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DipityThe FTSE Eurofirst 300 broke the 1,000 mark on Wednesday for the first time since October 2008.
June 27 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks fell, the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index posting its first back-to-back weekly declines since the start of the rebound in March, on concern the global economic rec...
LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 index is seen opening slightly higher on Thursday, according to financial bookmakers, having closed down 50.11 points, or 1.2 percent at 4,278.46 in the previous ses...
Man Group surged to the top of the leaderboard amid renewed talk that the hedge fund manager is a takeover target.
May 25 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index slipped 30.24, or 0.1 percent, to 22,395.30 at 2:04 p.m. in Johannesburg. The measure rose 1.9 percent on May 22, bringing its g...
Equities have been booming since the beginning of March, with the FTSE 100 gaining nearly 25 per cent in just a few weeks.
LONDON, May 5 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 is seen gaining as much as 1.8 percent by financial bookmakers on Tuesday, catching up with gains from its continental European peers the previous sessi...
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After a strong start, the FTSE 100 has slipped 1.69 per cent to close at 4,096.40, as the market struggled to price in the financial risk posed by a flu pandemic.
Excerpt ...of 2009 has been in line with expectations. PETER GIBBS, a non-executive director at Evolution Group, has taken a stake in the FTSE 250-listed investment bank soon after it posted ...
April 5 (Bloomberg) -- British companies made the most profit warnings since 2001 in the first quarter as the deepest recession in a generation intensified, Ernst & Young LLP said.
Marks & Spencer was the stand out gainer on the FTSE 100 on Tuesday, as London’s equities market rebounded from the previous session’s sharp sell off.
Excerpt ...Financial Services Authority has carried out a stress test on the FTSE 100 company and concluded it does not need to raise extra cash to survive. The green light comes at a vital tim...
The FTSE 100 perked up after Wall Street shrugged off the latest reminders of a struggling economy to advance for a second day.
The FTSE 100 climbed in early trading amid hopes for the global economy as cheerier economic news lifted US markets last night.
The FTSE 100 down 17pc so far this year treaded water in early trading in London as declines among mining shares were offset by a better performance from property companies.
Excerpt ...FTSE 100 index of leading shares hit its lowest level since March 2003 last week, prompting more pain for investors just as many were gearing up to invest this year’s Isa allowance...
Excerpt ...cent and below the 3,700 mark for the first time since April 2003, losing investors £47.7 billion. The sharp decline took the FTSE 100 below the lows experienced last October as UK b...
Royal Bank of Scotland lifted the FTSE 100 as its shares jumped 21pc on reports that it will create a separate division into which toxic assets will be placed.
Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks declined, driving the FTSE 100 Index below 4,000 for the first time in three months, as Anglo American Plc’s lower-than-estimated profit and suspension of its div...
Share prices on the London Stock Exchange were lower Wednesday afternoon. The FTSE-100 share index was down 18.09 points at 4,016.04.
Excerpt ...supplying their subsidiaries in emerging Europe with funding could prompt an overall ratings review for the region's banks. The FTSE 100 closed down 100.62 points at 4,034.13, after ...
Share prices on the London Stock Exchange were lower at midday Tuesday. At noon, the FTSE 100-share index was down 3.7 points at 4,074.08.
Pension liabilities at 13 companies in the FTSE 100 index are now larger than their market capitalisations, according to new analysis from Pension Capital Strategies, a pensions consultancy, and Nu...
(AP:LONDON) Share prices on the London Stock Exchange closed lower Friday. The FTSE 100 share index closed down 40.47 points, or 1 percent, at 4,149.64.
The FTSE 100 index slipped in early trading after last night's rally, weighed down by energy and mining stocks.
Excerpt ...domestic UK economy, was 0.8 per cent weaker at 6,111.40, a loss of 56 points. Analysts at UBS cut their year-end target for the FTSE 100 to 4,900 from 5,800 saying the recent drama...
