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LONDON (ShareCast) – – Smiths and Tullow disappoint – FTSE opens 16 points lower – Ukraine, European elections in focus techMARK 2,741.75 -0.09% FTSE 100 6,801.45 -0.28% FTSE 250 15,657.08 -0.11% The FTSE opened lower this morning, falling around 16 points in the first hour of trade, weighed by disappointing announcements from Smiths Group (Other Read More

The FTSE 100 (FTSEINDICES: ^FTSE) trading at 8,000 may sound rather unrealistic for a lot of Foolish investors. Indeed, with the index currently at 6820, gains of 17% to reach 8,000 points may seem a little far-fetched. Certainly, the FTSE 100 has failed to deliver on its promise thus far in 2014, with the UK’s Read More

* FTSE closes flat; mining, tobacco shares up * Royal Mail (Other OTC: ROYMF – news) shares slips after results * SABMiller (LSE: SAB.L – news) gains on cost-saving target By Atul Prakash LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index ended flat on Thursday as stronger miners on steadier China data and a Read More

By This Is Money Reporters Published: 02:17 EST, 22 May 2014 | Updated: 11:49 EST, 22 May 2014 17.30 (CLOSE): Royal Mail investors were given a jolt today after chief executive Moya Greene warned about ‘increasing challenges’ in its letters and parcels businesses. Shares slid 9.7 per cent as the message in the company’s maiden Read More

The FTSE 100 (FTSEINDICES: ^FTSE) has been a bit of a tease lately. It keeps threatening to bust through its all-time high of 6930, only to go all shy on us. In fact, it’s kept us on tenterhooks for well over a decade now. The FTSE 100 hit its all-time high way back in 31 Read More

By Atul Prakash LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index edged higher by midday on Thursday as corporate dealmaking hopes bolstered tobacco stocks and encouraging data from China underpinned miners. The FTSE 100 .FTSE index was up 0.1 percent at 6,827.42 points by 1206 BST, trading about 1 percent shy of the record high of Read More

* FTSE 100 up 0.2 percent * Sector consolidation hopes boost tobacco stocks * Upbeat China PMI data lifts miners * Royal Mail (Other OTC: ROYMF – news) sinks after maiden results By Tricia Wright LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index advanced on Thursday as corporate dealmaking hopes bolstered tobacco stocks and Read More

* FTSE 100 down 0.2 pct * Deutsche Bank (Xetra: DBK.DE – news) downgrade hits WM Morrison shares * FTSE stalling after hitting highs last week By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) – Britain’s top equity index stalled on Wednesday, losing steam after hitting its highest level in more than 14 years last week, Read More

LONDON (ShareCast) – – FTSE closes down 42.55 points at 6,802 – Vodafone and M&S miss expectations – CPI (Other OTC: CPICQ – news) rises 0.2 percentage points in April to 1.8 per cent techMARK 2,706.50 -0.48% FTSE 100 6,802.00 -0.62% FTSE 250 15,440.25 +0.40% Significant falls by a number of blue chip heavyweights ensured Read More

* FTSE closes up 0.3 pct at 6,821.04 points * Rebound in AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN – news) adds most points to FTSE 100 * FTSE in “no-man’s land” at present -MB Capital By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index edged up on Wednesday as shares in drugmaker AstraZeneca (EUREX: AZNF.EX Read More