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* FTSE 100 advances 0.3 pct * RBS (LSE: RBS.L – news) , InterContinental Hotels (Other OTC: ICHGF – news) jump after earnings * Earnings in the UK outperforming Europe * AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN – news) rejects Pfizer (NYSE: PFE – news) ‘s raised bid By Tricia Wright LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) – Britain’s top Read More

* FTSE 100 edges up 0.1 pct * RBS (LSE: RBS.L – news) , InterContinental Hotels (Other OTC: ICHGF – news) jump after earnings * Earnings in the UK outperforming Europe * AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN – news) rejects Pfizer (NYSE: PFE – news) ‘s raised bid By Tricia Wright and Alistair Smout LONDON, May 2 Read More

By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Sharp rises for Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) and InterContinental Hotels (IHG.L) were the highlights of early trade on the FTSE 100 (.FTSE), which held steady ahead of closely watched U.S. jobs data. Part-nationalised RBS surged more than 10 percent to the top of the FTSE 100 (.FTSE) leaderboard Read More

* FTSE closes up 0.4 pct at 6,808.87 points * Rise in Lloyds adds most points to FTSE 100 * Sainsbury (Berlin: SUY1.BE – news) falls as Bernstein cuts price target By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON, May 1 (Reuters) – Britain’s blue-chip share index hit its highest level in about two months on Thursday, rising for Read More

By This Is Money Reporters Published: 02:36 EST, 1 May 2014 | Updated: 11:24 EST, 1 May 2014 17.10 (close): Lloyds Banking Group and BSkyB gave another boost to the FTSE 100 Index today in a session when the pound rose to a new four-year high. Sterling’s latest milestone against the US dollar saw it Read More

By This Is Money Reporters Published: 02:36 EST, 1 May 2014 | Updated: 11:24 EST, 1 May 2014 17.10 (close): Lloyds Banking Group and BSkyB gave another boost to the FTSE 100 Index today in a session when the pound rose to a new four-year high. Sterling’s latest milestone against the US dollar saw it Read More

* FTSE 100 index rises 0.4 percent * BSkyB top gainer after positive update * Lloyds up as strengthens dividend case By Atul Prakash LONDON, May 1 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index advanced for a fourth straight session to set a two-month high on Thursday, with encouraging reports from companies such as BSkyB and Read More

By Atul and Prakash LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index advanced for a fourth straight session to set a two-month high on Thursday, with encouraging reports from companies such as BSkyB and Lloyds improving sentiment. British pay-TV operator BSkyB climbed 3.9 percent, the biggest gainer on the blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE, after saying Read More

By This Is Money Reporters Published: 02:41 EST, 30 April 2014 | Updated: 11:13 EST, 30 April 2014 17.05 (close): Royal Dutch Shell helped keep the London market in positive territory today, despite shock figures showing a sharp slowdown in the US economy. The world’s biggest economy barely grew in the first quarter as worse-than-expected Read More

[unable to retrieve full-text content] By Atul Prakash LONDON (Reuters) – An escalation of violence in Ukraine put a lid on British blue chips on Wednesday, offsetting sharp gains in the energy sector, where results for oil …