Excerpt ...the Exchequer Alistair Darling proposed insurance to underwrite mortgage-backed debt and toxic assets. The benchmark FTSE 100 Index advanced 1.7pc to 4,219.05 in early trading in Lon...
Shares have taken a downward swing this morning, putting the FTSE 100 on course for its fourth successive day's decline. The blue-chip index is now down 34.83 points at 4413.71, reversing earlier g...
The FTSE 100 Index has closed in the red for the fifth session in a row, down 27 points at 4399.2.
LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 index is seen opening down about 0.3 percent on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers, breaking a six-session winning streak.
Excerpt ...previous session. Home Retail Group, the owner of Argos and Homebase due to report next week, lost 0.9 per cent to 228p. J Sainsbury, which updates the market on Thursday, was 1.1 pe...
London equities continued to rise on Monday, but as investors turned their back on the worst year in the FTSE 100’s history, they faced further uncertainty with immediate attention focused on the r...
LONDON (SHARECAST) - 0820: Miners have given Footsie another boost following on big gains on Friday. Vedanta and Xstrata are again setting the pace. Prudential and BAE are also in demand. Schroders...
NEW YORK -- Global stocks skyrocketed on Friday in the first trading day of 2009 amid investor hopes for a brighter year ahead after a horrendous 2008 that hacked down stock markets around the world.
LONDON - Share prices closed higher Friday on the London Stock Exchange. The FTSE 100-share index ended the day up 127.62 points, or 2.9 percent, at 4,561.79.
Housebuilders left the FTSE 100 in one of a string of changes to the London market in 2008.
In short 2008 was a bloodbath for investors. The last 12 months were the most turbulent times in the stock market for decades.
Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks climbed for a third day, trimming the FTSE 100 Benchmark Index’s worst annual decline on record, as commodity producers rallied.
A rise in oil prices saw the FTSE 100 index close up 102.76 points at 4319.35.
Share prices on the London Stock Exchange were higher at midday Monday. At noon, the FTSE-100 share index was up 100.72 points at 4317.31.
The euphoria over the Federal Reserve rate cut has faded somewhat, with Wall Street down around 100 points in the opening half hour of trading. News that Morgan Stanley had turned in a worse than e...
Shares in Tokyo gained in value on Friday in spite of an 8.1 per cent decline in November’s industrial output. The FTSE Asia Pacific index was 0.7 per cent higher at 163.3 although volumes were low...
The FTSE 100 fell 0.93 per cent on its last half-day before Christmas.
Excerpt ...FTSEurofirst 300 index was down 0.5 per cent at 804.58 points in a truncated session ahead of the Christmas break. Britain's FTSE 100 closed 0.9 per cent lower and France's CAC drop...
The FTSE 100 lost most of today's gains in a drop in the final hour of trading.
Share prices on the London Stock Exchange closed higher Tuesday. The FTSE-100 share index closed up 6.82 points at 4,255.98.
LONDON - Share prices on the London Stock Exchange closed down Monday. The FTSE 100-share index closed down 37.77 points at 4,249.16. Comments are subject to the site's terms of use and do not nece...
Excerpt ...at the start of a shortened week’s trade, with financial and resource stocks down as the Christmas break approached. The FTSE 100 fell 0.4 per cent to 4,266.98, a loss of 20 points....
LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 index closed down 1 percent on Friday, led by energy stocks on weaker crude prices, miners on broker downgrades and banks on fears that 2009 will be a tough year.
Dec. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K.'s benchmark stock index, the FTSE 100, fell 1.09 percent at 8:05 a.m. The index of 102 stocks traded on the London Stock Exchange fell 47.30 to 4,283.36. Among the s...
LONDON (Reuters) - Conflicting signals on the health of the economy left the FTSE flat at midday on Thursday.
Excerpt ...its annual profits would also meet analysts‘ forecasts, helping its shares rise 12.9 per cent to 19.3p and to the top of the FTSE 250. But it also cancelled its final dividend and ne...
