London shares close down
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Leading shares extended losses to close markedly lower, hit harder in afternoon deals by a negative session on Wall Street amid rising bond yields, and with HBOS falling almost 4 percent after its trading update revealed disappointing mortgage market figures.
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UK blue chips have closed lower, with a cautious morning by Wall Street and sliding commodity stocks outweighing another scattering of M&amp;A stories and pulling the FTSE 100 back from Friday's six-year highs.
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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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London shares closed lower, depressed by a weak morning by Wall Street as concerns over high oil prices and a weaker dollar continued to weigh on sentiment on both sides of the Atlantic, dealers said.
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Leading shares closed lower after Marks and Spencer lost nearly 20 percent of its value after revealing it had endured its worst quarterly performance in several years, while BP was on the back foot after analysts slashed forecasts.
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European shares closed lower on Thursday as oil and gas companies weighed down indexes already under pressure from transport stocks such as Air France-KLM.
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Leading shares ended lower as a weak early session on Wall Street added to sharp falls in heavyweight miners and oil stocks on the back of volatile energy prices.
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Leading blue chips closed at session lows, with Wall Street sliding after housing starts suffered an unexpectedly steep decline in August.
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The FTSE 100 closed in the red, hurt by a mixed performance on Wall Street and a decline in heavyweight energy stocks, though a rally in telcos and beverages did offset some weakness, dealers said.
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London equities closed with small losses on Friday, after a lacklustre morning on Wall Street took the shine off the market.
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Blue chips closed lower, with the banking reporting season off to a bad start as mid-cap Bradford & Bingley's shares lost 23 percent after its results, and the Bank of England's hawkish inflation report having a more widespread negative effect, though Wall Street was higher.
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Leading shares closed down, belying the fact it had recovered some 70 points as Wall Street recouped initial losses to trade slightly higher, but with British Airways the main blue-chip faller amid competition concerns.
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The Dow closed down 366.94  today as earnings reports from Wachovia and Caterpillar disappointed investors.
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Stocks closed at their lowest levels of the day, tumbling on the latest indicator of a U.S. recession.
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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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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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UK blue chips closed lower on Friday, reflecting a weak showing on Wall Street as disappointment over earnings reports prompted a pull-back after yesterday&#39;s historic close above the 14,000 level for the first time, but with Friends Provident a major gainer on bid speculation.