India, July 28 -- The U.K. market is down slightly a little past noon on Monday, having shed early gains, as investors await a slew of corporate earnings announcements due this week.
Reports about the EU and U.S. arriving at a trade deal lifted sentiment in European markets this morning, but most of the major markets are off early highs with the focus shifting to earnings and economic data.
AstraZeneca, Barclays, HSBC Holdings, GSK, Shell, Unilever, Standard Chartered, Haleon and Anglo American Plc are among the big names scheduled to report their earnings this week.
The benchmark FTSE 100 was down 11.65 points or 0.12% at 9,108.59 about half an hour past noon. The index had advanced to 9,171.90 earlier in the session.
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