Sector Review

Sector movers: Burberry hit by China growth downgrade

Posted on: 18 May 2012 by David Redford

Fashion chain Burberry is dragging the Personal Goods sector down, ahead of its results next week....

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Sector movers: Industrials lifted by Cookson

Posted on: 17 May 2012 by David Redford

Materials science company Cookson was making gains on Thursday afternoon despite some controversy at its annual general ...

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Sector movers: Mining stocks dented by Greek concerns

Posted on: 15 May 2012 by David Redford

Mining stocks continue to bear the brunt of recent sell-offs on the back of concerns over the ongoing Eurozone debt cris...

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Sector movers: Chinese data dents mining stocks

Posted on: 11 May 2012 by David Redford

Mining stocks tanked on Friday afternoon as data from the world's second-largest economy dampened sentiment early on....

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Sector movers: ARM lifts tech stocks, Wood Group boosts oil services

Posted on: 10 May 2012 by David Redford

The technology hardware and equipment sector was performing strongly today with heavyweight constituent ARM Holdings pro...

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Sector movers: Miners tank on payrolls data, Australian GDP forecasts

Posted on: 04 May 2012 by David Redford

Miners were suffering from a sell-off on Friday afternoon after some gloomy labour market data from the US and concerns ...

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Sector movers: Antofagasta, Randgold lead miners lower

Posted on: 03 May 2012 by David Redford

Falling metals prices and some disappointing trading updates from Antofagasta and Randgold Resources were weighing on th...

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Sector movers: Banking stocks dive, StanChart disappoints with trading update

Posted on: 02 May 2012 by David Redford

UK banks were firmly out of favour on Wednesday afternoon, following a strong rise the day before, as the London market ...

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Sector movers: Lloyds leads banks higher

Posted on: 01 May 2012 by David Redford

Massive gains for Lloyds following the lender's first-quarter results meant that the banking sector was the best perform...

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Sector movers: CRH cements gains in construction sector

Posted on: 27 Apr 2012 by David Redford

Construction stocks were performing well on Friday with FTSE 100 building materials group CRH providing a lift to the se...

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