Market Analysis

British stocks began the week cautiously as investors awaited key economic data from both the US and UK. Despite a slight decline of 0.1% in the commodity-focused FTSE 100 by 7:11 GMT, gains in industrial metal miners limited losses. The FTSE 250, which is more sensitive to domestic factors, remained unchanged.

The rise in industrial metal miners, up by 0.8%, was driven by record-high Shanghai copper prices attributed to supply cuts and optimistic demand outlooks.

Investors are keeping a close eye on upcoming events, particularly the release of US consumer price inflation data on Wednesday and UK GDP figures on Friday. The European Central Bank's monetary policy meeting later in the week is anticipated to maintain interest rates at current levels.

On the individual stock front, CVS Group (LON:CVSG) experienced a 1% decline following the identification of unauthorized external access to some of its IT systems. This incident resulted in disruptions to the company's operations in the UK.

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