FTSE 100 tail-spin continues, albeit in slow motion
The story of the Footsie in recent days has sounded like a Status Quo song: down, down, deeper and down
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The story of the Footsie in recent days has sounded like a Status Quo song: down, down, deeper and down
Brent crude is up over US$51 a barrel at the time of writing, 1.59% higher
The FTSE 100 Index rose 6.7 points to 6291 in early afternoon trading
Shares in Sports Direct rose 5.39% to 383.20p on the day
it was a bad day for sterling, but a good day for equities, especially mining shares
The FTSE 100 Index rose 62 points to 6271 in lunchtime trading in London
The FTSE 100 Index rose 47 points to 6257 in early trading in London
We all might as well have started the long weekend a day early for all the activity in the UK market today
Mining stocks were wanted, offsetting falls on the likes of properties and house builders
The Footsie advanced 12.23 points to 6275 in early London trading
Major share price risers and fallers in London at 3.30pm
Today was effectively a wash-out for equities, with the Footsie barely changed
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Footsie falls 40 points but Goals Soccer Centres lifts nearly 10%
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Mining stocks weighed on the Footsie but Capital Drilling offered some hope for the beleaguered sector
Latest minutes from the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee said Brexit may cause sterling to fall and unemployment to rise.
Chilean miner is biggest riser of the session as it sells silver-zinc-lead project
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The FTSE 100 opened with a slight dip then recovered 47 points to 6161
Shares in London fall back late on despite solid start
Chinese tech fund buys stake in graphics chip developer
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The Footsie rose 12 points to 6137 while small-cap indices also advanced
While the FTSE 100 finished at 6,186, down 56 points, shares on London's junior market fared somewhat better.
Contrary to what the spreadbetters foresaw, Footsie was well down at lunch but small caps were rising higher.
Major share price risers and fallers in London at 4.00pm
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UBS has picked up on telecoms giant BT and upgraded the shares to 'neutral' from 'sell' saying the risk from mobile is lessening.
UK shares finished higher on Wednesday as traders eye the Fed decision...
Top-flight stocks fall but property shares, Grainger in particular, build momentum
The FTSE AIM 100 and the AIM All-Share were both modestly in positive territory
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Investors are reluctant to factor in the boost to earnings of the Argos acquisition for UK supermarket giant Sainsbury, reckons heavyweight broker Deutsche, which has upgraded the grocer.
A drizzly Friday saw UK shares sink lower with Footsie 64 points lower at 6,316 and small cap shares also lower.
Even Apple's co-founder thinks the fabulously cash rich company should rethink its tax policies
FTSE100 closed down around 28 points as small cap shares outshone their bigger cousin.
Miner soars after taking step towards nickel mining in Australia
Horizonte must hold a very good spread at its annual general meeting, because the shares shot up after the big shindig today
Global miner’s diamond production fell 10% to 6.9 million carats
Shares in Corero Network Security PLC (LON:CNS) have increased around 77% since 2016 began showing the attention the market is giving this tech stock.
Utilitwise is keen to align supplier commercial terms to improve cash conversion
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UK shares headed higher at the close after a topsy turvy day, with the FTSE100 stuck in neutral throughout the morning session.
Main share price risers and fallers in London at 4pm
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Great news for the pension funds of UK PLC if Barclays is right about BP's dividend. Also covered: Gemfields, Tesco, Anglo American
Major share price risers and fallers in London at 3.30pm
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Mining bulls were hailing Janet Yellen's cuatious comments about interest rate rises as a weaker dollar sparked demand for mining shares
Mining stocks are surging ahead, dragging the Footsie higher
Small cap shares, notably resource stocks, along with Footsie were making ground at the open.
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Slovenia oil & gas group Ascent Resources soared on an approach from Cadogan Petroleum
Small cap shares were beating Footsie at lunch with Ascent Resources PLC in keeping with the name, topping the London leader board.
Speculators may be driving prices to artificially high levels, says Barclays
Ascent Resources topped the small cap leader boards amid confirmation of a possible merger with Ukraine focussed Cadogan Petroleum.
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The FTSE 100 Index made small gains but the small-cap benchmark eased lower
The LSE/Deutsche Boerse merger reared its head once again as the deadline approaches.
Standing at 3,364 the FTSE AIM 100 closed sharply higher, up 86 points or 2.65%.
Ithaca Energy is said to be among the oil stocks most levered to any crude recovery, but Barclays Capital downgraded the oil field developer which has doubled in value recently.
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Small cap miners were in favour today, despite the fall in metals prices and in oil, but the general market trend was lower.
Investment bank's analysts believe metal price rises are unsustainable
Don’t tell Goldman Sachs, but, mining stocks were the top performers in the small cap market so far today.
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Anglo American, Randgold Resources, Amerisur Resources, Barclays, HSBC, and Hunting were all in the broker spotlight on Monday.
Here are some significant movers at around 4.15pm ...
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Britain's blue chips closed almost 69% higher with miners the big winners as traders digested a mixed jobs report from across the pond.
Metals prices are on the up taking mining stocks with them
Miners were doing much of the heavy listing in early trading
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It was almost back to square one for the Footsie, with miners leading the rally
The Footsie gave up early gains to stand 18 points off at 6134 in lunchtime trading
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The Footsie rose as Asian markets ignored a report from credit rating Moody's downgrading China's outlook
Below are some of the main news-driven changes in London at 4.15pm
Silver miner among 50 UK-listed companies set to boost divis more than 10% in each of next three years
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Burberry, Cineworld, Goals Soccer, Restaurant Group, Premier Oil, Anglo America, Antofagasta, Griffin Mining and EnQuest are all in Friday's broker spotlight.
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Footsie was buoyed by a good start to the week;s trading on Wall Street
FTSE 100 climbed 76 points to 6,026 despite a tough day for the pound
The blue chip index was 70 points higher at 6,022, as campaigning started in earnest for the referendum in four months time.
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The FTSE 100 ended in the red, weighed down by big payers Astra, Glaxo and Shell going ex-dividend.
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The FTSE 100 Index fell 34 points to 5,996 after Chinese inflation hit its highest point since last September
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The FTSE 100 Index fell 51.85 points to 5978 as oil prices drifted
Miners lead the march of the blue-chips while among the small caps it is more a case of the salsa
Oil majors still rise and Weir Group gets boost from vague bid chatter
Miner racked up a pre-tax loss of US$5.5bn, sharply wider than the losses of US$259mln a year ago
The FTSE 100 Index climbed on reports of oil talks while M&A talk in oil and pubs also provided interest
Below are the main news-driven share price changes at 1.00pm.
Miner said group underlying pre-tax earnings before interest fell to US$2.2bn from US$4.9bn
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It was the top-share index's best day since August of last year
FTSE100 continued to build on gains as US futures point to a positive open Stateside and Rolls Royce (LON:RR.) cheered the market.
Miner says payout cut will enable flexible approach that better reflects its outlook
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More than one in six FTSE 350 stocks shed more than 5%
The Footsie shed 127.16 points to 5720 while indices in Germany and France also fell
A look at next week's agenda, and there are some big names reporting...
A look at next week's agenda, and there are some big names reporting...
A look at next week's agenda, and there are some big names reporting...
A look at next week's agenda, and there are some big names reporting...
Anglo American and the rise in commodities was in focus...
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Resource stocks were back in favour big-time today, helped by a softer US sollar
The FTSE 100 Index was 56.86 points up at 5894 at lunchtime