By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:37 EST, 7 March 2014 | UPDATED: 12:23 EST, 7 March 2014 17.10 (close): A turbulent week for investors ended with a slump today after US jobs figures raised fears of an early finish to the country’s monetary stimulus campaign. Employers added 175,000 jobs in January, a better than Read More
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* FTSE 100 ends down 1.1 pct at 6,712.67 points * Chinese company’s bond default hurts miners * Tensions over Crimea also weigh on UK stock market * FTSE ends at 3-week closing low By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) – Britain’s main share index fell to a three-week closing low on Friday as Read More
* FTSE 100 down 0.4 percent * U.S. jobs data watched, 149,000 increase expected * Aviva (Other OTC: AIVAF – news) bucks weak trend; JPMorgan hikes target By Tricia Wright LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) – Britain’s top shares fell on Friday with investors expected to avoid strong bets before U.S. jobs data that could sway Read More
By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON (Reuters) – FTSE slipped, as a landmark corporate bond default in China, the world’s top metals consumer and a big luxury goods market, hit Burberry and mining stocks. Investors were also avoiding placing big bets before U.S. jobs data, due out at 1330 GMT, that may sway the near-term direction of Read More
* FTSE 100 up 0.2 pct * Lack of liquidity measures from Draghi hit stocks * FTSE recovers quicker than peers after ECB * Aviva (Other OTC: AIVAF – news) , Aggreko (LSE: AGK.L – news) surge after updates By Alistair Smout LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index edged higher on Thursday, Read More
FTSE Global Equity Index rebalances positive changes for Tech Mahindra, Mindtree, Bharti Infratel, Axis Bank, Dabur and negative changes for Tata Power, PNB Tech Mahindra moved to large-cap Index from mid-cap Index. Raises Mindtree’s investment weightage to 81% from 68%. Raises Bharti Infra’s investment weightage to 11% from 9%. Raises Axis Read More
* FTSE 100 closes up 0.2 pct * Lack of liquidity measures from Draghi hit stocks * FTSE recovers quicker than peers after ECB * Aviva (Other OTC: AIVAF – news) , Aggreko (LSE: AGK.L – news) surge after updates By Alistair Smout LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index edged higher on Read More
By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:44 EST, 6 March 2014 | UPDATED: 12:34 EST, 6 March 2014 17.30 (CLOSE): Aviva boss Mark Wilson received the thumbs up from investors for his turnaround efforts today as better-than-expected results sparked an 8 per cent shares rally. The stock hit its highest level for more than five Read More
The latest quarterly review of the FTSE 100 has just been published. The review sees Tate & Lyle (LSE: TATE.L – news) (LSE: TATE) and AMEC (Other OTC: AMCBF – news) (LSE: AMEC) drop out of the UK’s top index, and Barratt Developments (LSE: BDEV.L – news) (LSE: BDEV) and St. James’s Place (LSE: STJ) Read More
* FTSE 100 up 0.1 pct * Aviva (Other OTC: AIVAF – news) , Aggreko (LSE: AGK.L – news) surge after updates * Gains pared on fresh Ukraine uncertainty * BoE (Shenzhen: 000725.SZ – news) likely to keep interest rate unchanged By Alistair Smout LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index edged higher Read More