Sainsbury leads FTSE lower
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London equities ticked lower on Monday, with retailers suffering after reports suggested that J Sainsbury missed internal sales targets during the peak Christmas trading season and Marks and Spencer also struggled during the key sales period.
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LONDON -- Troubled grocery chain J Sainsbury PLC, Britain&#39;s third-biggest supermarket retailer, said Monday it expected to announce a big drop in profits for the first half of this year.
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The FTSE 100 was trading lower on Monday despite sharp gains for Vodafone after the UK's largest mobile phone company sealed the $18.8bn battle for control of Hutchison Essar.
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Leading shares ended lower, falling further back from recent 6-year highs, as a poorly received pricing update from Tate &amp; Lyle offset M&amp;A fuelled gains in Smith &amp; Nephew.
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London shares traded sharply lower on Wednesday as investors cautiously awaited Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke&#39;s semi-annual testimony to Congress and Tate &amp; Lyle led FTSE fallers after posting flat profits.
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Leading shares closed weaker, off session lows as Wall Street rallied from early falls, with some disappointing earnings news weighing in London.
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Leading shares closed weaker for the fifth day out of the last six, with the heavyweight mining sector badly hurt, but a relatively mild fall on Wall Street helped ensure that the FTSE 100 finished well off session lows.
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UK blue chips closed lower as Wall Street remained weaker after disappointing inflation data with Alliance & Leicester down after reporting a fall in core operating profit, held back by large scale write-downs.
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Top shares have fallen to a three-week low after an early jump on the back of positive corporate news failed to gather momentum and stronger-than-expected retail sales data
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J Sainsbury, the third-largest supermarket chain in Britain, said Monday that first-half profit fell by about 66 percent as the company lost business to companies including Tesco and Wal-Mart Stores&#39; ASDA.
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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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London's FTSE 100 fell on Friday, after stronger banks failed to offset weakness in the food and beverages sector.
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London stocks ended lower on Wednesday as Bradford & Bingley kicked off the bank reporting season in worrying fashion.
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Blue chips closed lower off highs as Wall Street remained lower with interest rate sensitive sectors such as retailers bearing the brunt of the falls with a disappointing update from DSG International helping to weigh down the FTSE 100.
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European shares slid on Wednesday, with London hit by a gloomy update from retail darling Marks & Spencer, and after heavy overnight US losses sparked by fresh housing strains.
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First-half profit at J Sainsbury has tumbled almost two thirds as Chief Executive Justin King battles to regain market share and restore financial health to the country&#39;s third-largest foodseller.
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The FTSE 100 closed more than 100 points lower on Wednesday amid continued weakness on Wall Street.