* FTSE 100 index down 0.5 percent * Melrose, Legal & General (LSE: LGEN.L – news) down after updates * FTSE index faces technical resistance at 6,835 By Atul Prakash LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index fell again on Wednesday after rebounding from two-week lows in the previous session, as disappointing updates Read More
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By Atul Prakash LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index fell again on Wednesday after rebounding from two-week lows in the previous session, as disappointing updates from companies like Melrose and Legal & General weighed on sentiment. Engineering turnaround specialist Melrose Industries fell 7 percent, the top decliner on the FTSE 100 index, after warning Read More
London (AFP) – London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index fell in early trading on Wednesday in line with other European stock markets roiled this week by uncertainty over Ukraine. The index was down 13.73 to 6,810.04 points by 9am, with firms exposed to the manufacturing and construction sectors the main fallers. Melrose Industries, an investment company Read More
LONDON (ShareCast) – – FTSE to regain around 60 points early on – Yanukovych requested Russia military presence – UK data to be light UK stocks are this morning expected to claw back some of Monday’s heavy losses, which saw the FTSE lose more than a hundred points on the back of fears of a Read More
FTSE 100 (FTSEINDICES: ^FTSE) stocks are bouncing back after the global markets were knocked silly yesterday. Threat of a war breaking out after Russia’s military advanced into Ukraine sparked a mass sell off of shares. The price of gold — looked upon as a safe haven during conflict — hit a four-month high, leading to Read More
* FTSE 100 up 1.5 pct, recoups Monday’s entire losses * Ease in geopolitical tension triggers relief rally * Ashtead, Glencore surge; Fresnillo (Other OTC: FNLPF – news) slips By Atul Prakash LONDON, March 4 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index bounced back from two-week lows on Tuesday following what investors saw as a de-escalation Read More
By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:38 EST, 4 March 2014 | UPDATED: 12:27 EST, 4 March 2014 17.10 (close): London’s blue chip share index recouped yesterday’s hefty losses as world markets staged a bounce back amid signs that tensions are easing between Russia and Ukraine. The FTSE 100 Index closed 115.4 points higher at Read More
By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:38 EST, 4 March 2014 | UPDATED: 08:13 EST, 4 March 2014 13.05: The Footsie had recouped all of yesterday’s sharp falls by lunchtime as European markets recovered their poise today as investors welcomed an easing in tensions in Ukraine. The FTSE 100 index was up 1.5 per cent, Read More
By Tricia Wright LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index recovered some of its poise on Tuesday, with investors heartened by robust corporate earnings from the likes of Ashtead and Glencore Xstrata. Russia’s move to order its troops to return to their bases also eased some concerns about the crisis in Ukraine, which had rattled Read More
The FTSE 100 tumbled, with shares in Russian and Ukrainian companies hardest hit The Russian bear has stirred and sent the bulls running for cover. Shaken by the threat of conflict between Russia and Ukraine, investors dumped equities in favour of safe-havens, pushing the FTSE 100 down 101.35 points to 6,708.35, a 1.5pc loss that Read More