FTSE slips back as ex-divs weigh
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London equities fell on Wednesday, as 10 blue-chip stocks traded without further rights to their latest dividend payments.
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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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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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Shares in the London Stock Exchange  eased on Monday after U.S. rival Nasdaq's 2.7 billion pound  ($5.3 billion) bid failed.
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Britain's FTSE 100 (.FTSE) index of  leading shares reversed early gains on Thursday as commodity  stocks weighed, but Cairn Energy  topped the leaderboard  after a successful share placement.
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The FTSE 100 bounced back on Thursday after better news from the retail sector and a continued rebound among the property companies.
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European equity markets traded cautiously yesterday, slipping after a session of mixed earnings news. The FTSE Eurofirst 300 fell 7.6 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 1,514.65.
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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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The FTSE 100 on Monday suffered its biggest one-day   fall since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre more than six years ago as fears about the prospects for the global economy took hold.
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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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The pound has remained on a back foot after a surprise fall in retail sales and house price growth this morning.
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London equities tracked heavy overnight falls in the US and Asia with the FTSE 100 trading sharply lower on Wednesday.
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London equities fell back in midday trade, with investor sentiment dampened by a record high interbank lending rate and the OECD&#39;s remark that the subprime lending crisis would hit world economic growth this year.
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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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Sterling was on the backfoot after a major index of services sector activity fell more than analysts had been expecting.
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Financial stocks dragged London's FTSE 100 back below the 6,000 level on Tuesday   after US service sector data intensified fears of US recession.
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The FTSE fell on Wednesday as a disappointing trading update from Northern Rock added to concern about rising interest rates.