
Bank shares lifted London’s FTSE 100 on Tuesday, pushing the index of the top 100 companies on the London Stock Exchange up 0.5% to around 10,197. The FTSE 250, tracking mid-cap stocks, stayed flat.
The catalysts most likely to move markets.
Policy tone can move rates, USD, equities, gold and crypto simultaneously.
A weak final reading or elevated inflation expectations could pressure risk assets.
A surprise versus 58.0 may alter the near-term manufacturing-growth narrative.