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LONDON BRIEFING: Stocks called lower as UK government in disarray

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open slightly lower on Thursday, as the UK government descended further into chaos, and equities declined in Asia and the US following mixed earnings.

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Hunt's mini-budget reversal sends sterling higher

(Alliance News) - It was a bright start to the week for stocks in Europe, but London's FTSE 100 was unable to keep pace with its counterparts on the continent despite a strong session from housebuilders and utilities.

UK's Barratt warns on profit as rising mortgage rates hit demand

Net private reservations/average week 188 vs 281 year ago

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LONDON MARKET CLOSE: FTSE 100 closes out tough week with small gain

(Alliance News) - London's blue chip index managed to close out the highly-volatile week on the front foot Friday, but was sitting behind European peers, getting a boost from an unexpectedly strong performance from the UK economy.

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: FTSE 100 moves into green as BoE soothes fears

(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 moved into the green in afternoon trading on Wednesday, reversing the losses seen earlier in the session, after the Bank of England announced it will be temporarily buying long-dated UK bonds.

London's FTSE 100 kept afloat by gains in consumer staples

FTSE 100 flat, FTSE 250 down 1.4%

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LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Sterling battered; housebuilders, retailers down

(Alliance News) - Sterling fell to an all-time low against the US dollar on Monday, before rebounding slightly, with UK housebuilders and retailers also on the receiving end of a steep sell-off.

Growth stocks: bounce on the horizon?

STOXX 600 off lows, down 0.4%

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Hold pls Growth stocks: bounce on the horizon?

STOXX 600 off lows, down 0.4%

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LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Traders pricing in emergency BoE rate hike

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London went into Monday afternoon in negative territory, while sterling rebounded from an all-time low as markets bet on an emergency interest rate hike by the Bank of England this week, following the UK government tax plans unveiled last week.

Homebuilders sink to bottom of FTSE 100

STOXX 600 down 1%

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LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Berenberg likes OSB; JPMorgan cuts BP

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning and Friday:

Britain cuts stamp duty tax on property purchases

LONDON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Stamp duty, a tax on house purchases, will be cut to help families to afford to buy homes, British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng said, with threshold at which it is first paid doubling to 250,000 pounds ($280,000) for home movers.

Britain cuts stamp duty property tax

LONDON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Stamp duty, a tax on house purchases, will be cut to help families to afford to buy homes, British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng said, with the nil-band threshold for home movers doubling to 250,000 pounds ($280,000).

UK housing stocks rise on potential cut in stamp duty

Sept 21 (Reuters) - Shares in British homebuilders rose sharply on Wednesday morning after a media report said the government would cut stamp duty - a tax on property purchases - in a mini-budget on Friday.