the struggles of their bricks-and-mortar rivals.
London close: Stocks drop amid global growth worries, Brexit exhaustion
London stocks finished lower on Friday, albeit off their worst levels of the session, following the release of weak Chinese data and after Theresa May returned home from her EU charm offensive empty-handed.
London close: Stocks end flat as May seeks EU assurances; retailers slump
London stocks ended Thursday’s session broadly steady as initial relief over Theresa May's confidence vote victory gave way to concerns about how she's going to get her Brexit deal through parliament.
London close: Shares bounce alongside the pound ahead of no-confidence vote
London-listed shares extended their recent bounce on Wednesday amid signs of improving Sino-US relations, with the FTSE 100 firmly in the green and the pound bouncing back, although it remained near its recent lows, as investors mulled news of Theresa May's leadership challenge.
London close: FTSE rebounds as pound slides on PM's struggles
London stocks clawed back some ground on Tuesday, boosted by strong showings from the likes of WPP and Ashtead and a shred of optimism about US-China relations, as the pound seesawed on the vicissitudes of Brexit.
London close: Stocks and pound drop as PM calls off vote
London stocks finished sharply lower on Monday even as the pound slid on news that Theresa May has called off this week's parliamentary vote on the Brexit deal until she has been able to speak with her counterparts in the European Union.
London close: Shares rebound as pound slips, crude oil gains
London stocks recouped part of the previous day's losses on Friday which had taken the top-flight index to its worst level since the Brexit referendum, as investors eyed the release of the latest non-farm payrolls report.
London close: Footsie finishes at two-year low
London's FTSE 100 sank to its lowest close in more than two years on Thursday, joining a broader market selloff as news of Canada's arrest of a Chinese executive at the behest of the US reignited trade war concerns.
London close: Stocks drop even as risk of no-deal Brexit recedes
London stocks finished in the red on Wednesday, albeit with the pound clawing back some ground as some traders now saw a lower chance of a no-deal Brexit.
London close: UK stocks give up gains as confidence proves short-lived
London stocks gave up some the previous day's gains on Tuesday as sterling spiked higher after a senior European official said Britain would be allowed to unilaterally revoke Article 50, while doubts crept in about the trade truce agreed by the US and China.
London close: Stocks kick the week off with gains after G-20 breakthrough
London stocks finished higher on Monday, with miners and energy issues leading the advance as news of a 90-day trade truce between the US and China boosted risk appetite.