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It was an uneventful day for London s blue-chip stocks
FTSE 100 up 8 points
Government to introduce new quarantine rules for travellers from red list countries
Airline stocks friendless
5.00pm: FTSE ends just above the flatline
The FTSE 100 closed Tuesday up 8 points, 0.1%, to 6,531, while the FTSE 250 gained 26 points, 0.1%, to 21,113. It has been a directionless trading session as the bullish mood that has been circulating recently has faded, hence why European equity benchmarks are mixed, CMC Markets UK analyst David Madden wrote Tuesday. Volatility is low as there wasn’t much in the way of major macroeconomic news to trigger excitement in one direction or another.
S&P 500, Dow miss out on new records and snap 6-day win streak MarketWatch 2/9/2021
MARKET SNAPSHOT
U.S. stocks ended mostly lower on Tuesday, capping a turbulent session that saw markets swing between small gains and losses, as momentum for a record-setting market rally slowed.
Investors were focused on the potential for another round of government spending to boost the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
What did major benchmarks do?
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 9.93 points, or less than 0.1%, to end at 31,375.83, after setting an intraday record of 31,439.47.
The S&P 500 closed down 4.36 points, or 0.1%, at 3,911.23, after recording an all-time intraday high of 3,918.35.