* FTSE 100 down 0.4 pct * HSBC takes most points off index after profits fall * Cautious outlook hits Experian (Other OTC: EXPGF – news) ‘s shares By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) – A fall in the shares of HSBC bank and credit data firm Experian pushed down Britain’s top equity index Read More
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By Tricia Wright LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top shares fell on Wednesday after a sell-off on Wall Street unsettled investors, with credit checker Experian leading the UK market lower on concerns about headwinds facing the company. The FTSE 100 was down 22.57 points, or 0.3 percent, at 6,775.99 points by 0937 BST, having shed 0.4 Read More
* FTSE 100 down 0.3 percent * Experian (Other OTC: EXPGF – news) top faller after results * Ex-divs knock 6.8 points off index * Heavily shorted Sainsbury (Berlin: SUY1.BE – news) gains after profit beat By Tricia Wright LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) – Britain’s top shares fell on Wednesday after a sell-off on Wall Read More
* Index falls 0.1 percent * Aberdeen Asset Management (Other OTC: ABDNF – news) down after results * Barclays (LSE: BARC.L – news) slips after Q1 profits drop 5 percent * Housebuilders recover, helped by Countrywide (LSE: CWD.L – news) update By Tricia Wright LONDON, May 6 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index retreated from Read More
On 30 December 1999, the FTSE 100 (FTSEINDICES:^FTSE) index reached 6950.6. The day I am writing this article, 5th May 2014, the FTSE 100 stands at 6822.4. Over the course of some 15 years (practically a lifetime in investing terms), the stock market has never surpassed its 1999 high. Now this gives critics of equity investing plenty of ammunition. “How Read More
By This Is Money Reporters Published: 02:52 EST, 6 May 2014 | Updated: 11:42 EST, 6 May 2014 17.15 (close): Increasing tensions in Ukraine and disappointing earnings figures from Barclays led the London market to give up some of the gains it made last week. The FTSE 100 Index ended the session 23.7 points lower Read More
By This Is Money Reporters Published: 02:52 EST, 6 May 2014 | Updated: 09:42 EST, 6 May 2014 15.30: London shares hovered close to their lows for the session in late afternoon trade as US stocks started cautiously as tensions in Ukraine remained high and following recent weak manufacturing data from China. With an hour Read More
By Tricia Wright LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index retreated from a nine-week high on Tuesday, knocked by weak results from Aberdeen Asset Management and Barclays. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index was down 9.54 points, or 0.1 percent, at 6,812.88 points by 1048 GMT, after hitting 6,838.17 on Friday, its highest level since late Read More
By Atul Prakash LONDON (Reuters) – The FTSE 100 retreated from a nine-week high on Tuesday, dragged down by weak results from companies including Barclays (BARC.L) and Aberdeen Asset Management (ADN.L). The blue-chip FTSE 100 index (.FTSE) was down 0.2 percent at 6,807.81 points by 0808 GMT after hitting 6,838.17 on Friday, the highest since Read More
Price: 3,396.50 Chg: -52.50 Chg %: -1.52% Date: 17:05 Price: 6,807.58 Chg: 13.55 Chg %: 0.20% Date: 16:44 – FTSE closes up 13.55 points at 6,822.42 – BoE Deputy warns ‘dangerous’ to ignore house price momentum – Eurozone unemployment stuck at 11.8 per cent – US non-farm payrolls rise 288,000 in April, employment drops techMARK Read More