London stocks flat ahead of services activity data.
- #Oil prices are largely steady due to a rebound in global demand and the slow recovery for the U.S. Gulf Coast export and refining hub from the hurricane earlier.
- London's benchmark index #FTSE100 fails to impress, as banks and energy shares countered gains in miners.
- The #USD direction is uncertain as financial markets await a clearer path from the U.S. Federal Reserve, according to a Reuters poll.
