Shares in London kicked off the week in a muted fashion, though peers elsewhere in Europe were on the up, after numbers showed eurozone inflation cooled and the single currency area's economy grew.IAG shares continued to fly higher in London after it reported strong results last week. That was not enough to prop up the FTSE 100, which was hurt by a share price fall for BT. Elsewhere, Marshalls slu

Stock prices in London opened lower on Friday amid concerns over the pressure of monetary tightening on equities, ahead of a US non-farm payrolls print.The FTSE 100 index opened down 30.14 points, 0.4%, at 7,250.36. The FTSE 250 was down 47.77 points, 0.3%, at 17,868.69, and the AIM All-Share was down 1.08 points, 0.2%, at 739.78.The Cboe UK 100 was up 0.4% at 723.11, the Cboe UK 250 was down 0.6%

UK blue chips edged lower on Tuesday in muted trade with the closure of US markets adding to the flat mood.Flagship food retailer J Sainsbury failed to excite investors despite backing full-year guidance, while in the FTSE 250, home furnishings firm Dunelm was knocked as RBC Capital Markets downgraded the stock to underperform.The FTSE 100 index closed down 7.54 points, or 0.1% at 7,519.72 on Tues

The FTSE 100 opened flat on Tuesday, with weakness in housebuilding stocks, amid a subdued day for global markets in light of the US holiday and a light economic calendar.The FTSE 100 index opened up just 0.31 of a point lower at 7,526.95. The FTSE 250 was up 10.59 points, 0.1%, at 18,518.33. The AIM All-Share was also up by just 0.31 of a point at 754.00.The Cboe UK 100 and Cboe UK 250 were large

Vodafone's confirmation that it will merge its UK telecommunications business with Three UK gave an additional boost to the FTSE 100 index at midday on Wednesday, with market participants also increasingly confident of a pause in US interest rate hikes.The large-cap index was up 34.84 points, or 0.5%, at 7,629.64. The FTSE 250 was up 7.67 points at 19,196.17. The AIM All-Share was down 1.18 points

London's FTSE 100 closed higher on Friday, after a better-than-expected US jobs report lifted market mood.However, Friday's gains have not been enough to put the FTSE 100 in positive territory for the week, as investors have spent much of the week focusing on central bank decisions.The FTSE 100 index closed up 75.74 points, or 1.0% at 7,778.38 on Friday, though the index ended the week as a whole

London's FTSE 100 was on the up in afternoon dealings, with markets in a demonstrably more risk-on at the end of the week, while the pound spiked to a one-year-high.Friday's gains have so far not been enough to put equities in positive territory for the week. The mood in markets has been tetchy after central bank decisions in the US and eurozone. Focus later will be on the US nonfarm payrolls repo

Shares in skin analytics company Integumen (SKIN:AIM) surged 18% higher on Thursday to 62.5p following the unveiling of a Covid-19 personalised, real-time breath test.MICROTOX-BTAdapting its previously unveiled wastewater test in collaboration with Modern Water (MWG:AIM), Avacta (AVCT:AIM) and Aptamer Group, the group has designed, built and tested a prototype called Microtox-BT, which can analyse

With the International Monetary Fund (IMF) downgrading its global growth forecasts, fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) giants, including food producers and purveyors of personal goods, are going to have to work hard to eke out material top-line growth. Sluggish economic conditions set the scene for an ongoing quest from FMCG groups - many of them cash-generative and reliable dividend payers - to bo