London shares close higher
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UK blue chips closed higher, with the FTSE 100 going through the 6,000 barrier briefly, helped by a bullish conference call at Barclays prompting a turnaround in the banking sector, and a strong start on Wall Street.
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Leading shares have closed higher, reaching day highs, with the mining sector in fine fettle as the rumour mill resuscitated talk BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto could be sizing up Alcoa, which was among the gainers that led Wall Street higher.
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U.S. stocks closed slightly higher on  Wednesday, as better-than-expected quarterly results from  investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. LEH.N helped to  offset a two-week high in crude oil prices.
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Leading shares closed stronger, just off late session highs with Wall Street posting good gains as above-forecast headline US PPI data proved mainly to be due to fuel price rises, with a benign inflation picture seen overall.
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Sharp gains for oil majors helped the FTSE 100 close higher Thursday for a sixth straight session.
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UK blue chips closed higher, just short of midday highs, thanks to strength from oil and mining sectors.
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Leading shares closed higher, boosted by a solid rally on Wall Street and strength in mining and media stocks, offsetting yet another spike in the London price of oil, dealers said.
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London's main FTSE 100 index closes above the key 6,000 level, boosted by takeover talk in the steel sector.
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U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday, lifted by government data showed a healthy job market last month and a surge in the shares of Citigroup Inc.  amid speculation the company will be restructured.
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UK blue chips closed higher, just off the late afternoon peak after rallying from earlier falls in tandem with an jump on Wall Street as the latest weekly US jobless claims numbers eased worries over the health of the world&#39;s largest economy.
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Stocks inched higher Wednesday, giving the Dow Jones industrial average its second-highest close ever.
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Blue chips closed higher on Thursday,  ending up for the first time in 2005, as investors were  encouraged by December sales figures from some U.S. retailers.
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Leading shares ended higher, bolstered by strength in energy stocks and M&amp;A hopes in utilities, but earlier gains were tempered by a mixed Wall Street after blue chips touched levels not seen since September 2000.
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Leading shares closed higher, with further gains across the miners and fresh M&amp;A talk among financials giving the FTSE 100 a leg-up towards the 6,000 level in thin Labor Day volumes, dealers said.
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Carphone Warehouse spearheaded the advance in which the FTSE 100 bounced back from a 150-point loss to close higher on Thursday.
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Shares rose in early trading in London Thursday, in line with other European markets, after a recovery for Japanese share prices and an overnight rebound on Wall Street.
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Leading shares closed higher, tracking Wall Street's ascent as concerns over oil supplies waned on reports that the stand-off in Najaf, Iraq may nearing a resolution, dealers said.