London shares close lower
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Leading shares closed weaker on Tuesday, with BAE Systems sharply lower after the US Department of Justice started a probe into its compliance with anti-corruption laws.
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Leading shares closed lower, as losses amongst heavy weight pharmaceutical makers hit both sides of the Atlantic, dealers said.
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Leading shares ended lower as a weak early session on Wall Street added to sharp falls in heavyweight miners and oil stocks on the back of volatile energy prices.
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Leading shares closed flat, with the FTSE 100 index having reverberated around the 4,700 level all session finishing nearer highs than lows thanks to strength in oils and financial issues, while New York put in a weak morning performance, consolidating after recent gains, dealers said.
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Leading shares closed near lows as Wall Street remained weaker on news of credit default troubles at American International Group Inc., with falls from the UK insurers and banking sectors.
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The FTSE 100 index closed lower again, weighed down by weakness across telecoms and media stocks, while early losses on Wall Street added to the market's woes in afternoon trade, dealers said.
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London equities fell on Monday, but closed above session lows as steadier US trade helped settle nerves during another turbulent session around the world. The FTSE 100 closed down 0.9 per cent at 6,058.7 a fall of 57 points.
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European equity markets closed off session lows on Wednesday, but small gains in the US during morning trade were not enough to take them higher.
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Leading shares closed sharply lower, with GlaxoSmithKline and Yell Group falling 7.6 percent and 15 percent respectively after warning on prospects in 2008, and Wall Street down on disappointing updates from Cisco and retailers.
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Leading London shares closed lower Monday with Northern Rock plummeting 35 percent, Alliance &amp; Leicester down over 32 percent, and the US unable to offer much support ahead of the US Federal Reserve&#39;s decision on interest rates tomorrow.
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UK blue-chips closed lower, with mining and oil stocks weighing on the FTSE 100, while losses on Wall Street added to investors concerns.
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Leading shares in London closed lower Tuesday hit by heavy falls on Wall Street while rumours of a potential problem at a London based hedge fund offset news of a significant stake build at Cadbury Schweppes, dealers said.
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Leading London shares closed lower as drugmaker AstraZeneca suffered a heavy blow following a negative EU ruling on one of its patents.
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Leading shares have closed over 150 points lower after weak ISM data reignited fears about the state of the US economy, weighing heavily on Wall Street and particularly hitting the UK's retail sector and housebuilders.
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UK blue chips have closed weaker but off session lows, although Wall Street made dull progress today, with London investors focused on a mixed batch of major results and corporate news.
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Leading shares closed lower with defensive stocks such as utilities the major fallers in London, and as Wall Street was sharply down on worries about writedowns and the trade deficit unexpectedly widening.
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UK blue chips closed just off session lows today, dragged down by further losses on Wall Street, while fresh weakness across the mining sector and profit taking in Carnival and William Morrison also weighed.