London stocks nudged up in early trade on Monday, failing to really build on the gains seen on Wall Street at the end of last week as investors mulled over news that London house prices have slumped over the last year, while M&A was in focus as Melrose sweetened its hostile bid for GKN. At 0840 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.1% to 7,230.61, while the pound was up 0.1% against the dollar to 1.3970 and flat versus the euro at 1.1250. On Friday, the Nasdaq hit a record high as US stocks rallied on the ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...