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* FTSE 100 down 0.2 pct, off eight-months peak * Pearson (NYSE: PSO – news) suffers biggest daily fall in 12 years after update * Weak Chinese data hits mining stocks By Francesco Canepa LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Britain’s FTSE 100 was on the back foot on Thursday, weighed down by weak updates from Read More

* FTSE 100 down 0.9 pct, set for biggest daily fall in 6 weeks * Index extends losses after weak U.S. data * Pearson (NYSE: PSO – news) suffers biggest daily fall in 12 years after update By Francesco Canepa LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Britain’s main equity index was set for its biggest one-day Read More

LONDON (ShareCast) – 1630:Close The FTSE declined by more than 50 points in today’s session, hit by poor US and Chinese data and an unimpressive trading update from Pearson (NYSE: PSO – news) . US manufacturing growth suffered its first slowdown in three months in January, while back in the UK BoE Govenor Mark Carney Read More

By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:34 EST, 23 January 2014 | UPDATED: 10:55 EST, 23 January 2014 15.45: The Footsie remained weak in late afternoon trade, weighed down by cautious trading updates from blue chip firms Pearson and easyJet, and falls by miners after disappointing manufacturing data from China, the world’s biggest consumer of Read More

* FTSE 100 broadly flat * Holds around 40 points below eight month peaks * Pearson (NYSE: PSO – news) top faller after weak update By Toni Vorobyova LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Britain’s FTSE 100 steadied on Thursday, pegged back from recent eight-month peaks by weak updates from Easyjet (Other OTC: ESYJY – news) Read More

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