By This Is Money Reporters Published: 02:52 EST, 6 May 2014 | Updated: 09:42 EST, 6 May 2014 15.30: London shares hovered close to their lows for the session in late afternoon trade as US stocks started cautiously as tensions in Ukraine remained high and following recent weak manufacturing data from China. With an hour Read More
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By Tricia Wright LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index retreated from a nine-week high on Tuesday, knocked by weak results from Aberdeen Asset Management and Barclays. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index was down 9.54 points, or 0.1 percent, at 6,812.88 points by 1048 GMT, after hitting 6,838.17 on Friday, its highest level since late Read More
By Atul Prakash LONDON (Reuters) – The FTSE 100 retreated from a nine-week high on Tuesday, dragged down by weak results from companies including Barclays (BARC.L) and Aberdeen Asset Management (ADN.L). The blue-chip FTSE 100 index (.FTSE) was down 0.2 percent at 6,807.81 points by 0808 GMT after hitting 6,838.17 on Friday, the highest since Read More
Price: 3,396.50 Chg: -52.50 Chg %: -1.52% Date: 17:05 Price: 6,807.58 Chg: 13.55 Chg %: 0.20% Date: 16:44 – FTSE closes up 13.55 points at 6,822.42 – BoE Deputy warns ‘dangerous’ to ignore house price momentum – Eurozone unemployment stuck at 11.8 per cent – US non-farm payrolls rise 288,000 in April, employment drops techMARK Read More
(Repeats earlier April 30 item, no changes to text) LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) – The following FTSE 100 companies will go ex-dividend on Wednesday May 7, after which investors will no longer qualify for the latest dividend payout. According to Reuters calculations at current market prices, the effect of the resulting adjustment to prices by Read More
LONDON (ShareCast) – – Markets at highest since February 28th – Fed sticks with taper – Plenty of economic data due out – BSkyB, Lloyds, BG Group (LSE: BG.L – news) and Schroders (LSE: SDR.L – news) gain techMARK 2,785.17 +0.17% FTSE 100 6,805.94 +0.38% FTSE 250 15,928.81 +0.71% The FTSE 100 surpassed the 6,800 Read More
Reuters A man walks past the London Stock Exchange in the City of London October 11, 2013. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth By Tricia Wright LONDON (Reuters) – FTSE hit a fresh two-month high on Friday, with RBS RBS.L and InterContinental Hotels IHG.L the most notable risers on the back of robust earnings, as investors also welcomed strong Read More
LONDON (ShareCast) – – FTSE ends 10.12 points higher at 6,780.03 – US GDP misses expectations – Focus very much of FOMC meeting statement techMARK 2,780.50 -0.39% FTSE 100 6,780.03 +0.15% FTSE 250 15,817.20 -0.50% UK indices ended today’s session slightly higher following a raft of corporate announcements, mixed data from abroad as well as Read More
* FTSE 100 edges up 0.1 pct * RBS (LSE: RBS.L – news) and IHG shoot to top of the index after earnings * Earnings in the UK outperforming Europe * U.S. jobs data seen ahead of consensus by SocGen (Paris: FR0000130809 – news) By Alistair Smout LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) – Sharp rises for Read More
By This Is Money Reporters Published: 02:35 EST, 2 May 2014 | Updated: 11:24 EST, 2 May 2014 17.10 (close): Long-awaited cheer from Royal Bank of Scotland saw shares in the taxpayer-owned lender surge eight per cent, amid another positive session for the London market. The FTSE 100 Index completed a week of gains after Read More