* FTSE 100 closes up 0.7 pct at 6,695.55 points * Global equity markets buoyed by U.S. jobs data * FTSE to end 2014 at 7,500 -Dt Bank strategists By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON, April 4 (Reuters) – Britain’s top equity index hit its highest level in around three weeks on Friday, boosted by gains in Read More
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By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:10 EST, 4 April 2014 | UPDATED: 10:05 EST, 4 April 2014 16.00: The Dow Jones has jumped 75 points to 15,928.6 as the latest US jobs figures suggest the economy is still on the recovery track. The FTSE 100 was 50.1 points up at 6,699.2 shortly before the Read More
By Tricia Wright LONDON (Reuters) – The FTSE 100 inched higher on Friday, as easyJet rose to fresh record highs on robust traffic figures, though in the broader market investors were reluctant to place big bets ahead of key U.S. jobs data later in the day. EasyJet rose 3.1 percent in brisk trade after it Read More
LONDON (ShareCast) – Specialist healthcare group BTG (Other OTC: BTGGF – news) rose strongly after saying it expects full-year sales to be at the top end of guidance after a ‘transformational year’. Revenues for the financial year to March 31st are expected to be at the upper end of the £275-285m guidance range, which the Read More
By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 02:46 EST, 3 April 2014 | UPDATED: 11:33 EST, 3 April 2014 17.30 (CLOSE): Markets struggled for direction today despite the announcement of a long-awaited package of measures by China designed to boost flagging growth in the world’s second-biggest economy. A decision by the European Central Bank (ECB) not Read More
* FTSE 100 falls 0.2 pct * Weak U.S. data pegs index back after ECB * Miners drop with copper on China stimulus disappointment * Tullow Oil (LSE: TLW.L – news) boosted by UBS (Xetra: UB0BL6 – news) upgrade (Updates with new prices, quotes) By Alistair Smout LONDON, April 3 (Reuters) – British blue-chip shares Read More
Tullow Oil (LSE: TLW.L – news) tops the FTSE 100’s leaderboard, rising by around 4 percent in early trading, which traders attribute to UBS (Xetra: UB0BL6 – news) ‘ decision to upgrade its rating on the stock to “buy” from “neutral”. Demand to buy Tullow Oil shares is relatively strong, with trading volumes in the Read More
* FTSE 100 flat ahead of ECB * Tullow Oil (LSE: TLW.L – news) boosted by UBS (Xetra: UB0BL6 – news) upgrade * Miners drop with copper on China stimulus disappointment (Adds quotes, details, updates prices) By Alistair Smout LONDON, April 3 (Reuters) – British blue-chip shares steadied after testing a three-week high on Thursday, Read More
By Tricia Wright LONDON (Reuters) – The FTSE 100 inched higher on Thursday, led by oil explorer Tullow Oil on the back of an analyst upgrade, although market gains were muted as investors waited to see if the European Central Bank would act in the face of deflation fears. Tullow Oil rose 3.9 percent, with Read More
* FTSE 100 index up 0.3 percent * Cyclical miners extend recent gains, helped by U.S. data * Pearson (NYSE: PSO – news) , Resolution slip after trading ex-dividend By Tricia Wright LONDON, April 2 (Reuters) – Britain’s top shares rose to three-week highs on Wednesday as encouraging economic news in the United States bolstered Read More