(Reuters) - British stocks broke a three-day losing streak on Monday as strong economic data from the United States and China boosted investor confidence, while travel companies benefited from rising demand for holidays beyond the European Union. FILE PHOTO: People walk past the London Stock Exchange Group offices in the City of London, Britain, December 29, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo The FTSE inched up by 0.2 percent and midcaps were up 0.3 percent. Travel groups supported the...

(Reuters) - Britain’s top share index gained on Friday, following three sessions of losses, as a profit beat lifted HSBC and miners jumped on a report that Tesla sees a global shortage of copper. FILE PHOTO: A broker reacts on the IG Index the trading floor in London, Britain February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson The FTSE 100 was up 0.5 percent at 0837 GMT, though the FTSE 250 was down 0.2 percent, pressured by Intu Properties after the company cut its rental income forecast. HSBC was the...

* FTSE 100 down 1.6 percent; FTSE 250 down 1.2 percent * G4S slips after Garda World drops takeover plan * Domino’s Pizza down on weak trading update * Banks, oil majors are biggest drags on main index (Adds news items, analyst comment, updates to closing prices) By Muvija M and Yadarisa Shabong May 7 (Reuters) - Britain’s main stock index tumbled to a near six-week low on Tuesday as investors returned from a long weekend to a threat of more U.S. tariffs on China that triggered a selloff led...

(Reuters) - Britain’s main index was dragged back to its six-week low on Thursday as markets remained wary of an imminent tariff hike as trade talks between the United States and China resumed in Washington. FILE PHOTO: Traders looks at financial information on computer screens on the IG Index trading floor in London, Britain February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson The internationally focussed FTSE 100 lost 0.9 percent and was set for its steepest weekly fall since early December, with...

* FTSE 100 up 0.8%; FTSE 250 roughly flat * Improving trade sentiment buoys markets * Compass Group, Kingfisher among biggest blue-chip movers * Metro Bank rises as funding details awaited (Adds news items, analyst comment, updates to closing prices) May 15 (Reuters) - Hopes that the United States’ trade tensions with China and Europe will dissipate, combined with a weaker pound, lifted Britain’s main index higher on Wednesday, as a slew of earnings reports also drove share moves. The FTSE...