LONDON MARKETS: London Stocks End Higher, With House Builders Taking The Lead
December 07 2018 - 4:57PM
Dow Jones News
By Emily Horton
Two former Tesco executives acquitted in fraud trial
The London stock market bounced back following Thursday's Wall
Street recovery, but still suffered its biggest weekly loss since
October.
And all three U.S. benchmarks slumped
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-stocks-look-set-to-sink-ahead-of-key-friday-jobs-report-2018-12-07)
Friday on worries over trade policy, posting their biggest weekly
percentage declines since March.
U.K. housebuilders were among the top performers.
What are markets doing?
The U.K.'s FTSE 100 climbed by 1.1% to end at 6,778.11, having
ended up 0.5% on Thursday. For the week, the index fell 2.9%, the
biggest such fall since the week ending Oct. 12.
The British pound dropped to $1.2750 from $1.2782 late on
Thursday.
What is driving the market?
U.S. markets snapped back sharply on Thursday after The Wall
Street Journal reported
(https://www.wsj.com/articles/restrained-inflation-reduces-urgency-for-quarterly-rate-increase-pattern-1544127856?mod=mktw)
the Federal Reserve was weighing taking a wait-and-see approach
after a likely rate increase at their December meeting, with the
Nasdaq Composite actually finishing higher by 0.4% to 7,188.
Which stocks were active?
Tesco PLC (TSCO.LN) rose 2.7% after two former Tesco executives
were acquitted in a fraud trial.
House builder Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (BKG.LN) gained 1.1%
after pledging to continue return cash to shareholders, despite a
substantial drop in earnings in the first half of the financial
year reported on Friday.
Associated British Foods PLC (ABF.LN) was on the losing end of
the market, shedding 4.6% after the company said trading at its key
Primark business was "challenging" in November.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 07, 2018 16:42 ET (21:42 GMT)
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