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WASHINGTON –  The FTSE 100 futures contract and the related iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF both saw brief spikes around 11:10 a.m. Eastern. The research firm Nanex has posted a close-up of the spike, which lasted around 10 seconds. The underlying FTSE 100 index didn’t appear to suffer the same spike. Copyright © 2014 MarketWatch, Read More

* FTSE 100 rebounds after Putin speech * Index moves above 200-day moving average * Carnival (LSE: CCL.L – news) lifted by UBS (Xetra: UB0BL6 – news) price target upgrade By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index rose on Tuesday as stock markets rebounded after a speech by Russian President Read More

London (AFP) – London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index slipped slightly in early trading on Tuesday, with UK-listed Mexican miner Fresnillo leading the fallers. The index was down 28.91 points or 0.16% by 8.45 am at 6,539.44 points, with Fresnillo’s shares down 4.44 percent at 883.5 pence. The miner’s decline is likely linked to softer gold Read More

By Francesco Canepa LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s FTSE 100 fell on Tuesday, with Vodafone the biggest drag on the blue-chip index as investors worried that the mobile group’s profits and balance sheet will take a hit from its expansion plan. Gold miners also weighed on the FTSE, falling along with the price of the yellow Read More

By Marc Shoffman PUBLISHED: 05:44 EST, 17 March 2014 | UPDATED: 10:22 EST, 17 March 2014 The recovering UK economy has led many to speculate whether the FTSE 100 could surpass its record high this year. This would be a boost for investments and retirement savings as pensions and Isas have an exposure to the Read More

* FTSE 100 up 0.4 pct, snaps longest losing streak since 2011 * Construction groups lead risers as UK govt says to extend scheme * Ukraine crisis keeps investors wary By Francesco Canepa LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index snapped its longest losing streak in 2-1/2 years on Monday, led higher by Read More

By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 04:14 EST, 17 March 2014 | UPDATED: 12:40 EST, 17 March 2014 17.30 (CLOSE): House building stocks have surged after George Osborne’s move to extend the Government’s Help to Buy scheme until the end of the decade. The Chancellor’s pre-Budget announcement that another 6billion will be invested in the Read More

FTSE 100 non-executive directors responsible for setting executive pay in their companies have seen their fees jump by more than 8% in the last year. According to research from Incomes Data Services (IDS), which is part of Thomson Reuters, additional fees for NEDs serving on board remuneration committees rose by an average of 8.8% last Read More

By Simon Jessop and Francesco Canepa LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index looked set to snap its longest losing streak in 2-1/2 years on Monday after the building sector surged on a government plan to pump more cash into a scheme to boost construction. The threat of sanctions between Russia and the West over Read More

U.K. stocks advanced, after the longest streak of weekly losses for the benchmark FTSE 100 Index this year, as Vodafone Group Plc and Rio Tinto Group contributed the most to the gains. The FTSE 100 added 0.2 percent to 6,537.6 at 8:18 a.m. in London. The gauge lost 2.8 percent last week, falling for a Read More