FTSE 100 dips after bank holiday break
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The FTSE 100 has dipped on its return from a three-day break after a slide on Wall Street, but power companies have risen after a multi-billion-pound asset sale by National Grid Transco.
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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 index of leading shares hardly changed as investors traded cautiously following a three-day slump in global equities.
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The FTSE 100 slumped more than 100 points on Monday morning amid continued gloom about the prospects for the global economy.
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The FTSE 100 on Monday suffered its biggest one-day fall since the attacks on the World Trade Centre more than six years ago as the worst fears about the prospects for the global economy took hold.
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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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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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The pound was trading at week lows against the dollar in Friday afternoon trading, as it reversed some of its solid gains made Thursday on the back of strong surveys on UK manufacturing and the retail sector. Sterling was also slightly weaker against the euro.
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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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TORONTO (CP) - US stock markets shrugged off mixed economic data to post slight gains Thursday, while the Toronto market slipped due to weakness in bank shares in the last full session before the Christmas break.
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The dollar shuttled in a narrow range  against most major currencies in light trade ahead of  Christmas, but sterling tumbled on fears that UK interest rates  could move lower.
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Asset prices drifted sideways in Europe Monday as a public holiday in the UK kept London closed and sucked liquidity from the region's markets.
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European markets were broadly higher late morning on Monday, but trading was subdued with the London stock exchange closed for a public holiday in Britain.
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London equities were losing ground by midday Friday, as financial stocks sagged with investor concern over banks&#39; and asset managers&#39; exposure to sub-prime mortgage assets in the United States.
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The FTSE 100 gave up some of the previous day's gains as dealers looked ahead to the US interest rate decision later on Wednesday.
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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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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.