Market Report - Midday
London midday: Miners, ITV and Taylor Wimpey weigh on FTSE
London stocks were still in the red by midday on Wednesday, weighed down by weakness in the mining sector and disappointing earnings from ITV and Taylor Wimpey, as the City was covered in a blanket of snow.
London midday: Stocks turn lower as caution sets in ahead of Powell; Sky surges
London stocks had reversed earlier gains by midday on Tuesday despite strong earnings from the likes of Persimmon and a counter bid for Sky from Comcast, as traders erred on the side of caution ahead of the first congressional testimony from new Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
London midday: Stocks maintain gains even as pound rallies
London stocks were holding on to their gains by midday on Monday even as the pound rallied on the back of hawkish comments from a Bank of England official and a softening in Labour's stance on Brexit, amid a flurry of well-received corporate releases.
London midday: RBS and IAG weigh but BT rallies after Ofcom let-off
Equity markets in London were a little weak around midday on Friday as results from RBS, British Airways parent IAG and bookmaker William Hill left investors disappointed.
London midday: Stocks and pound both drop as GDP disappoints; Barclays rallies
London stocks were still in the red by midday on Thursday even as the pound lost ground after disappointing economic growth figures, as investors digested hawkish Federal Reserve minutes and waded through a deluge of corporate releases.
London midday: Stocks slip a little further even as pound drops on jobs data
London stocks fell a little further into the red by midday on Wednesday as the pound dropped after figures revealed that UK unemployment unexpectedly rose at the end of last year, while wage data was mixed.
London midday: FTSE dragged lower as pound reacts to Brexit reports
London stocks had extended losses by midday on Tuesday, dragged lower as results from HSBC and BHP Billiton left investors disappointed.
London midday: Stocks remain slightly lower as Reckitt weighs; investors pause for breath
London stocks were still just in the red by midday on Monday, weighed by Reckitt Benckiser as investors paused for breath after last week’s solid gains.
London midday: Stocks hold on to gains as pound slips back after retail sales
London stocks were holding on to solid gains by midday on Friday as the pound slipped back below $1. 41 following disappointing retail sales data.
London midday: FTSE gains as miners, rand-exposed stocks rally
London equities were holding on to gains by midday on Thursday, underpinned by strength in the mining sector and an impressive showing from stocks with exposure to South Africa, as investors shrugged off the latest rise in US inflation.
London midday: Stocks push higher ahead of US CPI; BoJo Brexit speech ingested
London equity markets had extended gains by midday on Wednesday, taking their cue from another positive close on Wall Street as investors looked ahead to key US inflation figures.
London midday: Stocks flat even as pound rallies on inflation data
London's top-flight index was hovering around the flat line by midday on Tuesday, even as the pound rallied after inflation came in higher than expected for January, increasing expectations that the Bank of England will hike interest rates in the spring.
London midday: Stocks maintain gains but worries about inflation, interest rates persist
London stocks were still firmly in the black by midday on Monday following a late rebound on Wall Street at the end of last week, but worries remained about rising inflation and higher interest rates.
London midday: Stocks maintain losses as pound drops on industrial output data
Stocks in London were still in the red by midday on Friday following a selloff in the US and Asia, as investors digested a mixed set of UK data releases.
London midday: FTSE extends losses as pound rallies on hawkish BoE
London equity markets extended losses just after midday on Thursday as the pound spiked higher on the back of an unexpectedly hawkish announcement from the Bank of England.
London midday: Stocks stay up as housebuilders rally, but US futures red
Shares in London held onto most of their early gains by midday on Wednesday, bouncing back from heavy losses in the previous session following a late rally on Wall Street, with housebuilders on the up after solid first-half numbers from Redrow.
London midday: Stocks rebound from lows after US and Asian selloff
London stocks were firmly in the red by midday on Tuesday, taking their cue from a bloodbath on Wall Street and in Asia as investors fret that rising inflation will force the Fed to hike rates more than initially expected this year.
London midday: Stocks slump amid Fed rate hikes fears, weak services data
London stocks were trading at eight-week lows by midday on Monday as investors fretted that the Federal Reserve might hike rates more than expected after last week's strong wage growth figures and following the release of disappointing UK services data.
London midday: Stocks extend losses as construction data disappoints, BT weighs
London stocks were weaker by midday on Friday, led lower by uninspiring earnings from BT and a disappointing reading on the UK construction sector, as investors eyed the release of the latest US non-farm payrolls report.
London midday: Stocks pare gains as manufacturing data misses forecast
London stocks had flattened out by midday on Thursday, giving back small gains as data showed that growth in the UK manufacturing sector unexpectedly slowed last month.