Sector Review
Sector movers: Investors dump Sage, weak rupee weighs on Vodafone
Cyclicals were clearly unwanted heading into the long Memorial Day weekend in the States with Software issues at the bottom of the pile, as investors recoiled at a warning from Sage.
Sector movers: Trade headlines continue to boost Autos, Food Producers
Some of the sectors with the greatest exposure to positive headlines on international trade, such as Automobiles and Food producers (TI Fluid and Tate&Lyle), were again pacing gains in the market place on Wednesday.
Sector movers: US-Mexico trade talks boost miners, steel companies
News that the US and Mexico had agreed to make modifications to the North American Free Trade Agreement appeared to boost investor sentiment on Tuesday, with shares of miners and steel outfits deriving the greatest benefit, amid hopes that it might herald progress in talks with other trading partners.
Sector movers: Market chatter stocks gains in Wood Group, Paper Packaging
Cyclicals are pacing gains on a quiet day of summer trading on Wednesday, with analyst chatter dictating market moves, with what traders are left about in the City for the most part opting to sit on their hands ahead of tomorrow's expected conclusion, for now, of two days of trade talks between China and the US, even as they mull over the potential implications of the political storm unfolding over Capitol Hill.
Sector movers: Oil engineers up as investors get Wood Group
Oil equipment and services stood out on Tuesday on the back of a strong set of results for John Wood Group.
Sector movers: Miners mount recovery, Sage slips
Miners were the main driving force on London markets on Monday, boosted by rising metals prices.
Sector movers: Commodities lead the fall, investors rotating into defensives
London stocks could not hold onto early gains on Friday to slip into the red, as most major miners and oil giants rumbled lower.
Sector movers: Price action retains defensive air
Some of the more defensive areas of the market figured prominently on the leaderboard as the weekend neared, despite a bounce in stocks amid news that China and the US were restarting trade talks and a better tone in emerging markets as the Turkish lira extended its recent rally into a third day.
Sector movers: Miners hit again as traders wait for other shoe to drop in EM
The roof is caving in on miners again on Tuesday, amid fears that the recent rout in Turkish assets presages weakness in other emerging market economies.
Sector movers: Defensives find bid as Turkish lira bounces, analysts wary
Defensives were clearly in the lead on Tuesday, even as the top-flight index bounced back from its intra-day lows.
Sector movers: Miners find a bid despite US dollar strength
Commodity-related stocks were on the front foot at the start of the week, buoyed by the release of data in China that some analysts suggested might show that the authorities had "switched stance" and that the country's central bank had been leaning on the country's banks to lend more.
Sector movers: Miners down on reports of Russian tax, rout in EM FX
The roof caved in on steel stocks Evraz and Ferrexpo at the end of the week following a report that some Russian authorities favoured increasing taxes on mining companies and after the US raised steel tariffs on Turkey.
Sector movers: Engineers pace gains
Cyclicals were pacing gains in the market on Thursday, with Industrial Engineering and Industrial Metals&Mining leading the advance.
Sector movers: Financials pace gains
Financials lent their weight to Wednesday's stockmarket advance, with Prudential at the head of the pack on the back of its latest half-year numbers.
Sector movers: Miners, Big Oil and pharma lead gains
Commodity-related stocks paced gains on Tuesday following the release of figures overnight showing that China's foreign exchange reserves didn't jump last month.
Sector movers: Miners and utilities pace losses
Cyclicals were at the bottom of the pile on Wednesday, with Miners and interest rate sensitive utilities seeing the steepest falls.