Excerpt ...FTSE 100 Index has closed 31.5 points up to 4309.1 after heavyweight stocks rallied. News of a less-than-expected decline in UK inflation figures - to 4.1 per cent - cheered the mark...
The FTSE 100 rose more than 1pc in early trading as poor corporate news and further revelations of possible exposure to the alleged 50bn Bernard Maddof fraud tempered a rebound in Asian markets.
The Aim market is at best dormant and many City stockbrokers are trying to claw their way up the corporate scale to attract mid-cap and large clients.
Trinity Mirror, Johnston Press and David Montgomery's Mecom have fallen out of the FTSE 250 today in a sign of the rapidly diminishing value of media companies. The three newspaper groups have seen...
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in U.K. and Irish markets today. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are from the last...
Excerpt ...loans already in foreclosure rose to 2.97 per cent, both all-time highs, the Mortgage Bankers Association said. In London, the FTSE 100 fell 3.3 per cent as 533,000 US jobs were lost...
Excerpt ...the demand implications of the darkening outlook. Mining and oil stocks accounted for seven of the 10 biggest fallers. The FTSE 250 was 0.4 per cent weaker at 5,777.81, a loss of 24 ...
LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 ended a volatile session slightly lower on Thursday as investors digested a 100-basis point cut in interest rates and losses in miners eclipsed stronger oils.
The FTSE 100 surged in the last hour to close 1.14 per cent higher after another volatile day.
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K.'s benchmark stock index, the FTSE 100, fell 1.40 percent at 8:05 a.m. The index of 102 stocks traded on the London Stock Exchange fell 56.94 to 4,008.55. Among the st...
Excerpt ...Mirror looks almost certain to be thrown out of the FTSE 250 index of publicly listed companies later this month after its market value fell almost 90 per cent this year. The nationa...
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K.'s benchmark stock index, the FTSE 100, fell 0.57 percent at 8:05 a.m. The index of 102 stocks traded on the London Stock Exchange fell 24.52 to 4,263.49. Among the st...
The FTSE 100 enjoyed its best week on record after notching up further gains today. The blue-chip index rose by more than 500 points over the week, a 13.4% increase that surpassed the previous reco...
The FTSE 100 ended the week over 13.4 per cent higher, beating the record rally at the end of October.
Share prices on the London Stock Exchange were up midday Thursday. At midday, the FTSE 100-share index was up 65.75 points at 4,218.44
Excerpt ...FTSE 100 Index rose nearly 2 per cent - up 73.4 points to 4226 - with the Thanksgiving holiday in the US giving stocks some welcome breathing space. New figures showing an easing in ...
The FTSE 100 opened up around 1pc on gains in the United States and Asia overnight.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K.'s benchmark stock index, the FTSE 100, rose 0.38 percent at 8:05 a.m. The index of 102 stocks traded on the London Stock Exchange rose 15.97 to 4,168.66. Among the s...
The FTSE 100 closed lower again despite an afternoon rally but remains over the psychological important 4,000 mark.
LONDON (SHARECAST) - BHP Billiton's decision to drop its bid Rio Tinto dominates the FTSE 100 movers today. BHP Billiton has been applauded by the market for its good sense in straitened times, but...
Share prices on the London Stock Exchange were higher at midday Tuesday. At midday, the FTSE 100-share index was up 56.19 points at...
The FTSE 100 staged a modest recovery today, ending a three-day run of falling prices. The blue-chip index ended the day up 63.76 points at 4232.97, which represented a 132-points fall over the wee...
The FTSE 100 Index ended a turbulent week at a five-year low after nervous investors reversed earlier gains. A weak opening on Wall Street put paid to hopes of a positive sess
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks climbed, trimming this week's decline on the benchmark FTSE 100 Index to more than 7 percent, as commodity stocks rallied and the measure traded at the cheapest r...
