By Toni Vorobyova LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s FTSE 100 slipped to fresh 5-week lows on Monday, underperforming its European peers due to steep slumps in heavyweight mobile operator Vodafone and oil and gas firm BG Group. Vodafone, the third biggest company in the FTSE 100, fell 6.4 percent after U.S. mobile operator AT&T said it Read More
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Today, oil companies make up 16.2% of the FTSE (compared with 12.8% in 1999), so commodity price movements in metals and oil tend to have an even more significant effect on the index now than in 1999. In total, 23.9% of the index is now influenced by movements in the global commodity markets. One of Read More
By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:23 EST, 24 January 2014 | UPDATED: 12:28 EST, 24 January 2014 17.10 (close): Global stock markets plunged into the red today amid fears of a new emerging markets crisis after Argentina’s currency suffered its steepest fall for 12 years. Investors headed for the exit as concerns grew of Read More
LONDON (ShareCast) – 1630: Close The FTSE slumped in the final session of the week, as markets around the world did the same. Aberdeen led the way lower after receiving a ratings downgrade by Morgan Stanley (Berlin: DWD.BE – news) to ‘underweight’, while modest gains were seen by precious metal miners as they tracked prices Read More
By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:23 EST, 24 January 2014 | UPDATED: 12:28 EST, 24 January 2014 17.10 (close): Global stock markets plunged into the red today amid fears of a new emerging markets crisis after Argentina’s currency suffered its steepest fall for 12 years. Investors headed for the exit as concerns grew of Read More
* FTSE 100 down 1.7 percent * Aberdeen leads emerging market sell-off * Pearson (NYSE: PSO – news) hurt by downgrades after profit warning By Tricia Wright LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Britain’s top shares sank to 4-1/2 week lows on Friday, with stocks exposed to emerging markets suffering the biggest losses, knocked by a Read More
* FTSE 100 down 1.6 percent * Aberdeen leads emerging market sell-off * Pearson (NYSE: PSO – news) hurt by downgrades after profit warning By Tricia Wright LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Britain’s top shares sank to a five-week closing low on Friday, with stocks exposed to emerging markets feeling the biggest losses, knocked by Read More
* FTSE 100 down 1 percent * Aberdeen leads emerging market sell-off * Pearson (NYSE: PSO – news) hit by downgrades after profit warning By Tricia Wright LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Britain’s top shares sank to 1-1/2 week lows on Friday, with stocks exposed to emerging markets among the biggest fallers, knocked by a Read More
The FTSE 100 (FTSEINDICES: ^FTSE) has been hovering close to setting a new 14-year record all week — all it had to do was beat last May’s peak of 6,876 points. But weak US economic data yesterday sent the index to a 53-point fall by close, and today the top London index is down a further Read More
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index edged lower on Friday, steadying after sharp falls in the previous session but pinned back by falls in emerging market exposed stocks. Aberdeen Asset Management dropped 5.6 percent, the FTSE 100’s top faller, suffering from its heavy exposure to emerging markets after Argentina’s central bank Read More