London shares close slightly weaker
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Leading shares closed modestly lower, ending not far from mid-afternoon lows as Wall Street put in a cautious morning performance in reaction to weaker than expected US data and a fresh rise in crude prices, dealers said.
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Leading shares closed weaker with Wall Street remaining lower on interest rate jitters and Enterprise Inns down in the blue chips ahead of the July 1 smoking ban.
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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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The FTSE 100 closed slightly higher, despite a negative opening session by Wall Street which was triggered by a fall in US crude stocks.
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UK blue chips closed lower, off the day's highs, with a weak start on Wall Street, ahead of Thursday's Thanksgiving holiday, and fading bid hopes at ITV weighing on market sentiment, dealers said.
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UK leading shares closed firmer, albeit off midafternoon highs, with vague M&amp;A chatter spurring gains among financial stocks, and overshadowing poorly-received numbers from Corus, while Wall Street clocked up gains on the back of increased oil stockpiles and benign second quarter GDP figures, dealers said.
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The FTSE 100 closed lower today, hit by profit taking after breaching the 6,000 level this morning, with a reversal in commodity stocks and an uncertain start by Wall Street making investors nervous ahead of the weekend.
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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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U.S. stocks ended slightly lower on  Tuesday despite a drop in crude oil prices that helped push the  Dow higher late in the session.
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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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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.
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UK blue chips closed lower as Wall Street remained weaker with the banking sector heavily hit, as Northern Rock dropped sharply again.
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U.S. stocks ended slightly lower on  Friday as investors booked gains late in the thin holiday  trading session, but indexes moved into positive territory in  2004 for the second year in a row.
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Leading shares closed lower, around the worst levels of the day, as US indices traded mixed, a Next profit warning hit retailers and ex-dividend stocks weighed, dealers said.
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LONDON : European shares slipped back in light trading with the London Stock Exchange closed for a bank holiday and New York investors expected to take it easy while the Republican convention is in town.
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Leading shares closed lower as Wall Street remained weaker after investors received mixed news on US housing data, with Tesco remaining down in the blue chips following disappointing first-quarter UK sales growth.
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US blue-chip stocks ended slightly lower in very light holiday trade on Thursday after falling steel shares limited advances as investors worried that weaker demand from China may depress prices.