Weekly review
The FTSE 100 finished the week 84.54 points lower at 7,368.37.
Equity view
British Airways and Iberia parent International Consolidated Airlines Group reported a 14% jump in first-half operating profit on Friday and said it expects profit for the year to rise by a double-digit percentage.
Property website Rightmove reported a rise in first-half profit and revenue on Friday.
Earnings at BT fell in the first quarter, the telecommunications group reported on Friday, with adjusted EBITDA down 2% to £1.79bn, while reported revenue was 1% higher at £5.84bn.
Morgan Advanced Materials saw revenue rise 9.2% to £518.9m in its first half, it reported on Friday, although the improvement was only 0.2% on an organic constant currency basis.
Wealth manager Schroders reported a rise in first-half pre-tax profit on Thursday as assets under management grew.
St. James's Place continued to see strong demand for its services during the first half of the year, despite which its cash result missed analysts' forecasts.
Disposals and the weak pound helped pest control group Rentokil report a 637% increase in first half pre-tax profits to £592.9m.
Sky reported on a “strong year” in its results on Thursday, reported a 10% increase in revenue on a comparable 52-week basis to £12.9bn, or 5% growth at constant currency.
Professional information and analytics company Relx reported a rise in first-half profit on Thursday as revenue grew.
Essentra announced a proposal to end the production of folding cartons for the consumer goods industry at its site in Newport on Thursday, and as a result close the site.
It was a busy start to the year for 3i Group, it reported on Wednesday, with a net asset value per share of 628p and total return of 4.1% as at 30 June.
Commercial laundry company Berendsen, which has agreed to be taken over by French rival Elis, posted a 5.6% drop in half-year profit on Tuesday amid a deteriorating UK performance.
Chilean copper miner Antofagasta said first half production rose 7.1% year on year.
The Serious Fraud Office has launched a corruption probe into Rio Tinto’s activities in Guinea.
Half year pre-tax profits at speciality chemical company Croda rose 15.8% to £168m boosted by currency tailwinds as sales increased 16.2% to £707.3m.
Segro posted a 5.4% rise in first-half net asset value per share and a 23% jump in adjusted pre-tax profit on Tuesday.
Randgold Resources was continuing to ramp up production at its Tongon gold mine in Côte d'Ivoire, tracking towards its 2017 target of 285,000 ounces, the company reported on Monday morning.
Reckitt Benckiser boosted its interim dividend 14% as it reported a solid first-half performance in the face of "tough" market conditions and slightly weaker profit margins from newly acquired baby food business Mead Johnson Nutrition.
Meat products producer Cranswick churned out impressive revenue growth in the first quarter of the year and stated its confidence of hitting full year targets.
NewRiver exchanged conditional contracts for the pre-sale of the entire residential part of its mixed-use development at the Burgess Hill town centre, it confirmed on Monday.
Economic news
Economic confidence among British people has deteriorated to its lowest print since the Brexit referendum, according to a widely followed survey released on Friday.
Further survey data emerged to support reports that UK retailers are enjoying the summer, the CBI's Distributive Trades Survey said on Thursday.
The UK government has confirmed the appointment of David Ramsden as a deputy governor of the Bank of England for Markets and Banking, meaning he will become a member of the rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee.
Almost two-thirds of British consumers are optimistic about their personal finance, despite fears about the country’s economic prospects, a new survey has found.
UK economic growth remained tepid in the second quarter, according to the Office for National Statistics, though the initial estimate for gross domestic product was in line with economists' forecasts.
The UK said it would ban all new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2040 in an effort to tackle pollution and the risks to public health.
Supermarket prices continue to rise but are no longer accelerating, found researchers at Kantar Worldpanel, with Tesco enjoying the best of the summer but all of the 'big four' still losing market share to discounters.
UK industrial production in recent months increased at the fastest pace since the mid 1990s, the CBI has found, although its headline balance of total orders was lower than forecast.
Onshore windfarms could be built in the UK for the same cost as new gas power stations and nearly half as much as that of the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant, new analysis of the sector has shown.
The International Monetary Fund has cut its growth forecast for the UK and US economies after soft performances in the first quarter of the year.
International events
Donald Trump and Senate Republicans’ latest attempt to push through a 'skinny' version of an Obamacare repeal fell through once again on Thursday night, as three GOP senators rebelled against the bill.
Economic activity in the euro area's second largest economy benefitted from a boost to exports in the three months to June, leading some economists to raise their full-year forecasts for growth.
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week, according to data from the Labor Department.
US tech giant Apple will build three major manufacturing plants in the country , according to President Donald Trump.
Sales of new US single-family homes rose a little less than expected in June, according to official data released on Wednesday.
US President Donald Trump has announced that transgender people will no longer be allowed to serve in the country’s military as the medical costs are too high.
German business confidence unexpectedly improved in July, according to a widely-followed survey.
US consumer confidence unexpectedly rose to a four-month high in July, according to the latest data from the Conference Board.
Eurozone services and manufacturing sector growth remained strong in early July, though surveys on sectors were both slightly less than expected on Monday.
Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner has released details of four Russian contacts he had during and after the 2016 US presidential election during testimony given to the Senate intelligence committee.