By Francesco Canepa and Tricia Wright LONDON (Reuters) – Top shares looked set to snap a three-weak losing streak on Friday as mining stocks rose, boosted by hopes that China, the world’s top metals consumer, would take more steps to stimulate its economy. The FTSE 350 Mining index, down some 10 percent from a late Read More
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U.K. stocks rose for the first time in three days, with the benchmark FTSE 100 (UKX) Index heading for its first weekly gain in a month, as mining companies rallied and investors watched the expiry of derivative contracts. Anglo American Plc led commodity producers higher, adding 2.2 percent, as copper climbed in London. Meggitt Plc Read More
* FTSE 100 down 0.6 pct * Glaxo weak after cancer vaccine fails again * Fed rate guidance weighs on market sentiment * SSE (LSE: SSE.L – news) boosted by MS upgrade; Next (Dusseldorf: NXG.DU – news) up after results By Tricia Wright LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) – Britain’s top equity index fell on Thursday, Read More
By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:58 EST, 20 March 2014 | UPDATED: 12:42 EST, 20 March 2014 17.30 (CLOSE): Blue-chip shares have fallen after US Federal Reserve boss Janet Yellen warned that US interest rates could start to rise in the first half of next year. The guidance was earlier than financial markets had Read More
By Tricia Wright LONDON (Reuters) – The FTSE 100 fell on Thursday, hit by a drop in drugs group GlaxoSmithKline and a hint from the Federal Reserve that U.S. interest rates may rise sooner than previously expected. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index, which rose 14.4 percent in 2013 and came close to a 13-year high Read More
LONDON (ShareCast) – – FTSE down 30.69 points, weighed by Yellen comments – Mortgage lending falls six per cent – Broker comment lifts SSE (LSE: SSE.L – news) techMARK 2,800.23 -0.66% FTSE 100 6,542.44 -0.47% FTSE 250 16,217.35 -0.74% UK stocks finished in the red today as investors digested hawkish comments from Fed Chairwoman Janet Read More
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* FTSE down 0.4 pct in early session trading * Fall in Glaxo takes most points off FTSE 100 index * Global stock markets also hit by Fed rate guidance By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) – Britain’s top equity index fell on Thursday, hit by a drop in drugs group GlaxoSmithKline (Other OTC: Read More
* FTSE 100 down 0.2 percent * Smiths Group (Other OTC: SMGKF – news) falls; H1 profit hit by stronger pound * Analysts see FTSE 100 trapped in range in medium term By Tricia Wright LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) – Britain’s top shares edged lower on Wednesday, led down by Smiths Group after the engineer Read More
LONDON (ShareCast) – – FTSE closes down 32 points at 6,573 – Focus on Budget, unemployment remains unchanged – Jan Eurozone construction output up by 1.5 per cent techMARK 2,818.76 +0.56% FTSE 100 6,573.13 -0.49% FTSE 250 16,338.84 -0.09% UK stocks finished today’s busy session in the red as investors digested the Chancellor’s Budget statement, Read More