By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:08 EST, 9 January 2014 | UPDATED: 07:43 EST, 9 January 2014 12.40: Strength in the domestic banking sector helped underpin gains by the FTSE around mid-session as the Bank of England once again left UK interest rates unchanged at record lows of 0.5 per cent, where they have Read More
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By Francesco Canepa LONDON (Reuters) – Marks & Spencer helped Britain’s FTSE 100 trade with small gains on Thursday as a positive performance at its foods business lifted the stock, bucking a string of gloomy Christmas updates in the retail sector. Shares in M&S rose 2.5 percent after the upmarket retailer reported organic growth in Read More
LONDON (ShareCast) – RSA Insurance (LSE: RSA.L – news) climbed strongly ahead of receiving the results of an independent investigation after it reiterated its confidence that the recent financial irregularities are isolated to its Irish business. The results are due to be announced tomorrow. Banking stocks were extending yesterday’s gains after data showed that funding Read More
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index fell on Wednesday, slipping back into negative territory for the year, after concerns about a smoking ban in China knocked back tobacco companies and following a cautious outlook from Sainsbury. The FTSE 100 closed down 33.67 points, or 0.5 percent, at 6,716.16 by 1551 British Read More
LONDON (ShareCast) – 1630: Close The FTSE 100 closed 25 points higher today, driven higher by financials, in particular Lloyds. IAG climbed after posting a 10.6 per cent leap in its December traffic. In today’s economic news, the BCC (Shenzhen: 002455.SZ – news) predicted three per cent growth in the economy this year, while Goldman Read More
By This Is Money Reporters PUBLISHED: 03:26 EST, 8 January 2014 | UPDATED: 04:40 EST, 8 January 2014 9.30: The FTSE 100 slid 16.2 points to 6,739.3 as traders digested the latest round of Christmas updates from the retail sector. Fallers included Sainsbury’s as a better-than-expected 0.2 per cent rise in underlying sales for the Read More
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LONDON (ShareCast) – – FTSE 100 at highest level since November 4th – Eurozone inflation ramps up interest-rate speculation – Banks helped by funding data – IAG reports strong December traffic figures techMARK 2,789.43 -0.10% FTSE 100 6,755.45 +0.37% FTSE 250 16,069.19 +0.12% UK markets finished with decent gains on Tuesday as a decent performance Read More
* FTSE 100 edges up by 0.5 pct as charts hint at more gains * Lloyds leads rally in financials * Analyst comments hit Severn Trent (Other OTC: STRNY – news) , Morrison By Toni Vorobyova LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Britain’s blue chip share index rose to a one-week high on Tuesday, with gains Read More
* FTSE 100 edges up by 0.5 pct as charts hint at more gains * Lloyds leads rally in financials * Barclays (LSE: BARC.L – news) strategists forecast weak sales for retailers By Toni Vorobyova LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Britain’s blue chip share index touched a one-week high on Tuesday, with gains in financial Read More