By Atul Prakash LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index hit a five-week low on Friday and headed for its biggest weekly drop in eight months, with growth-driven stocks losing ground on tensions before a referendum in Ukraine’s Crimea region. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index was down 0.3 percent at 6,537.36 points by 1130 GMT, Read More
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* FTSE 100 slips 0.7 pct, hits new 1-month low * Morrison’s slump also hits Sainsbury (Berlin: SUY1.BE – news) , Tesco (Xetra: TCO.DE – news) and M&S * General retailers gain on Home Retail (Other OTC: HMRLF – news) outlook * Worries about Ukraine, China drag on index By Francesco Canepa LONDON, March 13 Read More
* FTSE 100 slips 0.2 pct, hovering near 1-month low * Morrison’s slump also hits Sainsbury (Berlin: SUY1.BE – news) and Tesco (Xetra: TCO.DE – news) * General retailers gain on Home Retail (Other OTC: HMRLF – news) outlook * Possible support for FTSE seen at 6,580 * Fall below 6,580 could herald bigger drop Read More
LONDON (ShareCast) – – FTSE closes down 67.12 at 6,553.78 – UK house prices ease in February – Supermarkets drag – BoE (Shenzhen: 000725.SZ – news) announced banking bonus reforms techMARK 2,786.87 -1.08% FTSE 100 6,553.78 -1.01% FTSE 250 16,186.23 -0.86% UK stocks finished sharply lower, dragged by supermarkets, woes about Chinese growth, and reports Read More
By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:35 EST, 13 March 2014 | UPDATED: 07:55 EST, 13 March 2014 12.50: Weakness in supermarket stocks was the main feature on the London share market at lunchtime, with the Footsie extending its earlier modest falls on expectations for falls by US stocks after further disappointing data from China, Read More
LONDON (ShareCast) – – FTSE 14 points lower – Supermarkets drag after Morrison’s results – Chinese growth point to slowdown techMARK 2,804.40 -0.46% FTSE 100 6,608.61 -0.19% FTSE 250 16,261.58 -0.40% Stocks were being weighed down by the supermarket sector this morning, while concerns over a slowdown in Chinese growth was also giving cause for Read More
By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON (Reuters) – The FTSE 100 hovered near one-month lows on Thursday, pegged back by a drop in the shares of supermarket retailers after a profit slump at Wm Morrison. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index, which had fallen for the last four sessions in a row, slipped 0.1 percent to 6,611.57 points Read More
London’s benchmark FTSE 100 slumped to its lowest close in a month Investors looked to both China and Ukraine today and did not like what they saw. Nervousness about the health of the Chinese economy the world’s second-largest is not a sudden development. Manufacturing and services data from the country are always examined closely by Read More
* FTSE 100 down 0.7 pct, around 1-month low * G4S (LSE: GFS.L – news) sinks; agrees settlement with British government * Ex-dividends take around 20 points off index By Tricia Wright LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index fell to a one-month low on Wednesday, led down by G4S after the security Read More
By Tricia Wright LONDON (Reuters) – The FTSE 100 fell to a one-month low on Wednesday, led down by G4S after the security firm agreed a settlement with the government over an offenders’ tagging scandal. G4S sank 5.3 percent in brisk trade after agreeing to repay 108.9 million pounds to the British government after overcharging Read More