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By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:38 EST, 4 March 2014 | UPDATED: 12:27 EST, 4 March 2014 17.10 (close): London’s blue chip share index recouped yesterday’s hefty losses as world markets staged a bounce back amid signs that tensions are easing between Russia and Ukraine. The FTSE 100 Index closed 115.4 points higher at Read More

By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:38 EST, 4 March 2014 | UPDATED: 08:13 EST, 4 March 2014 13.05: The Footsie had recouped all of yesterday’s sharp falls by lunchtime as European markets recovered their poise today as investors welcomed an easing in tensions in Ukraine. The FTSE 100 index was up 1.5 per cent, Read More

By Tricia Wright LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index recovered some of its poise on Tuesday, with investors heartened by robust corporate earnings from the likes of Ashtead and Glencore Xstrata. Russia’s move to order its troops to return to their bases also eased some concerns about the crisis in Ukraine, which had rattled Read More

The FTSE 100 tumbled, with shares in Russian and Ukrainian companies hardest hit The Russian bear has stirred and sent the bulls running for cover. Shaken by the threat of conflict between Russia and Ukraine, investors dumped equities in favour of safe-havens, pushing the FTSE 100 down 101.35 points to 6,708.35, a 1.5pc loss that Read More

LONDON (ShareCast) – – FTSE ends 101 points lower at 6,708 – Ukraine crisis hits markets across globe – Chinese data weighs heavy – UK, US, Eurozone PMI readings all rise techMARK 2,852.19 -1.81% FTSE 100 6,708.35 -1.49% FTSE 250 16,374.84 -2.10% It was a bad start to the week for UK stocks, which plunged Read More

By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 04:12 EST, 3 March 2014 | UPDATED: 12:25 EST, 3 March 2014 17.30 (CLOSE): The FTSE 100 Index lost 1.5 per cent of its value today after Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine triggered a global flight from stocks. Oil prices also jumped by more than 1 per cent to Read More

By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – The FTSE 100 fell to a two-week low on Monday, set for its biggest fall in over eight months as investors’ appetite for riskier assets fell due to the increasingly tense situation in Ukraine. Banks, insurers, mining and energy stocks were among the big fallers after Ukraine mobilised for Read More

The FTSE 100 (FTSEINDICES: ^FTSE) fell 127 points to 6,683 during early trading this morning on the worsening crisis in Ukraine. The key question, as it pertains to the market, is how can the Ukrainian economy be saved? Investors are spooked with Ukraine needing $ 35bn in the next two years to avoid defaulting on Read More

LONDON (ShareCast) – The FTSE is expected to open notably lower this morning, hit by the most recent developments in the Ukraine and ahead of what is set to be another busy week. City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open around 80 points lower than Friday’s close of 6,809.70. The crisis in Ukraine has Read More

* FTSE up 0.1 percent * Three-week rally put market near all-time highs * Old Mutual (Other OTC: ODMTY – news) the latest upbeat earnings report * Pearson (NYSE: PSO – news) issues profit warning By Joshua Franklin LONDON, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index made slight gains on Friday and looked likely Read More