The FTSE 100 loses momentum by lunch with trading in the US set to resume | 19 January 2021
19 January 2021 | 11:58am StockMarketWire.com - Having made a strong start amid optimism over the US stimulus plan the FTSE 100 lost its way a little by midday to trade up 0.2% at 6,736.23. With trading due to resume in the US later after yesterday's pause for Martin Luther King Jr Day, futures markets pointed to gains. The changing of the guard at the White House is now within touching distance with president-elect Joe Biden's inauguration set to take place amid tight security tomorrow. Mining company Rio Tinto dipped 0.5% to £59.43 after it boosted fourth-quarter production and shipments o...