Ex-divs knock 29 points off FTSE
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London equities held up on Wednesday despite the FTSE 100 losing 29 points as a host of leading financial stocks traded without rights to the latest dividend payments.
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Business & money: Table-topping interest rate latest in series of offers from new entrants attempting to topple 'big four' banks.
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European stock markets showed mixed fortunes in early deals, with London reversing initial gains and Frankfurt trading at a 29-month high point, following a strong overnight showing on Wall Street.
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The FTSE 100 ended the session in positive territory but off intraday highs, as a spike in crude prices and worries over US employment data took the shine off a rally in insurers and strong traffic figures from British Airways, dealers said.
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Marks &amp; Spencer today set the price for its record share buyback above market expectations, at 362p per share. The retailer said demand for the Â£2.
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London equities made strong gains on Wednesday, with every FTSE 100 constituent  rallying, after strong overnight gains on Wall Street followed news of the Federal Reserve&#39;s 50 basis point cut in US rates.
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London's FTSE 100 shares index has hit 6,000 points as investors seized on strong gains by US and Japanese shares, falling oil prices and a buoyant mining sector.
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London equities made strong gains on Friday, as fresh bid activity energerised the mining sector.
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The FTSE 100 took advantage of a bouyant utility sector to stage a late fightback and recoup some of its early losses.
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Ex-dividend stocks weighed on the FTSE in early trade in London on Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of Thursday&#39;s interest rate decision.
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Business & money: 9.30am: Shares in the bank jumped almost 3% after recommendation.
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London equities progressed by midday Wednesday, pushed by strong gains in the mining sector following a Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) note on metals prices. Retailers like J Sainsbury remained in focus one day after Tesco issued a somber results statement that sent its stock down nearly 5 per cent.
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The FTSE 100 shed 60 points by mid-session trade on Wednesday due to renewed concerns of a global sell-off after a move by China to cool its overheated stock market.
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SHARES in Kidde soared more than 17 per cent yesterday after it emerged that the fire equipment group had rejected an indicative Â£1.
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London's FTSE 100 index and the CAC 40 in Paris are Wednesday trading at levels below those seen at the end of 2006.
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The British FTSE 100 index rose 0.34 percent to 4,517.40 points in late morning trading in London, while the German DAX 30 climbed 0.16 percent to 3,823.78 points and the French CAC 40 firmed 0.43 percent to ...
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London equities moved sharply higher on Thursday after a rebound on Wall Street overnight.