Excerpt ...Kazakhmys rose 7 per cent to 186p and BHP Billiton was 6.6 per cent higher at 803½p. In initial trade, oil companies took the FTSE 100 to within touching distance of its year low of...
-- A look at economic developments and stock market activity around the world Friday:
(AP:LONDON) Share prices on the London Stock Exchange were up at midday Friday. At midday, the FTSE-100 share index was up 157.85 points at 4,327.06. Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights...
Excerpt ...with no way of passing it on to buyers, is not. I fear that the recent bounce in retail stocks might be about to run aground. The FTSE is reacting to the fall in the US and in the Fa...
Excerpt ...1.9 per cent with worries about global growth sending mining stocks to join banks at the forefront of the selling. The mid-cap FTSE 250 index was 1.1 per cent lower at 6,180.33. Mat...
Share prices on the London Stock Exchange were higher at midday Wednesday.
Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K.'s benchmark stock index, the FTSE 100, rose 1.47 percent at 8:05 a.m. The index of 102 stocks traded on the London Stock Exchange rose 62.47 to 4,309.16. Among the s...
Excerpt ...profit before tax of £272m. Asian indices were lower as continued weakness on commodities markets hit resource stocks. The FTSE Asia Pacific index was down 1.8 per cent at 159.92. ...
Excerpt ...of many investors though, with poor mining and banking sector performances adding to the inevitable downturn.” He added: “As the FTSE tumbles, it seems investors are still raising do...
Excerpt ...to 1,647.40. European stock markets also closed sharply higher. In Paris, the CAC 40 index rose 2.42% to 3,469.12 points and in Frankfurt, the DAX put on 2.59% at 4,938.46 points. In...
Buy on the rumour, sell on the fact, they say. And the old adage came into play again after Barack Obama's resounding victory in the US election. After six straight days of gains it is probably no ...
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Rising metal prices have given Ukrainian iron ore producer Ferrexpo a welcome boost, lifting its bombed out shares by more than 15% Friday.
Nick Fletcher London's leading index has recorded its fifth successive day of gains, its best run since December 2007. Despite a midday wobble after talk that mobile phone group Vodafone was talkin...
LONDON (SHARECAST) - 0810: London’s top stocks have opened sharply lower as a number of gloomy company announcements are weighing on the blue chip index.
Excerpt ...FTSE 100 was down 93.05 points at 4437.68 and the FTSE fell to 6690.21, down 67.25 points, at 12.28pm today. Although still weak, the market was well clear of earlier lows (it was d...
The FTSE 100 Index’s six-day winning streak came to an end today as investors took profits after recent gains.
Excerpt ...end to the uncertainty about who will be at the helm of the world’s largest economy after Barack Obama was elected president The FTSE 100 gave back 68 points to 4,572.17 in early tra...
By Harpreet Bhal
SHARE prices on Bursa Malaysia paused for a breather last week after weeks of sharp technical pullbacks. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) continued to stay below its critical support of 900 ...
The FTSE 100 brushed off big falls in the share prices of Barclays bank and BT yesterday to record a fourth successive day of gains. The index of London's leading shares closed up 85.69 points to 4...
Excerpt ...leading share index has suffered its second worst October ever, despite closing with a 12.7% surge over the week. The FTSE 100 Index plunged by 11% this month - the biggest October ...
London's leading share index has suffered its second worst October ever, despite closing with a 12.7% surge over the week. The FTSE 100 Index plunged by 11% this month - the biggest October fall si...
LONDON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Commodity stocks powered Britain's top share index to a 2-percent gain on Friday and its strongest week on record, but the benchmark still bowed out of October with the w...
Excerpt ...FTSE 100 is back in the red after BT shares shed 24 per cent of their value over a major blow to earnings at its global services division. The company also ruled out an increase in i...
London equities continued to rise on Thursday on a growing belief that the Bank of England would follow the US Federal Reserve and cut interest rates. The FTSE 100 rose a further 53 points to 4,257...
