MARKETS

820 million people will be affected by the bilateral trade agreement between the EU and the US.

Mining stocks recovered slightly from losses as medical technologists Aortech double revenue.

Investors awaiting crucial jobs report from US Labor Department.

Poor performance of mining firms continued as Inmarsat satellite communications made gains.

Slowdown in the UK's services sector pulled the market back from larger gains.

Investors weighing up the prospects of a rate hike from the Federal Reserve in September.

Recent turmoil in China has bought emerging markets into focus.

Research from Mintel suggests Britain may be falling out of love with tea

Legal & General reported an 8% rise in profits to £547m for the first half of this year.

China services index advances to 53.8 in July from 51.8 in the previous month.

A fall in Greek shares also concerned the market, making investors wary of making moves.

Daily turnover on mainland exchanges averaged the equivalent of $202bn over past 30 days, $72bn lower than US.

Figures showed US factory activity and consumer spending both lost momentum recently.

Brent oil was at its lowest since January as Opec output hit a recent high in July

Augur, the prediction market platform, announced details of its REPs token crowdsale

Rolls-Royce continues to gain on hopes investors will take the reigns and steer company to profitability.

China's manufacturing PMI for July was downwardly revised to 47.8 from 48.2.

Engine maker and car manufacturer rose to top of the market as mining firms faced China slowdown concerns.

The cuts in spending and the increased M&A activity in the market can be attributed to the falling oil price.

Beijing bars 24 accounts from trading on Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses.

Firm intends to cut $7bn from spending amid oil price rout, pushing stock value higher.

Japanese shares boosted by strong earnings and better-than-expected industrial output data.

Hikma Pharmaceuticals gains after Roxane acquisition and GlaxoSmithKline posts strong Q2 profits.

New technology platform dubbed 'LinkedIn for investor relations' is helping people connect with Iranian firms.

Commodities currencies except NZ dollar show weakness ahead of Fed decision.

Investors are looking for signals on the timing of an interest rate hike from the US central bank.

Despite second quarter GDP growth returning UK numbers to pre-crisis peak, market overall shows little motion.

Markets across the region rebound after Beijing rolls out fresh measures to stem equity rout.

Analysts see UK growth slowing to 2.6% in June quarter from 2.9% in Q1.