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* FTSE 100 index falls 0.6 percent * Miners top sectoral fallers * SABMiller (LSE: SAB.L – news) shares drop after sales data * G4S (LSE: GFS.L – news) hit by Deutsche Bank (Xetra: DBK.DE – news) downgrade (Updates prices) By Tricia Wright LONDON, April 15 (Reuters) – Britain’s top shares sank to their lowest Read More

* FTSE 100 index falls 0.5 percent * Miners top sectoral fallers * SABMiller (LSE: SAB.L – news) shares drop after sales data * G4S (LSE: GFS.L – news) hit by Deutsche Bank (Xetra: DBK.DE – news) downgrade By Tricia Wright LONDON, April 15 (Reuters) – Britain’s top shares fell on Tuesday, weighed down by Read More

* FTSE 100 index falls 0.1 percent * G4S (LSE: GFS.L – news) hit by Deutsche Bank (Xetra: DBK.DE – news) downgrade * SABMiller (LSE: SAB.L – news) shares drop after sales data By Tricia Wright LONDON, April 15 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index edged lower on Tuesday, led by security group G4S after Read More

By This Is Money Reporter Published: 02:40 EST, 15 April 2014 | Updated: 08:28 EST, 15 April 2014 12:00: Investors kept faith with Debenhams today despite a slide in profits, as its management set out plans for reviving the department store chain. Shares were 4 per cent higher after chief executive Michael Sharp pledged to Read More

By Tricia Wright LONDON (Reuters) – FTSE edged lower on Tuesday, led by security group G4S after an analyst’s downgrade, while concern about corporate earnings took its toll on investor sentiment. The mood was further darkened by the deteriorating situation in Ukraine. G4S fell 2.8 percent in brisk trade. Traders blamed Deutsche Bank’s lowering its Read More

* FTSE 100 index falls 0.3 percent * Miners top sectoral fallers, retailers down * SABMiller (LSE: SAB.L – news) shares fall after sales data By Atul Prakash LONDON, April 15 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index edged down in cautious trading on Tuesday, led down by miners on concerns about rising supply and slowing Read More

* FTSE closes up 0.3 pct at 6,583.76 points * Defensive stocks such as Sainsbury (Berlin: SUY1.BE – news) and Tesco (Xetra: TCO.DE – news) rally * Worries over Ukraine weigh on investor sentiment By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) – A rise in food and retail stocks, seen as “defensive” plays with investors Read More

LONDON (ShareCast) – Sainsbury (Berlin: SUY1.BE – news) was a strong riser as it recovered from last week’s news that it had lost some of its market share to the likes of discount stores Lidl and Aldi. Sector peer Tesco (Xetra: TCO.DE – news) was also making decent gains after it was reported the company Read More

* FTSE falls to near 3-week low * BP (LSE: BP.L – news) exposed through Rosneft stake * Worries over Ukraine weigh on global stock markets By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) – Britain’s top equity index fell on Monday to a near three-week low, as mounting geopolitical tensions over Ukraine troubled investors and Read More

By This Is Money Reporters Published: 02:28 EST, 14 April 2014 | Updated: 11:30 EST, 14 April 2014 17.30 (CLOSE): Improved sentiment on Wall Street helped blue-chip shares shake off worries over Ukraine and wipe out early session losses. London’s FTSE 100 Index closed 22.1 points ahead at 6583.8 after US retail sales notched up Read More