By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:57 EST, 5 February 2014 | UPDATED: 12:35 EST, 5 February 2014 17:30 (CLOSE): The UK’s top share index edged into positive territory for the first time in more than a week today despite further gloom over the eurozone economy. Figures from the 18 country region showed retail sales Read More
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* FTSE 100 up 0.1 pct, to snap 5-day losing streak * Glaxo boosts index after results * RSA bounces after CEO appointment * Financials mixed with Hargreaves Lansdown down 9.8 pct By Francesco Canepa LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Britain’s top equity index steadied on Wednesday, breaking a five-day losing streak on the back Read More
* FTSE 100 up 0.1 pct, snaps 5-day losing streak * Glaxo boosts index after results * RSA bounces after CEO appointment * Financials mixed with Hargreaves Lansdown down 10.2 pct By Francesco Canepa LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Britain’s top equity index snapped a five-day losing streak on Wednesday, lifted by rallies in insurer Read More
LONDON (ShareCast) – Infrastructure services group Balfour Beatty (Other OTC: BAFYY – news) was among the best performers on the FTSE 250 on Wednesday after RBC Capital Markets upgraded its rating by two notches from ‘underperform’ to ‘outperform’, saying that the stock is geared to the recovery in the UK. “We believe that the outlook Read More
* FTSE 100 up 0.3 pct, snaps 5-day losing streak * RSA bounces after CEO appointment * Financials mixed with Hargreaves Lansdown (LSE: HL.L – news) down 6.3 pct By Francesco Canepa LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Britain’s top equity index snapped a five-day losing streak on Wednesday, helped by insurer RSA as investors welcomed Read More
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
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