Shares close firmer, but well off highs, as Wall Street slumps
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Leading shares finished the day in positive territory, but well off intra-day highs, dragged down by weakness in retailer Wal-Mart and a spike in the price of crude, dealers said.
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London shares closed firmer Monday recovering from lows as Wall Street remained higher with Sainsbury up amid rumours that part of the founding family&#39;s holding was changing hands at 610 pence a share, with a possible bid for the group imminent.
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Leading shares closed higher after a late afternoon rally in response to an uptick in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) as crude prices slipped back in New York.
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Stocks closed mixed on Wall Street amid concern over the strength of the pharmaceutical sector after the Pfizerâs announcement on Friday.
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Leading shares closed firmer as a surprise rise in US consumer confidence index and merger and acquisitions talk involving several blue chip stocks provided investors with an excuse to pile back into the market.
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US stocks were firmer at mid-morning on Friday, as new data showed the labour market and manufacturing picking up in May and inflation pressures moderating during April.
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Wall Street was set to open slightly  firmer on Thursday, recovering some lost ground after  Wednesday's sell-off, but lofty crude prices and worry about  profit warnings will cap investor enthusiasm.
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UK blue chips closed higher, but off peaks, as early strength on Wall Street evaporated on rising oil prices, while solid full year numbers from BAE and Centrica held the index in positive territory.
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Leading Wall St stocks closed mixed after strong initial gains as pharma companies outweighed rising sentiment due to the fall in oil prices.
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Leading shares closed weaker, albeit off lows, with Wall Street mixed as it recovered, after an initial drop on falling durable goods orders, with a Northern Rock profit warning initiating a UK banking sector slump.
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Wall Street finished moderately higher in fitful trading Thursday as investors, still nervous about the economy, decided to buy back into the market.
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UK blue chips closed stronger today, just off the late afternoon peak lifted by a rally from hard-pressed banking issues, with Wall Street pushing higher in morning deals following better than expected numbers from Lehman Brothers, and ahead of a likely Fed interest rate cut later today.
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Wall Street moved soundly higher Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrials to their first close above 14,000, as investors kept jitters about the economy at bay and focused on a string of upbeat earnings reports.
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Wall Street rebounded yesterday but traders remained cautious following the worst day for the S&P 500 in almost a year on Tuesday.
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UK blue chips were firmer mid-afternoon as a level of confidence returned to the UK markets, following some bullish corporate news. Sentiment was further boosted by a stronger start to trading on Wall Street.
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US stocks were modestly firmer on Tuesday, led by technology shares as deal activity ignited the start of a holiday-shortened trading week.
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UK blue chips closed firmer Wednesday albeit below the session peak as some underlying market jitters countered morning gains on Wall Street and a bounce back by financials, with Northern Rock rallying after confirming it has received a number of approaches.