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Market Report - Midday
31 Jan
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London midday: Shell and Diageo pace the gains as investors cheer dovish Fed

London stocks were holding on to their gains by midday on Thursday, with sentiment underpinned by a dovish statement from the Federal Reserve and solid results from the likes of Shell and Diageo.

30 Jan
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London midday: Stocks extend gains as miners jump on rising metals prices

London stocks extended gains by midday on Wednesday, helped along by a solid performance from the mining sector as copper and iron ore prices rallied, while sterling regained some poise.

29 Jan
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London midday: Stocks push up ahead of Parliamentary votes; Hargreaves retreats

Equity markets in London had extended gains by midday on Tuesday, with defensive stocks on the rise as investors eyed the second parliamentary vote on Theresa May’s Brexit ‘Plan B’ and continued to keep an eye on US-China trade relations.

28 Jan
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London midday: Stocks jittery ahead of Brexit vote; Ocado bucks trend

London stocks had fallen a little further into the red by midday on Monday as investors grew jittery ahead of this week's Brexit vote in the House of Commons.

25 Jan
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London midday: Miners pace advance but Vodadone drops on update

London stocks were moving sideways on Friday, with miners pacing the advance, but ongoing worries about trade relations between the US and China keeping a cap on gains.

24 Jan
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London midday: Stocks pare losses as pound slides; ECB eyed

London stocks had pared losses by midday on Thursday thanks to a slide in the pound and solid performance from the likes of St James's Place and Ashtead, as investors looked to the latest policy announcement from the European Central Bank and Brexit-related headlines.

23 Jan
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London midday: Stocks maintain losses as sterling rallies

London stocks were still in the red by midday on Wednesday as concerns about trade tensions between the US and China and a downbeat assessment of the UK manufacturing sector weighed on sentiment.

22 Jan
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London midday: Stocks fall further as pound gains on employment data

London stocks had fallen further into the red by midday on Tuesday as the pound ticked above $1. 29 on the back of solid employment figures.

21 Jan
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London midday: Stocks hold up ahead of May's Brexit plan-B speech

London stocks had maintained modest gains by midday on Monday as investors digested Chinese growth figures and awaited Theresa May’s presentation of her ‘Plan B’ on Brexit to Commons.

18 Jan
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London midday: Stocks push higher as housebuilders gain but airlines slump

London stocks had pushed further into the green by midday on Friday as investors chose to focus on signs of improving trade relations between the US and China and ignore uninspiring retail sales figures.

17 Jan
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London midday: Stocks maintain losses amid trade war concerns but AB Foods rallies

London stocks were still in the red by midday on Thursday amid fresh concerns about Sino-US trade relations, but solid updates from the likes of Primark owner AB Foods and Sage Group helped to minimise losses.

16 Jan
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London midday: Stocks drop ahead of confidence vote; housebuilders buck up

London stocks had fallen into the red by midday on Wednesday as Theresa May faced a vote of no confidence, but losses weren't too pronounced, capped by a strong performance from the housebuilding sector and hopes of a Brexit delay.

15 Jan
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London midday: Stocks pare gains as jitters creep in ahead of Brexit vote

As the vote on Theresa May's Brexit deal loomed, it was unsurprising to see stocks in London come off their highs by midday on Tuesday, as jitters about the UK's divorce from the EU offset relief over China's latest stimulus measures.

14 Jan
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London midday: Stocks fall further after disappointing China data; Brexit vote eyed

London stocks had fallen further into the red by midday on Monday following the release of disappointing Chinese trade data, as investors eyed this week's Commons vote on Theresa May's Brexit deal.

11 Jan
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London midday: Stocks pare gains as sterling shoots up on Brexit delay hopes

London stocks had flattened out by midday on Friday, erasing earlier gains as sterling shot up on hopes of a Brexit delay, as investors mulled over a raft of data releases.

10 Jan
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London midday: Stocks slightly lower amid retail update deluge

It was all about the retail sector on Thursday, with London stocks slightly weaker by midday as investors mulled updates from the likes of Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Halfords.

09 Jan
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London midday: Stocks maintain gains as housebuilders rally

London stocks were firmly higher by midday on Wednesday amid optimism about the latest round of US-China trade talks and hopes that moves in Westminster have lowered the chance of a no-deal Brexit, with housebuilders leading the charge.

08 Jan
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London midday: Stocks extend gains amid China-US hopes; Morrisons under pressure

London stocks had pushed further into the green by midday on Tuesday, underpinned by optimism over Sino-US trade talks, with Morrisons bucking the trend after a mixed update.

07 Jan
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London midday: Stocks drop ahead of US-China talks but retailers buck trend

London stocks had fallen into the red by midday on Monday, with tobacco shares dragged lower by a broker downgrade, but retailer Dunelm sharply higher after a well-received trading update.

04 Jan
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London midday: Miners pace the gains ahead of US payrolls

London stocks extended gains by midday on Friday, with miners pacing the advance on the back of renewed optimism about Sino-US trade relations, encouraging Chinese services data and China’s latest stimulus measures, ahead of the release of the US non-farm payrolls report.