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FX round-up: Slide in UK consumer confidence knocks cable lower
Sterling fell on worse than expected UK consumer confidence data Friday morning, and -- even noting the more hawkish tones from Bank of England bosses -- was unable to recover.
London close: Utilities, banks, supermarkets drag FTSE 100 down
Stocks in London drifted to a mediocre close on Friday with utilities, banks and supermarkets combining to drag the FTSE 100 lower.
Commodities: Crude higher in technical bounce despite bearish market
Crude-oil futures headed mildly higher thanks to a technical bounce on Friday and amid a market overall bearish towards the price action of the black liquid.
FX round-up: Sterling continues hawk-inspired run higher
Sterling continued its hawk-inspired run higher against a basket of currencies and in particular against the US dollar.
London close: FTSE 100 lower as sterling gains on rate-hike expectations
London stocks got off to a positive start but a firming sterling on higher UK rate-rise expectations and ex-dividend companies ultimately turned the market south.
Commodities: Crude ahead towards end-Q2 as traders reckon sell-off over-done
Crude oil futures are rising towards the end of the second quarter, with more than a few traders reckoning the black liquid's sell-off might have been over-done.
FX round-up: Sterling gets a shove higher as Carney sees potential for rate rise
Sterling got a firm shove higher on Wednesday as Bank of England governor Mark Carney suddenly declared UK interest rates might need to be hiked.
London close: FTSE down as Carney, Draghi plead 'Don't let me be misunderstood'
Stocks in London flopped to a lower close Wednesday as Bank of England governor Mark Carney and European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi separately sought to ensure their earlier comments to the market were not misunderstood.
Commodities: Oil shrugs off EIA, API surprise to head higher
Crude-oil futures are skipping higher on Wednesday afternoon as traders saw surprise builds in US inventories as better than they might have been, and despite expectations of a draw.
FX round-up: GBP ahead on BoE buffer call and SNP's stance on indyref#2
Sterling enjoyed a minor rise on Tuesday on the back of Bank of England requiring lenders to beef up their cash buffer in case of bad debts.
London close: Hike in banks' capital buffers hits shares
A stronger sterling weighed on the FTSE on Tuesday, as it emerged the Bank of England will force banks to further bolster their capital buffers to deal with bad debts .
Commodities: Crude futures rise on hopes of API data showing draw in US stores
Crude-oil futures are riding higher Tuesday as the market looks to industry data out later to show a draw in US stockpiles.
FX round-up: Underwhelmed sterling limps higher as PM May inks DUP deal
Sterling limped a little higher against the dollar and euro as PM Theresa May's Tories finally inked some kind of government-forming deal with Northern Ireland's DUP.
London close: FTSE higher as PM fashions DUP deal from election flotsam
London shares closed higher after PM Theresa May crafted a confidence and supply deal with Northern Ireland's DUP from the flotsam and jetsam of her general election humiliation.
Commodities: Crude casts off early gains to be firmly down this afternoon
Crude oil cast away its morning gains to be firmly south as bears again made their presence known in a market deeply uneasy about its chronic global supply overhang.
FX round-up: Sterling gains on dollar thanks to UK policy hawks coming to fore
Sterling managed Friday gains on the US dollar thanks to UK monetary policy hawks coming to the fore in recent days, but was otherwise down against a raft of commodity currencies.
London close: FTSE labours through Friday as sterling gains on underwhelming dollar
Stocks in London laboured through Friday as sterling made gains against an underwhelming US dollar a day after PM Theresa May met with European leaders in Brussels.
Commodities: Safe-haven gold likely to remain supported going forward
Gold is front and centre on traders' charts with some picking the safe-haven asset will remain supported going forward thanks to a platter of political risk in both UK and Washington, as well as the global oil glut.
FX round-up: Sterling mixed, prone to volatility as PM May heads Brussels
Sterling had a mixed Thursday as PM Theresa May went to Brussels to unveil to European leaders her allegedly more generous plans for the rights of EU citizens in the UK.
London close: FTSE scrapes along as PM takes her Brexit show to Brussels
The FTSE scraped along to a lower close as PM Theresa May looked took her Brexit and hung-parliament show to Brussels.