By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – The top share index edged up on Wednesday after five straight sessions of falls, halting a recent pullback due to concerns over the health of the global economy after the index managed to hold above a key support level. Although the FTSE 100 fell early on, it bounced back Read More
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LONDON (ShareCast) – 1630: Close The FTSE closed in the red once again today, albeit with a more modest decline, as a strong performance by financials helped to partially offset heavy declines by ARM on the back of a poor Q4. Miners were also lower as metal prices slipped. Macro (Shenzhen: 000533.SZ – news) wise, Read More
[unable to retrieve full-text content] * FTSE 100 closes down 0.3 pct at 6,449.27 points The blue-chip FTSE 100 index closed down by 0.3 percent, or 16.39 points, at 6,449.27 points – its lowest close since ending at 6,439.96 points on Dec. 13. ARM fell 5.9 percent in heavy volume to make it the worst-performing Read More
* FTSE Oil & Gas Index at lowest since mid-October * BP (LSE: BP.L – news) and ARM take most points off FTSE 100 * FTSE down for 10th time in last 11 sessions * FTSE down nearly 5 percent since start of 2014 By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Britain’s top equity Read More
By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top equity index fell for the 10th time in 11 sessions on Tuesday, as weaker energy shares and a fall in chip designer ARM weighed on the market. Energy shares dropped after oil major BP posted lower profits, and similarly weak results from ARM reinforced concerns among some Read More
LONDON (ShareCast) – – ARM, BP (LSE: BP.L – news) , Ocado fall as annual results disappoint – FTSE 100 at lowest since mid-October – Wall Street suffers worst drop since June 2013 techMARK 2,735.92 -1.12% FTSE 100 6,422.52 -0.67% FTSE 250 15,450.97 -0.69% UK stocks fell to their lowest levels in nearly four months Read More
* FTSE 100 down 0.3 percent * Index turns sharply negative after U.S. data * Lloyds falls; delays dividend prospect after charge By Alistair Smout LONDON, Feb 3 (Reuters) – Britain’s top shares extended a recent slide on Monday, slipping firmly into negative territory after disappointing U.S. data, with Lloyds leading banks lower after its Read More
By This Is Money PUBLISHED: 03:56 EST, 3 February 2014 | UPDATED: 10:56 EST, 3 February 2014 15.50: London shares dipped back in late afternoon trade, tracking an opening drop on Wall Street after data showed US manufacturing grew at a substantially slower pace in January as new order growth plunged by the most in Read More
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – The FTSE 100 inched lower to extend a recent slide on Monday, weighed down by an update from Lloyds that demonstrated the banking sector is still to put its problems fully behind it. Lloyds fell 3.3 percent after it said it had set aside a further 1.8 billion pounds Read More
* FTSE 100 down 0.3 percent * Lloyds falls; delays dividend prospect after mis-selling charge * Reckitt up on talk of move for Merck (Other OTC: MKGAF – news) unit By Tricia Wright LONDON, Feb 3 (Reuters) – Britain’s top shares inched lower on Monday, extending recent hefty falls, led down by Lloyds Banking Group. Read More