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London stocks fell in early trade on Monday as sentiment took a hit after Moody’s downgraded its credit rating on the US. At 0825 BST, the FTSE 100 was down 0.3% at 8,661.91. Moody’s announced late on Friday that it was cutting the rating to Aa1 from the highest triple-A rating. “This one-notch downgrade on our 21-notch […]

London stocks on the FTSE 100 rose in early trade on Friday as investors continued to mull the main event of the week – the trade deal between the US and China. At 0840 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.4% at 8,669.45. Kathleen Brooks, research director at XTB, said: “The chief driver of global markets […]

London stocks on the FTSE 100 fell in early trade on Thursday despite better-than-expected UK GDP figures, as investors sifted through another raft of corporate news. At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 was down 0.4% at 8,549.40. Data released earlier by the Office for National Statistics showed that the economy grew more than expected in the first […]

London stocks on the FTSE 100 were steady in early trade on Wednesday as investors sifted through a raft of corporate news. At 0840 BST, the FTSE 100 was flat at 8,605.43. Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: “Stocks stateside have gone on a run as more trade deals are inked, […]

London stocks on the FTSE 100 nudged higher in early trade on Tuesday as investors continued to mull the US-China tariff pause and digested the latest UK jobs data. At 0845 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.1% at 8,609.93. Richard Hunter, head of markets at Interactive Investor, said: “Of course, the developments between the US […]

London stocks on the FTSE 100 surged in early trade on Monday after the US and China agreed a temporary deal to cut tariffs, but the sharp gains were short-lived. At 0930 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.2% at 8,572.58, having risen as much as 1% earlier after it emerged that the US and […]

London stocks on the FTSE 100 gained in early trade on Friday as optimism over US trade deals boosted sentiment. At 0825 BST, the FTSE 100 was 0.4% firmer at 8,561.32. Derren Nathan, head of equity research at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: “The diplomatic offensive presented conjointly by President Trump and Keir Starmer from Washington and Solihull […]

London stocks on the FTSE 100 ticked up in early trade on Thursday as investors awaited an expected US-UK trade deal announcement later in the day and a 25 basis points rate cut from the Bank of England. At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.2% at 8,575.66. Matt Britzman, senior equity analyst at Hargreaves […]

FTSE 100 stocks in the UK were weaker on Wednesday despite news that US and Chinese officials would meet at the weekend to de-escalate the trade war and Beijing announced new policy stimulus. Beijing struck a harsh tone nonetheless, warnings against what it said might even be an “attempt to continue to coerce and blackmail […]

Stocks on the FTSE 100 were edging higher in early trading with market commentary focusing on recent softness in the Greenback against its Asian peers. In particular, some economists were highlighting how it had failed to benefit from recent stronger-than-expected US data. So what did that imply for the Federal Reserve, who´s next policy decision […]