An entrance to a Marks and Spencer store is pictured at the Oxford Street, in London July 2, 2020. — Reuters
The mid-cap FTSE 250 dipped 0.1 per cent, with focus turning to the monthly US employment — or nonfarm payrolls — report after weekly data yesterday signalled a slowdown in the labour market’s recovery. UK stock markets have tried to climb in August after a rally stalled in July due to the jump in coronavirus infections, but investors are cautious amid forecasts that the UK economy will take longer than expected to return to its pre-pandemic size.
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