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K.'s benchmark stock index, the FTSE 100, rose 0.24 percent at 8:05 a.m. The index of 102 stocks traded on the London Stock Exchange rose 10.28 to 4,252.82. Among the s...
The FTSE rallied today ahead of an expected interest rate cut as economists predicted that the Bank of England could slash rates to as low as one per cent.
Excerpt ...the fearful routs of the past few weeks, the market is heavily oversold. After the horrendous week of October 6-10, when the FTSE lost 21% of its value and dipped below 4000 for the ...
Excerpt The FTSE 100 powered back up towards the 4000 mark today, boosted by a rally on the Asian markets, recovering commodity prices and strong corporate performances Source Info Mal...
London's FTSE 100 Index staged a fight-back from fresh five-year lows today in a see-saw session for the UK's leading shares. The Footsie plunged to its lowest point since March 2003 in early tradi...
FTSE 250 companies see the environmental agenda as key to their business objectives and are continuing to work towards reducing emissions despite the current economic crisis, according to a survey.
The UK economy suffered a double blow today as the FTSE and Sterling plunged to new depths.
MOSCOW, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The FTSE Russia index of London-traded Russian stocks fell nearly 9 percent on Monday as global markets slumped on intensified fears of a global recession which also drov...
Wall Street joined world stock markets in a pullback Friday, with the Dow Jones industrials dropping more than 300 points and all the major indexes falling more than 3% amid rising fears that the g...
Excerpt ...in June. The Dow Jones index closed down 312.30 points, 3.6% to at 8379. The Nasdaq index fell 3.2% to 1,552 points. The London FTSE 100 share index, at one point down 9% to its lowe...
Excerpt ...after a raft of pessimistic corporate and economic news. Tokyo's dizzying 9.6 percent slump spilt over into Europe, where London's FTSE plunged 5.0 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial ...
Excerpt ...a raft of pessimistic corporate and economic news. Tokyo's dizzying 9.6 percent slump spilt over into Europe, where London's FTSE plunged 5.0 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Averag...
Excerpt ...now sleeping with great wads of cash under your mattress? Do you toss and turn having nightmares about the Dow Jones and the FTSE? (I have no what either of these terms actually mean...
Excerpt ...the 4,000 mark as fears of a long and deep recession swept the market. Banking and energy shares tumbled pushing the benchmark FTSE 100 index 204.5 points lower to 3,8 83.4, after hi...
Excerpt ...Xstrata shed 9.8 per cent to 968p. Although Australian miner Rio Tinto rose more than 5 per cent on the Sydney exchange, the FTSE-listed stock lost 3.7 per cent to £24.63. The rise i...
LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index ended up 5.4 percent on Monday, extending Friday's recovery after the recent slump as confidence that the financial crisis may be easing grew, b...
Excerpt ...FTSE 100 ended the day up 5.41 per cent, boosted by comments made in the US by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. Mr Bernanke suggested to Congress that another interest rate ris...
Excerpt ...20 years and is likely to give OPEC stronger control on the oil market than in the past." RSA Insurance was the weakest on the FTSE 100, down 7.75 per cent or 9.3p at 110.7p, after C...
Excerpt ...£150m into its US life business to meet guarantees in policies after hedges failed to protect it against stock market falls. The FTSE 100 dropped 218.2 points, or 5.4 per cent, to a ...
Excerpt ...leading share index opened more than 5% down after mounting recession fears led to fresh weakness on global markets. The FTSE 100 Index fell 211.6 points to 3868 - its lowest point f...
Excerpt ... The FTSE Small Cap Index extends losses in closing trade, finishing down 3.5 percent, as the FTSE 100 Index also tumbles, closing down 7.2 percent. Corvus Capital plunges 92.5 pe...
Excerpt ...FTSE 100 dropped 7.14 per cent today as fears over the economy replaced fears over banks. After two days of renewed confidence surrounding the bank rescue plans put in place, the Cit...
