By Toni Vorobyova LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s FTSE 100 steadied on Thursday, pegged back from recent eight-month peaks by weak updates from Easyjet and Pearson, and by renewed concerns about the strength of top metals consumer China. Pearson shares topped the loser board, down 5.2 percent and on track for their biggest one-day drop since Read More
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* FTSE 100 flat, 30 points below 8-month peak * UK jobless data fuels rate hike expectations * Analyst downgrades flag earnings, valuation concerns By Toni Vorobyova LONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Britain’s FTSE 100 steadied below 8-month highs on Wednesday, with strong jobs data raising the spectre of interest rate hikes, and with analysts Read More
* FTSE 100 down 0.1 pct, retreating from 8-month peak * UK jobless data fuels rate hike expectations * Analyst downgrades flag earnings, valuation concerns By Toni Vorobyova LONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Britain’s FTSE 100 retreated from 8-month highs on Wednesday, with strong jobs data raising the spectre of interest rate hikes, and with Read More
By Toni Vorobyova LONDON (Reuters) – FTSE retreated from 8-month highs on Wednesday, with strong jobs data raising the spectre of interest rate hikes, and with analysts highlighting concerns about companies’ weak earnings and high valuations. Data showed the unemployment rate dropped to 7.1 percent in the three months to November, below even the most Read More
By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:38 EST, 22 January 2014 | UPDATED: 03:38 EST, 22 January 2014 The FTSE 100 has opened 16 points higher at 6,850.3, as a recovery in Asian shares prompted investors to cautiously increase their exposure to riskier assets. Asian markets made gains after China’s central bank offered emergency funds Read More
By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:25 EST, 21 January 2014 | UPDATED: 12:20 EST, 21 January 2014 17.10 (close): Signs of a rebound in emerging markets helped deliver a shares boost for consumer goods giant Unilever today as the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream maker confirmed a solid end to 2013. The Flora-to-Dove soap Read More
By Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) — The U.K.’s FTSE 100 index ended slightly lower on Tuesday, as miners added pressure after iron-ore prices declined, offsetting optimism over a growth upgrade Read More
LONDON (ShareCast) – 1630:Close The FTSE 100 closed lower, despite hitting an intraday high not seen since May last year. The index was being dragged down by miners, hit by weak metals prices and a downgrade to commodity price forecasts for the current year. On the macro front, the CBI said its total orders gauge Read More
* FTSE 100 pauses near multi-year intraday high of 6,875 * StanChart leads banks higher after China injects cash * Unilever (NYSE: UL – news) jumps on forecast-beating results, helped by EM * Miners pull back after best week in 18 months By Alistair Smout LONDON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Britain’s top shares consolidated near Read More