By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON (Reuters) – A drop in major mining stocks dragged down Britain’s blue-chip equity index on Friday, frustrating the market’s attempts to break new ground and hit record highs. The FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed down by 0.4 percent, or 26.78 points, at 6,844.51 points. Earlier this month it hit 6,894.88 points, Read More
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* Fall in mining stocks take most points off FTSE 100 * Concerns over China economy weigh on mining shares * FTSE 100 flat, stalling after recent rally By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON, May 30 (Reuters) – A drop in major mining stocks weighed on Britain’s blue-chip equity index on Friday, undermining the market’s attempts to Read More
By Carla Mozee, MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) — U.K. stocks fell Friday, with drop in mining shares putting the FTSE 100 in line for its first loss in four days. Read More
* FTSE 100 down 0.2 pct * Miners hit by China growth concerns * Mining (LSE: MIR.L – news) conveyor belt maker Fenner (LSE: FENR.L – news) warns on profits By Tricia Wright LONDON, May 30 (Reuters) – Britain’s top shares lost ground on Friday, knocked by miners on jitters over China’s growth as a Read More
* FTSE 100 up 0.3 pct, outperforms other Europe indexes * Deal hopes buoy Smith & Nephew (LSE: SN.L – news) , Weir – traders * Results disappointment hits Kingfisher (LSE: KGF.L – news) shares By Atul Prakash and Lionel Laurent LONDON, May 29 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index edged higher to trade near Read More
* FTSE 100 ends 0.3 pct up, outperforms other Europe indexes * Deal hopes buoy Smith & Nephew (LSE: SN.L – news) , Weir – traders * Results disappointment hits Kingfisher (LSE: KGF.L – news) shares By Atul Prakash and Lionel Laurent LONDON, May 29 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index advanced to trade near Read More
New FTSE ASEAN Index Series provides Comprehensive Suite of Indices Benchmarking the ASEAN Region Kuala Lumpur, May 29, 2014 – (ACN Newswire) – ASEAN Exchanges today announced an expanded FTSE ASEAN Index Series including a comprehensive suite of indices broadly covering the growing ASEAN equity market. The three new tradable ASEAN indices are the FTSE Read More
Everyone has a different opinion on the trajectory of the FTSE 100 (FTSEINDICES: ^FTSE). Consensus is that it will break the 7,000 barrier in the short term, but then this is where opinion divides. Some analysts have predicted highs of 8,000 by the end of 2014, but they were also the ones telling us we Read More
By This Is Money Reporters Published: 02:31 EST, 29 May 2014 | Updated: 09:07 EST, 29 May 2014 15.00: Modest early gains by US stocks following some mixed economic data together with a batch of takeover talk helped keep the Footsie positive in mid afternoon deals, although trading was light with many European markets shut Read More
The outlook for the FTSE 100 (FTSEINDICES: ^FTSE) looks as cloudy as the British weather right now. They say the weather is going to brighten up a little, but I’m not too sure about the stock market. I don’t expect a sizzling barbecue summer. In fact, I suspect the outlook is wet and blustery. Which Read More