By Atul Prakash LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index rose in early trading on Thursday, with positive corporate news from companies such as Aviva and Aggreko and easing tension in Ukraine prompting investors to buy riskier assets. Aggreko, the world’s biggest temporary power provider, climbed 9.1 percent to the top of blue-chip FTSE 100 Read More
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By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:37 EST, 5 March 2014 | UPDATED: 12:33 EST, 5 March 2014 17.30 (CLOSE): The continuing political tensions in Ukraine kept investors on the sidelines today as attention also turned to economic prospects in the United States. A rollercoaster start to the week, in which the FTSE 100 Index Read More
* St. James’s Place, Barratt to join FTSE 100 * Tate & Lyle (LSE: TATE.L – news) , Amec (Other OTC: AMCBF – news) to slip to FTSE 250 index * FTSE quarterly rebalance effective from March 24 By Atul Prakash LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) – Wealth manager St. James’s Place and housebuilder Barratt Developments Read More
* FTSE 100 index closes 0.7 percent lower * Melrose, Legal & General (LSE: LGEN.L – news) down after updates * Standard Chartered (HKSE: 2888.HK – news) falls after results By Atul Prakash LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index fell again on Wednesday after rebounding from two-week lows in the previous session, Read More
* FTSE 100 index down 0.5 percent * Melrose, Legal & General (LSE: LGEN.L – news) down after updates * FTSE index faces technical resistance at 6,835 By Atul Prakash LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index fell again on Wednesday after rebounding from two-week lows in the previous session, as disappointing updates Read More
By Atul Prakash LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index fell again on Wednesday after rebounding from two-week lows in the previous session, as disappointing updates from companies like Melrose and Legal & General weighed on sentiment. Engineering turnaround specialist Melrose Industries fell 7 percent, the top decliner on the FTSE 100 index, after warning Read More
London (AFP) – London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index fell in early trading on Wednesday in line with other European stock markets roiled this week by uncertainty over Ukraine. The index was down 13.73 to 6,810.04 points by 9am, with firms exposed to the manufacturing and construction sectors the main fallers. Melrose Industries, an investment company Read More
LONDON (ShareCast) – – FTSE to regain around 60 points early on – Yanukovych requested Russia military presence – UK data to be light UK stocks are this morning expected to claw back some of Monday’s heavy losses, which saw the FTSE lose more than a hundred points on the back of fears of a Read More
FTSE 100 (FTSEINDICES: ^FTSE) stocks are bouncing back after the global markets were knocked silly yesterday. Threat of a war breaking out after Russia’s military advanced into Ukraine sparked a mass sell off of shares. The price of gold — looked upon as a safe haven during conflict — hit a four-month high, leading to Read More
* FTSE 100 up 1.5 pct, recoups Monday’s entire losses * Ease in geopolitical tension triggers relief rally * Ashtead, Glencore surge; Fresnillo (Other OTC: FNLPF – news) slips By Atul Prakash LONDON, March 4 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index bounced back from two-week lows on Tuesday following what investors saw as a de-escalation Read More