The BoE decided to keep rates unchanged despite market expectations. This delay in implementation was not sufficient to counteract the negative impact of the new variant, which was particularly felt in small caps and sectors such as airlines. UK CPI reached 4.2%, as the shortage of goods & services and staff continue to push prices higher…

After several month of leadership by the mid-cap section of the UK market, the large-cap FTSE 100 rose strongly, to dominate UK returns. Continued rises in the price of Brent Crude boosted oil shares – a big component of the FTSE 100, whilst, elsewhere…

UK equity market was weak as supply chain disruptions led to chip shortages and a brewing energy crisis fanned investor concerns. Strong performances from the major oil companies were not enough to offset the weakness in the mid-caps, in particular travel stocks…

UK equities were led, once again, by the FTSE Mid-250 Index, despite Sterling weakness during the month. After July’s +2.5% return, driven by travel stocks, August saw the Index add a further 5%, driven primarily by bid-speculation, following a bidding war for aerospace supplier, Meggitt…

UK equities rose just slightly in July, but the strength of Sterling against the US Dollar and Euro meant large cap stocks with overseas earnings performed poorly, suppressing the main index. It was a volatile month, and markets sold off in the first part of the month due to the spread of the delta variant spread and the slowing growth outlook…