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Miners and Oil Majors Lift Footsie on Friday After Soft U.S. Payrolls Print
The FTSE 100 closed up 0.32% at 10,461.95 on Friday as mining and oil majors rallied after a weak U.S. payrolls report eased fears of another Fed hike.
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AstraZeneca Shares Lag Pharma Peers After FDA Adcomm Delay on Lung Cancer Combo
AstraZeneca shares underperformed the FTSE 100 pharma cluster Friday after U.S. regulators postponed an advisory committee on its lung-cancer combination, leaving London investors to price regulatory risk into a stock that usually trades as a defensive hold.
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Vistry Group Tumbles 3.36% to 241.60p in Friday FTSE 100 Rout
Housebuilder Vistry Group led FTSE 100 fallers on Friday while miners and BT rose after a soft US payrolls report eased global rate fears.
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FTSE 100 Closes at 9,427.73 as FICO Push Hammers Experian and Tesco Rises
London's benchmark fell 18.7 points to 9,427.73 as Experian slid on Fair Isaac's direct-to-consumer FICO programme while Tesco led the risers.
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Rolls-Royce Extends FTSE Lead as Defence Names Outpace Banks on First October Session
London’s blue-chip index opened the fourth quarter with defence and aerospace stocks leading gains as Rolls-Royce extended its September rally and banks lagged after gilt yields edged higher on the first October session.
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London Blue Chips End Third Quarter at 9,350 Points as Rolls-Royce Valuation Crosses £100 Billion
London’s headline index finished September at 9,350.43, its best third quarter since 2016, as aerospace and banks outweighed a drag from oil majors.
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FTSE 100 Dips to 10,684.88 as Persimmon Rises on Equity Loan Scheme
London’s main index closed down 0.1% at 10,684.88 on Monday while Persimmon and peers rallied on the government’s Your First Home equity-loan scheme for new-build buyers.
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Legal & General and Aviva Advance as Life Insurers Price In Higher Gilt Yields
Legal & General and Aviva led FTSE 100 gainers at the London open as higher gilt yields lifted annuity pricing assumptions while oil majors eased on softer Brent.
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London Markets Stay Shut Sunday While Bond Investors Brace for Monday Hormuz Oil Spike
With London equity markets closed on Sunday, traders focused on Brent moves tied to Hormuz disruption and Monday's reopen after the FTSE 100 finished the week at 10,695.25.
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London Blue Chips Finish Week at 10,695.25 as Oil Slide Lifts HSBC and Miners
London's blue-chip index finished Friday at 10,695.25, up 0.14% on the day and around 0.3% on the week, as banks and miners absorbed a retreat in Brent crude near $106 — with most of the intraday gain fading into the close.
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FTSE 100 Slips as Ten-Year Gilt Yields Lead G7 Spike Into Budget Season
London's FTSE 100 closed 0.24 per cent lower at 10,679.99 as the ten-year gilt yield touched 5.38 per cent, near last week's 19-year high, while the domestically focused FTSE 250 fell 0.85 per cent and Vistry's guidance cut showed where higher discount rates bite first.
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FTSE 100 Holds 10,705 as BP and Shell Rally on Hormuz Oil Anxiety
London's blue-chip index finished virtually unchanged at 10,705.26 on Wednesday as Brent jumped toward $102.74 after Iran's president struck a defiant tone at the UN; BP and Shell led gainers while the FTSE 250 shed 0.7%.
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Barclays Shares Rise After Fixed-Income Trading Update Beats Summer Desk Estimates
Barclays shares climbed after a summer trading update showed fixed-income revenue ahead of desk estimates, with macro and securitised products carrying flows that equity analysts had left for the third quarter.
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FTSE 100 Edges Higher as Gilt Yields Dip Ahead of Bank of England Minutes
London’s FTSE 100 nudged higher as gilt yields eased ahead of the Bank of England’s September minutes, with traders hunting for how many MPC members worried that long-end term premia—not QT—moved borrowing costs.
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Barclays Lifts FICC Trading Outlook as Sterling Volatility Returns
Barclays raised its third-quarter fixed-income and currencies trading outlook after sterling one-month implied volatility jumped back above ten percent, telling investors FICC desks are capturing wider spreads on macro hedges.
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FTSE 100 Closes Higher as Shell and BP Track Brent After Fed Signal
London’s FTSE 100 finished up 0.6 percent Monday as Shell and BP tracked a firmer Brent curve after the Federal Reserve signalled a slower pace of balance-sheet runoff, lifting energy heavyweights that dominate the UK benchmark.
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Persimmon Homeward Bound Sales Pace Slows in Kent Commuter Belt Survey
Persimmon’s Homeward Bound phase in north Kent is selling reservations at a slower weekly pace than the South East division average, according to a commuter-belt survey that tracks mortgage affordability and Help to Buy exit effects.
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SSE Renewables Updates Dogger Bank Cable Landing Schedule for Hull Port Authority
SSE Renewables has revised marine coordination windows with the Port of Hull after Dogger Bank export cable work shifted landing logistics, keeping Albert Dock heavy-lift slots aligned with East Riding landfall timing.
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Rolls-Royce Holdings Rises as Derby SMR Campus Books Turbine Housing Orders
Rolls-Royce Holdings climbed after its Derby small modular reactor campus booked turbine housing orders tied to a UK government shortlist milestone, lifting civil nuclear backlog numbers that investors track separately from widebody engine cycles.
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BP Shares Rise as Aberdeen Decommissioning Credits Lift North Sea Cash Flow
BP plc shares led the FTSE 100 after Aberdeen decommissioning tax credits booked in the third quarter lifted North Sea free cash flow above analyst models, even as benchmark Brent held flat through the week.
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AstraZeneca Shares Slip as FDA Oncology Advisory Date Slips to October
AstraZeneca shares eased after the FDA pushed a joint oncology advisory review of camizestrant and Truqap from late September to October, delaying the London-listed drugmaker’s clearest US read-through until after third-quarter updates.
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FTSE 250 Insurers Rise as Solvency II Tweaks Lift Capital Headroom
FTSE 250 life and general insurers rallied as Solvency UK reforms and higher risk-free rates lifted disclosed capital headroom, with Chesnara and RSA reporting surplus ratios well above management targets.
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Rolls-Royce Shares Climb on Narrowbody Engine Service Backlog Update
Rolls-Royce told investors its civil aerospace service backlog remains elevated on narrowbody-linked Pearl and Trent work, lifting shares as shop-visit capacity catches up with airline demand.
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FTSE 100 Miners Lead London Session as Copper Hits Six-Month High
London’s mining heavyweights led the FTSE 100 on Thursday as three-month copper on the LME touched a six-month high, lifting Glencore, Anglo American and Antofagasta in a session thin on tech earnings.
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JD Sports Sat After a 1-0 at Bramall Lane
FTSE Friday 10,650.44 still last. Wolves won 1-0. Monday 8:00 has not opened.
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Sage Sat After a 1-0 at Bramall Lane
FTSE Friday 10,650.44 still last. Wolves won 1-0. Monday 8:00 has not opened.