{"id":5836,"date":"2018-12-28T08:43:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T08:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/uk-stocks-rise-after-torrid-week\/"},"modified":"2018-12-28T08:43:21","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T08:43:21","slug":"uk-stocks-rise-after-torrid-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/uk-stocks-rise-after-torrid-week\/","title":{"rendered":"UK stocks rise after torrid week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"FTSE 100 on large screen\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/13503\/production\/_104970197_gettyimages-82715075.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Huw Evans picture agency<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">UK stock markets rose in early trading on Friday, after a turbulent week for markets. <\/p>\n<p>The FTSE 100 index of the UK&#8217;s largest companies was about 1% higher at the start of the session.<\/p>\n<p>It follows a torrid week in which stock markets around the world have swung significantly between gains and losses.<\/p>\n<p>Markets have been volatile as global political and economic uncertainty continues to haunt investors.<\/p>\n<p>In Germany and France, the DAX and CAC indices also rose at the start of trading, each by about 0.7%.<\/p>\n<p>The European gains come after an Asian trading session that was steadier than in recent days. <\/p>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s Nikkei 225 closed down 0.31% at 20,014.77, while Hong Kong&#8217;s Hang Seng index stayed fairly flat, at 25,504.20.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight, the Dow Jones &#8211; which fell by more than 500 points or 1.8% earlier on Thursday &#8211; finished 1.1% up.<\/p>\n<p>The S&amp;P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq also rallied by the end of the Thursday&#8217;s trading day.<\/p>\n<p>The earlier sell-off was sparked by weak US consumer confidence data for December. However, analysts had cautioned that volatile share price movements were exacerbated by thin holiday trading.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns about US-China trade tensions also resurfaced, with reports saying US President Donald Trump is considering an executive order banning the use of Chinese technology. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-46699288\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Huw Evans picture agency UK stock markets rose in early trading on Friday, after a turbulent week for markets. The FTSE 100 index of the UK&#8217;s largest companies was about 1% higher at the start of the session. It follows a torrid week in which stock markets around the world have swung significantly &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}