LONDON (ShareCast) – – FTSE 100 at highest level since November 4th – Eurozone inflation ramps up interest-rate speculation – Banks helped by funding data – IAG reports strong December traffic figures techMARK 2,789.43 -0.10% FTSE 100 6,755.45 +0.37% FTSE 250 16,069.19 +0.12% UK markets finished with decent gains on Tuesday as a decent performance Read More
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* FTSE 100 edges up by 0.5 pct as charts hint at more gains * Lloyds leads rally in financials * Analyst comments hit Severn Trent (Other OTC: STRNY – news) , Morrison By Toni Vorobyova LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Britain’s blue chip share index rose to a one-week high on Tuesday, with gains Read More
* FTSE 100 edges up by 0.5 pct as charts hint at more gains * Lloyds leads rally in financials * Barclays (LSE: BARC.L – news) strategists forecast weak sales for retailers By Toni Vorobyova LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Britain’s blue chip share index touched a one-week high on Tuesday, with gains in financial Read More
* FTSE 100 edges up by 0.4 pct as charts hint at more gains * Lloyds leads rally in financials * Analyst comments hit Severn Trent (Other OTC: STRNY – news) , Morrison By Toni Vorobyova LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Britain’s blue chip share index rose to a one-week high on Tuesday, with gains Read More
By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:25 EST, 7 January 2014 | UPDATED: 10:39 EST, 7 January 2014 15:35 The Footsie held firm in late afternoon trade, bolstered by early strong gains on Wall Street as further US data painted an improving picture of the world’s biggest economy. After earlier hitting a one-week high, the Read More
By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top equity index steadied on Tuesday as stronger bank stocks offset weaker retail stocks, and many traders kept a longer-term positive outlook, helped by signs of a gradual UK economic recovery. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index, which rose 14.4 percent in 2013 to post its best annual gain Read More
NEW YORK – The FTSE 100 Index traded flat on the day at 6,731.27. RSA Insurance Group PLC led the market gainers, adding 6.1% as investors turned optimistic that the troubled insurance company’s Irish operations were an isolated incident. Fresnillo PLC dropped 2.9%, while Randgold Resources Ltd. dropped 2.5% Copyright © 2014 MarketWatch, Inc.
* FTSE 100 down 0.06 pct * RSA rallies ahead of PWC report on Irish issues * M&S hit by concern over Christmas sales By Toni Vorobyova LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) – Britain’s FTSE 100 edged lower on Monday, with weakness in miners and retailers at the start of the first full week of 2014 Read More
By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:33 EST, 6 January 2014 | UPDATED: 12:38 EST, 6 January 2014 5.30pm (CLOSE): Marks & Spencer’s investors headed for the check-out today amid fears that the retailer will emerge as one of the sector’s losers from the festive season. Sainsbury’s shares also slipped on the possibility that it Read More
* FTSE 100 index ends flat after choppy trading * Miners under pressure on China growth concerns * RSA up on expectations of averting more writedowns By Atul Prakash LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) – London-listed mining equities fell on Monday as new signs of economic weakness in China, the world’s top metals consumer, prompted investors Read More