FTSE back under 6,200 as Wall Street turns flat
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The FTSE 100 could not hold ground above the 6,200 mark in afternoon exchanges, as US indices stayed around the flatline in cautious trade. Mining stocks, banks and oil majors all fell.
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Leading shares closed the session flat, after a sew-saw afternoon session, with New York hitting session lows as investors fretted over the robustness of the economy after weaker-than-expected employment data, dealers said.
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Leading shares closed weaker but off lows today as Wall Street tested new highs close to the 14,000 level as some better than expected US earnings news offset a mixed US PPI report, with inflation concerns paramount in London after above-forecast CPI numbers.
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U.S. stock futures were little changed  on Thursday, indicating a flat start on Wall Street after two  days of record closes on the Dow.
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Wall Street was poised for a flat start  on Tuesday despite support from a firmer dollar and crude oil  prices falling to a 1-month low.
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Leading shares have closed flat, as weakness on Wall Street offset M&A-fuelled gains, notably from Friends Provident and ITV.
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U.S. stocks opened flat on Tuesday, as  the market tries to climb back from a modest sell off in the  previous session, with a slide in oil prices easing some of the  pressure.
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Shares on Wall Street looked set for a flat to slightly higher start on Thursday with key economic data ahead constraining trade.
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The FTSE 100 index of leading shares hardly changed as investors traded cautiously following a three-day slump in global equities.
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London&#39;s FTSE 100 opened flat on Monday, with miners helping prop up the senior index after BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) announced it would update on its reserves later this week.
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The leading share index was flat on Tuesday as it mirrored a lacklustre rally on Wall Street.
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British blue chip shares recorded modest gains, after earlier falling back in response to a weak performance by Wall Street.
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Stocks were set for a flat open  on  Wednesday, with Wall Street pausing after Tuesday's rally and  keeping a close eye on U.S. oil inventory data due later in the  morning.
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European equity markets gave back modest but welcome opening gains on Thursday as selling resumed on Wall Street.
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Leading shares ended weaker, with the FTSE 100 index drifting back below the 4,700 level as the impact of Wall Street's early rally was tempered by a rise in Brent crude to 50 dollars a barrel for the first time, and by weakness in supermarket giant Sainsbury following yet another profit warning, dealers said.
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Stocks were near flat on Monday, paring losses as strength in the technology sector offset declines in bank shares tied to fears of bigger-than-expected loan losses.
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Stock prices on Wall Street made a jittery recovery yesterday from a steep early morning fall that sent the Dow Jones industrial average plummeting more than 200 points.