Emerging market fears rattle investors as two stocks wipe 50 points off the FTSE 100 London’s leaderboard slid for a fifth consecutive trading session, with worries over emerging markets that rattled the markets last week having failed to abate after the weekend. After toppling than 100 points on Friday as Argentina’s peso collapsed and the Read More
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* FTSE 100 down 1.8 pct as emerging market worries continue * BG sees biggest fall since 1987, hit by Egypt concerns * Vodafone drops after AT&T (NYSE: T – news) says not planning takeover * Index drops through support the 200-day moving average By Alistair Smout LONDON, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Britain’s FTSE 100 Read More
* FTSE 100 down 1.5 pct * Vodafone biggest drag after AT&T (NYSE: T – news) says not planning takeover * BG sees biggest fall since 1987 after production warning * Index finds support at the 200-day moving average By Alistair Smout LONDON, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Britain’s FTSE 100 slipped to fresh five-week lows Read More
LONDON (ShareCast) – – FTSE 100 at lowest level since December 18th – Japan registers record annual deficit in 2013 – BG Group (LSE: BG.L – news) disappoints with 2014 guidance – AT&T (NYSE: T – news) quashes Vodafone bid speculation techMARK 2,762.54 -0.98% FTSE 100 6,581.53 -1.23% FTSE 250 15,547.29 -0.99% The sell-off that Read More
By Toni Vorobyova LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s FTSE 100 slipped to fresh 5-week lows on Monday, underperforming its European peers due to steep slumps in heavyweight mobile operator Vodafone and oil and gas firm BG Group. Vodafone, the third biggest company in the FTSE 100, fell 6.4 percent after U.S. mobile operator AT&T said it Read More
Today, oil companies make up 16.2% of the FTSE (compared with 12.8% in 1999), so commodity price movements in metals and oil tend to have an even more significant effect on the index now than in 1999. In total, 23.9% of the index is now influenced by movements in the global commodity markets. One of Read More
By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:23 EST, 24 January 2014 | UPDATED: 12:28 EST, 24 January 2014 17.10 (close): Global stock markets plunged into the red today amid fears of a new emerging markets crisis after Argentina’s currency suffered its steepest fall for 12 years. Investors headed for the exit as concerns grew of Read More
LONDON (ShareCast) – 1630: Close The FTSE slumped in the final session of the week, as markets around the world did the same. Aberdeen led the way lower after receiving a ratings downgrade by Morgan Stanley (Berlin: DWD.BE – news) to ‘underweight’, while modest gains were seen by precious metal miners as they tracked prices Read More
By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:23 EST, 24 January 2014 | UPDATED: 12:28 EST, 24 January 2014 17.10 (close): Global stock markets plunged into the red today amid fears of a new emerging markets crisis after Argentina’s currency suffered its steepest fall for 12 years. Investors headed for the exit as concerns grew of Read More
* FTSE 100 down 1.7 percent * Aberdeen leads emerging market sell-off * Pearson (NYSE: PSO – news) hurt by downgrades after profit warning By Tricia Wright LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Britain’s top shares sank to 4-1/2 week lows on Friday, with stocks exposed to emerging markets suffering the biggest losses, knocked by a Read More