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* FTSE 100 down 1.6 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 a five-week closing low on Friday, with stocks exposed to emerging markets feeling the biggest losses, knocked by Read More

* FTSE 100 down 1 percent * Aberdeen leads emerging market sell-off * Pearson (NYSE: PSO – news) hit by downgrades after profit warning By Tricia Wright LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Britain’s top shares sank to 1-1/2 week lows on Friday, with stocks exposed to emerging markets among the biggest fallers, knocked by a Read More

The FTSE 100 (FTSEINDICES: ^FTSE) has been hovering close to setting a new 14-year record all week — all it had to do was beat last May’s peak of 6,876 points. But weak US economic data yesterday sent the index to a 53-point fall by close, and today the top London index is down a further Read More

By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index edged lower on Friday, steadying after sharp falls in the previous session but pinned back by falls in emerging market exposed stocks. Aberdeen Asset Management dropped 5.6 percent, the FTSE 100’s top faller, suffering from its heavy exposure to emerging markets after Argentina’s central bank Read More

* FTSE 100 down 0.2 pct, off eight-months peak * Pearson (NYSE: PSO – news) suffers biggest daily fall in 12 years after update * Weak Chinese data hits mining stocks By Francesco Canepa LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Britain’s FTSE 100 was on the back foot on Thursday, weighed down by weak updates from Read More

* FTSE 100 down 0.9 pct, set for biggest daily fall in 6 weeks * Index extends losses after weak U.S. data * Pearson (NYSE: PSO – news) suffers biggest daily fall in 12 years after update By Francesco Canepa LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Britain’s main equity index was set for its biggest one-day Read More

LONDON (ShareCast) – 1630:Close The FTSE declined by more than 50 points in today’s session, hit by poor US and Chinese data and an unimpressive trading update from Pearson (NYSE: PSO – news) . US manufacturing growth suffered its first slowdown in three months in January, while back in the UK BoE Govenor Mark Carney Read More

By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:34 EST, 23 January 2014 | UPDATED: 10:55 EST, 23 January 2014 15.45: The Footsie remained weak in late afternoon trade, weighed down by cautious trading updates from blue chip firms Pearson and easyJet, and falls by miners after disappointing manufacturing data from China, the world’s biggest consumer of Read More

* FTSE 100 broadly flat * Holds around 40 points below eight month peaks * Pearson (NYSE: PSO – news) top faller after weak update By Toni Vorobyova LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Britain’s FTSE 100 steadied on Thursday, pegged back from recent eight-month peaks by weak updates from Easyjet (Other OTC: ESYJY – news) Read More

By Toni Vorobyova LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s FTSE 100 steadied on Thursday, pegged back from recent eight-month peaks by weak updates from Easyjet and Pearson, and by renewed concerns about the strength of top metals consumer China. Pearson shares topped the loser board, down 5.2 percent and on track for their biggest one-day drop since Read More