Having become oversold on a short, medium and long-term view, the FTSE (4536) was ripe for a bounce. Want to read the full article?
Excerpt ...FTSE 100 ended the day down 311.17 points, or 7.1pc at 4083.04, led by the mining stocks that have been buoyed in recent years by powerful economic growth in China and India. Eurasia...
Nick Fletcher: Wall Street up more than 500 points by close in London and FTSE regains hefty falls
London's FTSE 100 Index roared back from last week's crash today as bank rescue plans in the UK and across Europe found favour with investors.
The UK FTSE 100 index closed lower today despite gaining ground on the previous session with early gains in the banking and mining sectors. ...
Excerpt The FTSE 100 ended 16 points higher at 4,605.22 after a volatile day of trading, helped by a calmer Wall Street opening. Financial stocks took a hammering as uncertainty stalked the mar...
Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K.'s benchmark stock index, the FTSE 100, rose 2.28 percent at 8:05 a.m. The index of 102 stocks traded on the London Stock Exchange rose 104.68 to 4,693.87. Among the s...
Excerpt ...of funding talks between the government and banks sent shares in Royal Bank of Scotland to a 13-year low. By 0849 GMT the FTSE 100 was down 13.2 points at 4,576 after posting its big...
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A global summit to be held before the end of the year could unite a league of nations against the worsening credit crisis, a move that may engender the confidence that ailing financial markets so b...
Hacks at the 'Mirror' are lamenting that they can't go to the ball this year. The paper had booked two tables at the annual London Press Club Ball, where Jeremy Vine will preside as MC, but organis...
The FTSE 100 index has closed 89.3 points down at 4870.3 amid plunging oil and metal prices.
The FTSE 100 regained its poise after Monday’s heavy losses, rallying 1.7 per cent, on hopes that politicians in Washington would find a way to pass a $700bn bail-out package for the US financial s...
A TURBULENT session for world markets left the FTSE 100 Index at its lowest level for more than three years last night.
Excerpt ...package, but miners boosted by gold prices lent some support and the overall market was off earlier lows. By 0759 GMT, the FTSE 100 was down 26.4 points at 4,792.4, well off its low ...
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Bradford and Bingley is in a bad way for the second day running, with investors still not reassured by Thursday’s announcement of cost-cutting measures.
LONDON (SHARECAST) - UK Bank Barclays was Saturday considering a direct plea from Hank Paulson, the US Treasury Secretary, to assemble a cut-price rescue bid for Lehman Brothers, the investment ban...
Review: Unjust Rewards by Polly Toynbee and David WalkerA strong and hopeful analysis of the growing gap between Britain's rich and poor says Ruth Sunderland
LONDON (SHARECAST) - The US Treasury will announce a rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two giant American mortgage banks, in what is likely to be the biggest financial bail-out of recent histor...
Excerpt The Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index has fallen around 60% this year, the worst-perfoming major stock index in the world. Many investors tend to use iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 ...
Excerpt Rush of foreign listings to London brings pressure for FTSE to check governance of index members Jill Treanor Wednesday November 1, 2006 The Guardian Leading City investors want to rule...
Excerpt Bad news continues to dominate the online gambling sector as betting sites 888 and Partygaming have been demoted on prestigious FTSE stock indices. Partygaming was unexpectedly dropped ...
Excerpt LONDON (Reuters) - Insurers Standard Life (SL.L: Quote , Profile , Research ) and Resolution (RSL.L: Quote , Profile , Research ) will enter the FTSE 100 (.FTSE: Quote , Profile , Resea...
Excerpt LONDON (Reuters) - A country's flagship stock market index typically represents the cream of its industries and services and is a benchmark for investment in that country. Not i...
Excerpt ...trading, falling 55 cents, or 0.9 percent, to $60.73 a barrel. The pound, however, wound up down 0.8 percent against the dollar. The FTSE 100-share index tumbled by 207 points, or 4...
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