FTSE 100 surges ahead of court’s Brexit decision
U.K. stocks edged higher Tuesday before a court decision about whether the U.K. government must consult parliament…
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FTSE 100 snaps 3-day losing streak as oil majors rebound
U.K. stocks surged for the first time in four sessions Wednesday, with oil companies rebounding ahead of the highly…
FTSE 100 falls as Glencore leads miners lower
U.K. stocks slumped Wednesday, with resource companies leading the charge south on the back of a slide in commodity…
U.K.’s FTSE 100, pound inch higher after retail sales outstrip expectations
U.K. stocks edged up on Thursday, with retail shares strengthening after monthly retail sales leapt in July, even…
FTSE 100 loses ground as home builder shares tumble, oil prices fall
U.K. stocks tumbled on Thursday, as a pullback in commodity and housing shares put the blue-chip benchmark on track…
U.K. stocks pull back from run of 2016 highs
Stocks in the U.K. dropped on Wednesday, taking a breather after hitting their best level this year, with investors…
U.K. stocks notch modest gain as retailers rise
U.K. stocks edged higher Tuesday, on track for a fourth consecutive gain, as retail shares rose and as the pound…
FTSE 100 extends 2016 highs as mining shares surge
U.K. stocks went higher on Monday, extending their reach into 2016 highs, with mining shares taking in stride…
FTSE 100 soars most in 5 weeks after Bank of England stimulus
U.K. blue-chip stocks jumped on Thursday by the most in about five weeks, as the Bank of England (BOE) cut its key…
U.K. stocks in holding pattern, even with big jumps by HSBC, Next
U.K. stocks showed little change early Wednesday, as big gains by banking giant HSBC Holdings PLC and retailer Next…
FTSE 100 drops as oil prices stay mired in bear territory
Stocks in the U.K. dropped on Tuesday, with energy shares falling as oil prices linger in bear-market territory,…
FTSE 100 clings to thin gain as banks edge lower
U.K. stocks edged higher on Monday, coming after a fifth week of advances, yet some bank and mining shares were…
FTSE 100 ends above 6,700 for first time in 2016
U.K. stocks surged on Wednesday, sending the FTSE 100 to its highest close since August last year, aided by gains…
FTSE 100 inched higher, as ARM rallies 43% on takeover deal
U.K. stocks surged on Monday, led by a nearly 50% spike in ARM Holdings PLC shares after the chip designer agreed…
FTSE 100 soars as investors eye possible BOE interest rate cut
U.K. stocks traded higher on Thursday, with broad-based gains arriving ahead of what could be the first…
FTSE 100 edged lower as housing, oil shares lose ground
U.K. stocks inched lower on Wednesday, with shares of home builders back under pressure, but a climb in Burberry…
FTSE 100 seesaws, with BOE’s Carney testimony on deck
U.K. stocks swung between gains and losses Tuesday, a day after pushing into bull-market territory, with investors…
FTSE 100 hanging at 11-month high as miners, housing shares surge
U.K. stocks edged up Monday, with gains for miners and housing shares helping to keep the blue-chips benchmark at…
FTSE 100 surges toward fifth consecutive win at yearly highs
U.K. stocks edged ground Monday, recording another new high for 2016, as miners got a boost from buoyant metals…
FTSE 100 notches thin gain with one day to Brexit vote
U.K. stocks inched up Wednesday, as investors kicked off the final day of trade before the U.K. holds its historic…
FTSE 100 drops after Brexit-driven blockbuster session
U.K. stocks slipped back Tuesday, pulling back from a sharp rally the day before, as uncertainty about the Brexit…
FTSE 100 leaps as Brexit worries keep receding
U.K. stocks edged higher Monday, after polls showed a resurgence in support for the U.K. staying in the European…
FTSE 100 pushes higher as appetite for risk revives
U.K. stocks inched higher Wednesday, as investors regained their appetite for risk after a four-session string of…
FTSE 100 inches lower as investors grapple with Brexit fears
U.K. stocks fell Monday, hovering around a three-week low, as investors fretted over the Brexit vote on whether the…
FTSE 100 on course for day 3 of gains as commodity stocks run higher
U.K. stocks surged Tuesday, with gains for mining shares and oil heavyweight Royal Dutch Shell PLC helping the…
Miners lead FTSE 100 sharply higher after Chinese inflation data
U.K. stocks surged Tuesday, with miners leading the charge higher after Chinese inflation numbers were seen as…
FTSE 100 closed lower, halts two-day advance
U.K. stocks ended modestly lower Monday as disappointing Chinese trade data outweighed hopes the Federal Reserve…
FTSE 100 drives toward lowest in nearly a month as miners dive
U.K. stocks have slumped Tuesday, steering toward their lowest in roughly four weeks, with commodity shares among…
UK FTSE 100 tips toward third straight decline
U.K. stocks are struggling for direction Monday, though energy company shares slipped as oil prices continued to…
FTSE 100 gains as easyJet, travel stocks recover
U.K. stocks inched higher Wednesday, backed by gains in British Airways parent and other travel shares after…
FTSE 100 inches higher as Fed fuels rally in mining stocks
U.K. stocks staged a broad-based rally Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve had decided to slow the pace of…
FTSE 100 hit three-year low as investors hunt for safety
U.K. stocks hit their lowest in more than three years Tuesday, with investors dumping so-called risk assets on…
FTSE 100 sinks nearly 3% as oil slide deepens
U.K. stocks were sinking Wednesday in line with the continuing rout in oil drove losses across the board. The FTSE…
U.K. stocks finish at lowest level in more than a month
British blue-chip stocks tumbled by the most in six weeks Thursday, leaving the benchmark FTSE 100 at its lowest…
FTSE 100 on course for third day of losses
U.K. stocks dropped Wednesday, on track for a third straight losing session, as investors sorted through a raft of…
FTSE 100 eyes first gain in four days, but Burberry slides
U.K. stocks edged higher Thursday, catching a break after three straight days of losses, but shares of Burberry…
FTSE 100 faces first loss in nine sessions
U.K. stocks inched lower Monday, with the market’s benchmark easing back from last week’s performance that marked…
FTSE 100 moving toward first rise in 11 sessions
U.K. stocks climbed Tuesday, with gains for BHP Billiton PLC and RSA Insurance Group PLC helping the British…
London stocks teeter toward sixth straight decline
U.K. stocks dropped Tuesday, pulling the benchmark FTSE 100 toward a sixth consecutive loss. The FTSE 100 UKX,…
London stocks sell off as China lets yuan fall further
U.K. stocks dropped Wednesday, leaving the benchmark FTSE 100 close to losing its gain for the year, after China…