LONDON MARKETS: FTSE 100 Rises, With Retailers In Recovery Mode
2017年6月19日 - 5:42PM
Dow Jones News
By Carla Mozee, MarketWatch
Brexit talks to start in Brussels
U.K. stocks bounced higher Monday, with investors taking on risk
by scooping up commodity shares, while retail shares were
recovering after a selloff in the previous session.
The FTSE 100 rose 0.8% to 7,518.30, with all sectors gaining,
led by oil and gas and consumer-goods shares. Among the top
advancers, miner Anglo American PLC (AAL.LN) added 1.7% and Rio
Tinto PLC (RIO) (RIO) moved up 1.5%.
The FTSE 100 on Friday broke a four-day losing streak, but still
finished the week with a 0.9% decline.
Financial markets were unshaken by initial reports of a "major
incident" in London involving a van being driven into a crowd of
people
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/one-dead-several-injured-after-car-rams-crowd-in-finsbury-park-london-2017-06-19),
resulting in one death and several casualties.
Brexit talks: The new trading week kicks off with the start of
talks in Brussels over Britain's exit from the European Union, or
Brexit, nearly a year after the U.K. voted to leave the EU in a
referendum. U.K.'s Brexit Secretary David Davis was scheduled to
meet with the EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, on Monday.
No Brexit deal for the U.K. would be a "very, very bad outcome,"
U.K. Treasury chief Philip Hammond said on BBC1's "The Andrew Marr
Show" show on Sunday. Britain will exit the European Union's single
market, but an agreement for a smooth transition would be ideal, he
said.
"Hammond noted that he wants to push for a 'jobs first' Brexit
and also rejected the government's previous mantra that 'no deal is
better than a bad deal,'" wrote IronFX senior analyst Charalambos
Pissouros.
"We consider these as preliminary indications that the
Conservatives' stance to Brexit may have started to soften up. If
more government or Tory officials echo similar remarks, then
speculation regarding a smoother Brexit could resurface," he
said.
The pound was buying $1.2791, up from $1.2778 late Friday in New
York. Sterling has slid over the months from around $1.50 just
before the Brexit referendum on June 23, 2016.
U.K. stocks rose alongside European markets , as the French CAC
index surged after French President Emmanuel Macron's upstart party
notched a strong win
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/macrons-party-on-track-for-dominant-win-in-french-parliament-2017-06-18)
in Sunday's parliamentary elections.
Retail recovery: J Sainsbury PLC (SBRY.LN) rose 1.9% and Marks
& Spencer Group PLC (MKS.LN) (MKS.LN) picked up 1.7% after
Friday's selloff among food retailers. That move lower came after
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) said it has made a deal to buy Whole Foods
Market Inc
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon-to-buy-whole-foods-for-137-billion-2017-06-16-91035726).(WFM)
, which sparked concerns of increased competition in the grocery
industry.
Shares of Tesco PLC (TSCO.LN) (TSCO.LN), Britain's largest
supermarket chain, were up a more modest 0.4% on Monday. But on the
midcap FTSE 250 (OCDO.LN) , Ocado Group (OCDO.LN) jumped 8.5%, as
the British online grocery company is considered a takeover
target.
Read: European grocers crumble after Amazon-Whole Foods deal
fuels pricing concerns
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/european-grocers-crumble-after-amazon-whole-foods-deal-fuels-pricing-concerns-2017-06-16)
Stock movers: Decliners on Monday included Mediclinic
International PLC (MDC.LN) and publisher Pearson PLC (PSON.LN) ,
each down 0.9%. Goldman Sachs reiterated its sell rating on
Pearson.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 19, 2017 04:27 ET (08:27 GMT)
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